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SUMMARY:Israel Revisited
DESCRIPTION:Join acclaimed AIA lecturer and archaeologist Jodi Magness and revisit Israel on this active\, small-group adventure to explore ancient and natural sites\, many of which are off the beaten path. This is a more strenuous itinerary than our other Israel tour\, Treasures of the Holy Land\, as it includes several hikes in nature reserves to see wildlife and geological wonders in addition to visiting a variety of archaeological and cultural sites. Estimated distances and difficulty of the hikes are indicated in red in the itinerary’s daily headings\, but every day with group activities will involve walking\, whether around archaeological sites or through towns and cities. End most days at a 5-star hotel/resort\, where you can rest your weary but fulfilled traveler’s head and perhaps refresh yourself in their luxury pools or spas. \nHighlights include:\n• Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites:\no Tel Hazor National Park with the ancient city of Hazor which\, twice in its history\, was the largest fortified city in the area\no Ein Avdat\, a vast canyon with caves where monks once resided\, part of the “Incense Route – Desert Cities in the Negev”\n• Walks and hikes in several nature reserves and national parks:\no Tel Dan Nature Reserve\, with the ruins of a 5\,000-year-old city and the world’s oldest-known gated archway\no Gamla Nature Reserve\, home to Israel’s highest cascade (the 170-foot Gamla Waterfall)\, the remains of the ancient city of Gamla\, and a Bronze Age field with 716 dolmens (megalithic structures of smaller vertical stones with one or more capstones)\no Banias Nature Reserve\, where we find Israel’s largest waterfall and the ruins of a palace complex built by Agrippa II\no A walk on Mount Scopus\, where we will visit the burial cave of Nicanor\no The lush oasis of Ein Gedi National Park\, with a hike along sparkling David’s Stream and the ruins of an excavated ancient synagogue with a perfectly preserved mosaic floor\n• Wadi Qelt’s monastery of St. George of Choziba\, a breathtaking complex perched on the side of the valley’s walls\n• A well-paced itinerary with four nights at our hotel in Tiberias\, on the western side of the Sea of Galilee\, including a boat ride; and four nights in Jerusalem\, with visits to the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum\, the and the excavations on the southwest\nside of Temple Mount\n• The desert town of Nitzana\, with ancient petroglyphs and the remains of a Byzantine church\, plus a chance to enjoy the hospitality of the Negev Bedouins.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/israel-revisited/
CATEGORIES:AIA Tours / Travel Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tina Rivet":MAILTO:aia@studytours.org
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SUMMARY:Studies on pithos as a storage and burial vessel in the ancient Classical and Byzantine world
DESCRIPTION:Online conference
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/studies-on-pithos-as-a-storage-and-burial-vessel-in-the-ancient-classical-and-byzantine-world/
ORGANIZER;CN="Erg%C3%BCn Lafli":MAILTO:elafli@yahoo.com
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SUMMARY:AIA Student Affairs Interest Group Dissertation Lecture: "In Search of Border Sanctuaries: Religion\, Landscape\, and Territory in the Peloponnese"
DESCRIPTION:Every year\, the AIA Student Affairs Interest Group (SAIG)Dissertation Lecture speaker is Shannon M. Dunn (Bryn Mawr College)\, who will be presenting her lecture: “In Search of Border Sanctuaries: Religion\, Landscape\, and Territory in the Peloponnese”. \nJoin us for her virtual lecture on Zoom on Tuesday\, May 7th at 2pm Eastern. Register for the lecture here.  \nAncient Greek border sanctuaries have been commonly understood within scholarship as sacred places that reflected or reinforced the territorial boundaries of different political entities. Though implied to be a distinct group of sacred places\, there is no agreement about how these sanctuaries functioned as/at borders. Despite the lasting impact of scholarly models of the distribution and function of sanctuaries in the Greek landscape\, the type of site often referred to as a “border sanctuary” has not been subject to a large-scale study which comprehensively addresses this category\, and which uses sufficient data to critically discuss the usefulness and verity of such terminology. As those models rely on sanctuary landscapes\, both in terms of terrain and of spatial relationships\, this study maintains the same focus. In the Peloponnese alone\, there were different strategies for border delineation and land claims\, and different deities preferred by poleis to guard these marginal or contested areas. Major landscape features tended to be used to determine borders\, often associated with sacred sites\, such as mountain-top temples at the edges of a territory\, or shrines in a pass between two regions. The usage of and access to the sanctuaries are dependent on their relationships to regional routes as well as the local political histories\, and can be traced through both votive material and written records\, including disputes and arbitrations. Some sites reflect changing control of their associated border\, while others suggest functions as places of connection and communication between territories. While the framework of “border sanctuary” does not result in a strict typology of site\, it does provide a productive lens through which to approach an array of sacred places and to bring them into dialogue with their regional religious landscapes\, moving beyond models which revolve around the polis. This project has implications for our understanding of Greek polytheism in general and for the interconnected religious landscapes of the Archaic and Classical Peloponnese.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/aia-student-affairs-interest-group-dissertation-lecture-in-search-of-border-sanctuaries-religion-landscape-and-territory-in-the-peloponnese/
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SUMMARY:Gordion: Recent Work and Unknotting Old Questions
DESCRIPTION:Recent Field Work at Gordion\nC. Brian Rose\, James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology\, Curator-in-Charge Penn Museum\, Mediterranean Section & Director of Excavations at Gordion\nRecent work has focused primarily on architectural conservation\, research on tumuli\, and remote sensing. On the south side of the Citadel Mound\, the newly discovered city gate appears to have been in use for over 1200 years\, from the 9th century BCE. to the 4th century CE\, It features an approach road nearly 100 m long. The discoveries within the Mosaic Building include the only stone omphalos to have been found in Asia Minor and a gilded ivory sphinx that probably adorned a throne. The 8th century Tumulus 52 included over 3\,000 beads of amber imported from the Baltic\, and the 8-10 year old child found within the wooden chamber may have been a member of the family of Midas. Gordion was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List in 2023\, the 20th site in Türkiye to be so honored. \nFrom Legend to Reality: Ancient Vehicles from the City of Gordion\nGareth Darbyshire\, Gordion Project Archivist and a Penn Museum Research Associate\nThe fabled\, prophetic Gordian Knot was associated with a cart or wagon that was linked in legend with Phrygian kingship\, and this vehicle was reportedly dedicated to a divine power at the citadel of Gordion. Recently\, the actual building in which this vehicle was housed has perhaps now been identified. More tangibly\, archaeological evidence for a number of ancient vehicles — seldom found anywhere — has been revealed by the Penn Museum’s longstanding excavations at Gordion. \nSome Ivory\, Bone and Horn Puzzles\nPhoebe Sheftel\, PhD\nAmong the nearly 1\,000 objects of bone\, ivory\, antler\, horn and shell recovered at Gordion between 1950 and 2005\, are three groups of pieces that still provoke puzzled interpretation. Thirty-nine bone objects found in Hellenistic contexts have a distinct rectangular shape\, often with pronged ends. Various interpretations have labeled them as handles or containers of some sort. A dozen examples of ivory attachments with cylinders engaged on flat or curved strips and found in Middle and Late Phrygian contexts have eluded explanation. Finally\, two horn pieces with three attachment holes have been compared to other objects dating from the 2nd millennium BCE to the Carolingian period (8th-9th CE).
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/gordion-recent-work-and-unknotting-old-questions/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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