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SUMMARY:AIA Tunisia: Phoenicians to Romans\, Mosaics to Mosques tour
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a comprehensive\, expert-led exploration of Tunisia\, a country whose layered history has shaped the Mediterranean world for more than three millennia. Traveling with archaeologist and AIA study leader Nejib ben Lazreg\, we will experience all seven of Tunisia’s cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites\, explore fabled cities of the Phoenicians\, Romans\, and early Islamic dynasties\, and enjoy the comfort of exceptional accommodations throughout. From four nights along the Tunis coast to immersive visits in Dougga\, Bulla Regia\, Kairouan\, El Djem\, and Sousse\, this itinerary offers an ideal balance of archaeological discovery\, cultural enrichment\, and thoughtful pacing. Along the way\, we will benefit from Nejib ben Lazreg’s deep expertise\, gaining context and insight that bring Tunisia’s monumental past vividly to life. \nHighlights include:\n• Travel and learn with study leader/guide and archaeologist Nejib ben Lazreg and up to 16 guests.\n• Visit all seven of Tunisia’s cultural UNESCO World Heritage Sites.\n• Explore fabled Carthage\, including the Antonine Baths and the cisterns.\n• Spend three full days in and around Tunis\, including a visit to the Bardo Museum\, featuring exquisite exhibits of Roman and Byzantine mosaics.\n• See the beautiful Cape Bon coast and the Punic site of Kerkouane.\n• Marvel at Bulla Regia\, a well-preserved site featuring underground Roman villas\, a museum\, a Temple of Apollo\, and a 2nd-century theater.\n• Tour Dougga\, established prior to the Romans\, with its 3\,500 seat theater; Temples of Saturn\, Augustan Piety\, and Mercury; and Capitol.\n• Discover Kairouan\, the fourth holiest city in the Muslim world\, founded in A.D. 670\, with its carpet\, leather\, brass\, and spice vendors; and its Great\nMosque with a three-tiered minaret.\n• Visit El Djem\, one of Tunisia’s most extraordinary sites\, with a marvelous\, 30\,000-seat\, ancient amphitheater and a museum that houses\nlovely mosaics.\n• Visit the Roman city of Sbeitla (Sufetula)\, one of North Africa’s best-preserved Roman cities\, including several stunning 2nd-century A.D. temples and mosaic-covered Byzantine baptisteries.\n• Wander through Thuburbo Majus\, a sprawling site occupied in turn by Berbers\, Phoenicians\, and Romans. The imperial remains include the Forum\, Temple of Mercury\, and sunken winter baths.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/aia-tunisia-phoenicians-to-romans-mosaics-to-mosques-tour/
CATEGORIES:AIA Tours / Travel Program,Education
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261008
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261020
DTSTAMP:20260305T150534Z
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SUMMARY:AIA Coastal Peru: Cradle of Civilization in the Americas tour
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join us on an in-depth archaeological journey with anthropological archaeologist Gabriela Cervantes-Quequezana\, Ph.D.\, whose extensive fieldwork brings depth and perspective to the societies we explore along Peru’s dynamic northern coast. Discover the ancient cultural centers of coastal Peru\, home to some of the earliest and most influential civilizations in the Americas. From the remains of monumental pyramids at Caral-Supe to the richly decorated temples of the Moche and Chimú\, this journey reveals more than five millennia of innovation\, artistry\, and ritual practice. \nHighlights include:\n•The Americas’ earliest urban centers: Explore the UNESCO-listed Caral-Supe and visit the early coastal sites of Bandurria and Vichama\, featuring sunken plazas\, stepped pyramids\, and striking friezes\n•Major ceremonial sites: Experience Pachacamac\, tour Sechín with its carved warrior bas-reliefs\, and see Chankillo (UNESCO)\, one of the world’s earliest solar observatories\n•Moche and Chimú achievements: Visit Huaca de la Luna and the vast adobe capital of Chan Chan (UNESCO)\, masterpieces of coastal architecture and artistic expression\n•Royal tombs and elite burials: Study iconic discoveries at El Brujo\, Batán Grande\, and the Royal Tombs of Sipán Museum\n•Exceptional museum access: Enjoy an in-depth visit to Lima’s renowned Larco Museum\, with a private curator discussion (pending confirmation)\n•Expert leadership: Gain insight through lectures and discussions with Dr. Cervantes-Quequezana\, whose research focuses on political integration\, architecture\, craft production\, and social dynamics in ancient Peru\n•Traveling with a small group: Limited to just 16 participants\n•An optional\, 6-day\, post-tour extension to Cusco (UNESCO) and Machu Picchu (UNESCO) is available
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/aia-coastal-peru-cradle-of-civilization-in-the-americas-tour/
CATEGORIES:AIA Tours / Travel Program,Education
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261009
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261022
DTSTAMP:20260305T183957Z
CREATED:20260305T183957Z
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SUMMARY:AIA Türkiye: From Göbekli Tepe to Mount Nemrut & the Tigris River tour
DESCRIPTION:Travel with us beyond classical Türkiye\, with its monumental\, Greco-Roman ruins and Aegean sea backdrops. Find more history–and prehistory–amid the beauty of southeastern Türkiye\, on a route less traveled\, between Tarsus\, the birthplace of St. Paul\, and Diyarbakır\, set along the banks of the famous Tigris River that helped form the cradle of civilization. Along the way you will see the world’s earliest monumental temples\, dating back over 10\,000 years; explore excellent archaeological and mosaic museums; and enjoy diverse architecture\, from beehive-style mud houses to rock tombs\, and early monasteries to mosques. Enjoy local cuisine\, perhaps especially during our two-night stay in Gaziantep\, a city famous across Türkiye for its cuisine; and explore bazaars and workshops with local artisans and craftspeople. Our AIA lecturer is intimately familiar with this region’s deep history and diverse cultures. \nHighlights include: \n– Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe\, two prehistoric sites dating back to 9500-8000 B.C.\, suggesting that complex societies and monumental architecture existed well before the advent of agriculture\n– The world-famous\, 19-foot-tall statues and burial sanctuary of King Nimrod (Antiochus I Theos)\, at more than 7\,000 feet above sea level in Mount Nemrut National Park\n– Karatepe-Aslantaş National Park\, Türkiye’s first open-air museum\, with well-preserved Hittite ruins and statues dating from the 8th century B.C.\n– Dara\, one of the most important trade centers of ancient Mesopotamia\, featuring rock tombs dating back to the 5th century A.D.\n– The flooded ancient city of Hasankeyf (flooded in 2020 for dam construction)\, whose artifacts were removed to the Batman Archaeological Museum that we will visit\, and some of whose important structures we will visit at a new\, nearby location\n– Diyarbakır’s city walls\, the second-longest on Earth (after China’s Great Wall)\, which contain a castle and a medieval church\n– Fascinating museums\, such as the Zeugma Mosaic Museum\, the world’s largest mosaic museum\, with exquisite Hellenistic Greek and Roman mosaics; and the Haleplibahçe Mosaic Museum\, a domed structure protecting a Roman villa complex that was saved from a 2006 urban construction project\n– An optional\, post-tour extension to Lake Van\, including visits to Van (Tushpa) Castle\, center of the Kingdom of Urartu in the 9th to 6th centuries B.C.\, and the ruins of the Urartian fortress of Sarduri-Hinili at Çavuştepe
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/aia-turkiye-from-gobekli-tepe-to-mount-nemrut-the-tigris-river-tour/
CATEGORIES:AIA Tours / Travel Program,Education
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SUMMARY:AIA The Legacy of the Etruscans: Latium\, Umbria & Tuscany tour
DESCRIPTION:Discover the world of the ancient Etruscans\, a pre-Roman civilization that flourished between the Tiber and Arno Rivers in what is now Tuscany during the first millennium B.C. (1000-100 B.C.). The extent of the impact that the Etruscans’ legacy had on the Greeks and Romans\, through to our contemporary world\, is still coming to light. Join Dr. Pieraccini and a small group of like-minded fellow travelers to explore and further understand the realm of the Etruscans. \nHighlights include:\n•The marvelous cities of Rome and Florence\, plus journeys through spectacular countryside to lesser-visited medieval and Renaissance towns\n•Outstanding Etruscan necropolises with brightly-painted scenes of feasting and dancing covering the walls of rock-cut chamber tombs\, monumental tumuli\, and house tombs. These include the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Cerveteri and Tarquinia\, as well as Sovana with its Tomba Ildebranda\n•Important Etruscan towns\, including Volterra\, which also boasts a charming historical center; and Orvieto\, with its striking Etruscan acropolis\n•Many splendid museums with unparalleled collections of Etruscan artifacts\, such as Etruscan bronze sculptures\, plus Phoenician gold and Greek vases obtained through extensive trade networks. These include the National Etruscan Museum of Villa Giulia and Vatican City’s Gregorian Etruscan Museum\n•Lectures\, discussions\, and the company of our expert AIA lecturer/host\, Lisa Pieraccini\n•Generous comfort at well-located\, 4-star hotels; fine cuisine and wine; plus a special home-hosted dinner in Florence
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/aia-the-legacy-of-the-etruscans-latium-umbria-tuscany-tour/
CATEGORIES:AIA Tours / Travel Program,Education
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261012T090000
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SUMMARY:Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:Now in its 14th edition\, the Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival is an annual international event celebrating the documentary films that bring past civilizations to life. Films from around the world — spanning archaeology\, ethnology\, and underwater exploration — are selected by a jury of specialists and compete for awards in Cultural Heritage\, Archaeology\, Underwater Archaeology\, and the Grand Prize.\nHow the Festival Works:\nThe 2026 edition runs October 12–18. The festival operates on two tracks simultaneously:\nThe Virtual Edition streams the full Official Selection free of charge\, 24/7\, worldwide\, for the entire week.\nThe In-Person Edition takes place at select museums and universities across the U.S. during the same week. \nDetails\, and access to festival site on https://arkhaiosfilmfestival.org/
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/arkhaios-cultural-heritage-and-archaeology-film-festival-7/
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day,Other Event
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jean Guilleux":MAILTO:info@arkhaiosfilmfestival.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261012T090000
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SUMMARY:Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:The multi-day Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival is an annual juried competition\, part of Archaeology Month celebration. It is free\, open to the public\, and is an educational event showcasing the discovery of past cultures gained from ethnological or archaeological research\, and illustrated through documentary films.\nThe Virtual Edition is an international online screening of all the Official Selection films. During the week of the Festival\, there are several in-person Arkhaios Festivals in the US\, showing the best films from the Arkhaios Official Selections.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/arkhaios-cultural-heritage-and-archaeology-film-festival/
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day
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ORGANIZER;CN="Mr Jean F GUILLEUX":MAILTO:jean@arkhaiosfilmfestival
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T190000
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SUMMARY:The Tobacco Takers: Puritans\, Pipes\, and Bodily Care
DESCRIPTION:Indigenous to the Americas and cultivated by Native peoples for thousands of years\, tobacco was introduced to Europeans in the 16th century\, and by the early 17th century\, it had spread across the globe. In Puritan New England\, religious leaders condemned tobacco as sinful while early practitioners used it as medicine. Clay tobacco pipes commonly found at 17th-century archaeological sites in Massachusetts reveal widespread use despite strict social and religious restrictions. Drawing from her new book\, The Tobacco Takers: Puritanism\, Smoking\, Health\, and the Archaeology of Bodily Care (Bloomsbury Publishing\, 2026)\, Diana DiPaolo Loren\, deputy director for curatorial affairs and senior curator at Harvard’s Peabody Museum\, will share archaeological\, archival\, and visual evidence that recasts tobacco and tobacco pipes as tools of bodily care for both physical and metaphysical ailments. The program will include a conversation with archaeologist Stephen W. Silliman. \nCopies of The Tobacco Takers will be available for purchase after the program. Advance registration is recommended. \nFree event parking is available with registration at the 52 Oxford Street Garage\, starting at 5:00 pm. Register by October 12th\, 2026 to receive parking registration instructions. \nPresented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-tobacco-takers-puritans-pipes-and-bodily-care/
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day,Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Harvard Museums of Science &amp%3Bamp%3B Culture":MAILTO:hmscpr@hmsc.harvard.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261013T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261013T193000
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SUMMARY:The Materiality of Blue:
DESCRIPTION:Natural blue pigments in the ancient world are uncommon\, usually sourced from far away and difficult to process. Reviewing these shady characters\, like lazurite and azurite\, will shed light on ancient artisanal capabilities\, technical knowledge\, and even trade connections that reveal the extent to which ancient people would travel and experiment in order to find blue. The development in the late 4th millennium B.C. of a synthetic blue pigment\, Egyptian blue\, made it possible not only to paint in blue but even to use this material in ways beyond its primary state as a pigment. Experimental archaeology paired with ancient texts and archaeology\, making it possible to understand the stages by which these materials were made makes it possible to understand with heightened appreciation the technical innovation of antiquity.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-materiality-of-blue/
LOCATION:Joseph Merrick Jones Hall  204\, Tulane University\, 6801 Freret St\, New Orleans\, LA\, 70118\, United States
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day,Lecture
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ORGANIZER;CN="Susann Lusnia":MAILTO:slusnia@tulane.edu
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261013T193000
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SUMMARY:International Archaeology Day with Australian Ambassador Mr. James Larsen
DESCRIPTION:We feel privileged that His Excellency Mr. James Larsen\, the Ambassador of Australia’s Mission to the United Nations\, will address the National Arts Club on the occasion of International Archaeology Day\, the committee’s most significant annual lecture of each series.   Previous presentations have included Ambassadors and Consul Generals from Croatia\, Cyprus\, the Czech Republic\, Egypt\, Greece\, Israel\, Malta\, Sweden\, and Sri Lanka. \nAmbassador Larsen discusses the incredible heritage and history of the Kakadu region in Australia’s Northern Territory.   A  UNESCO World Heritage Site\, Kakadu National Park\, inhabited by Aboriginal people for over 65\,000 years\, is recognized for both its outstanding natural ecosystems and its rich cultural landscape including one of the world’s greatest concentrations of rock art paintings.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/international-archaeology-day-with-australian-ambassador-mr-james-larsen/
LOCATION:The National Arts Club\, 15 Gramercy Parks S.\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261013T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261013T200000
DTSTAMP:20261009T181131Z
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SUMMARY:2026 Oklahoma Archaeology Month Lecture with Dr. Severin Fowles
DESCRIPTION:THE SOUTHERN ATHABASKANS: SEVEN CENTURIES OF INNOVATION FROM OKLAHOMA TO ARIZONA\nWhat archaeologists refer to as the Southern Athapaskan cultural tradition spread across the American Southwest during the second millennium CE as a dispersed network of social formations in creative dialogue\, first\, with the rise of large Ancestral Pueblo centers and\, later\, with the arrival of Spanish and American colonists. The tradition is often defined in linguistic terms\, though both the timing and significance of the arrival of the Athapaskan language in the region is debated. Others foreground the tradition’s structural position with a wider Southwest political economy-as one half of a strategic\, mutualistic\, and at times competitive relationship between aggregated farming villages and the more mobile groups of hunters that encircled them. In this presentation\, he argues that image production-particularly in the well-preserved medium of rock art-is emerging as a key line of evidence\, poised to significantly refine our understanding of the Southern Athapaskan tradition as a fast-changing regional phenomenon. His argument centers rock art evidence from the Rio Grande Valley but aims to also characterize wider patterns across the Pueblo region and Southern Plains.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/2026-oklahoma-archaeology-month-lecture-with-dr-severin-fowles/
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day,Lecture
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