In this lecture, Dr. Nakassis presents part of his long-running research project on prehistoric Aegean scripts. The Mycenaean palaces of the Greek Late Bronze Age (ca. 1300-1100 B.C.) made use of a sophisticated writing system called Linear B, which they inscribed on clay tablets and sealings. These documents are crucial to our understanding of these […]
An AIA President's Challenge Lecture Optional dinner at 5:00 PM at Original Linda Michoacan, 2655 E. Desert Inn Rd., Las Vegas NV 89121
The Eastern States Archeological Federation (ESAF) is an organization of state archeological societies representing much of the Eastern United States and Canada. This will be their 86th Annual Meeting.
Explore cemeteries as historical resources, laws that protect them, conserving headstones and markers, managing cemetery landscapes, and practice hands-on headstone cleaning with a D-2 solution. Registration is $15 and includes materials and sample of D2. To register or for more info, contact Emily Jane.
Calling all Mummies, Daddies, and Kiddies! Join us at the Maxey House on Thursday, October 31 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. for a Halloween Open House. There will be plenty of Halloween-themed crafts and games for all to enjoy, and to prevent any tricks, there will also be treats. Don’t be a scaredy-cat, come […]
On this day archaeologists from our organization, in collaboration with the Archaeology Institute of the University of Tehran and the Student Society of the University of Tehran, invite people to join them with arms wide open. Through a photo exhibition, live music, theatrical presentations, and a friendly discussion/lecture we'll cover more than 80 years of […]
The Arkhaios Film Festival is pleased to announce that the est of the 7th Annual Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival will take place November 2-3 2019, at the Frick Fine Arts Auditorium, Schenley Dr., University of Pittsburgh. The event is free and open to the public.
Following previous years, the Research Centre at Panská Lhota (Department of Archaeology and Museology, Masaryk University) will open to public, not only to show how archaeologists work, but also a glimpse into the past will be presented through a medieval-like tournament with real knights and ladies.
Celebrate the glamour, labor, humor, and discoveries of archaeology at Harvard. Join student archaeologists as they share their experience with an Irish castle, a shaft tomb in western Mexico, monuments on the Giza plateau in Egypt and drones used to study El-Kurru in ancient Nubia, among other locations. Place a friendly wager on an atlatl […]
The Boston Museum of Fine Arts’ recent exhibition Ancient Nubia Now revealed the often misunderstood and previously unacknowledged sophistication of this ancient African culture. Dr. Freed will address the challenges faced in mounting the exhibition that drew on the largest collection of Nubian artefacts outside Sudan
