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SUMMARY:Western Horizons: Phoenician Colonization in the Iron Age Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:In the tenth century BCE\, the Phoenicians — Iron Age Canaanites of the coastal Levant — sailed west to the Iberian peninsula and through the Strait of Gibraltar into the Atlantic Ocean. They subsequently established colonies in Spain\, Portugal\, Sardinia\, Sicily\, and North Africa. In this talk\, we will look at the evidence for when and how this happened\, and also ask why. What was the situation back home in the Levant that triggered this remarkable venture? And what impact did western exploration and colonization have on the Phoenicians in their homeland\, as well as on the places where they settled. Presented by Dr. David Schloen.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/western-horizons-phoenician-colonization-in-the-iron-age-mediterranean/
LOCATION:Steinmetz “Archaeological Center”\, 2901 9th St.\, Manhattan Beach\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Ecology\, Mimesis\, and Humor: Shining A Different Light on Ancient Egyptian Frog Lamps
DESCRIPTION:Photo credit: \nLamp decorated with frog legs and wheat ears\, baked clay – Museo Egizio Turin P 2126\n(Courtesy Wikimedia Commons) \n——————— \nThe American Research Center in Egypt\, Northern California chapter\, and the UC Berkeley Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invite you to attend a lecture by Clara McCafferty Wright\, Cornell University: \nEcology\, Mimesis\, and Humor: Shining A Different Light on Ancient Egyptian Frog Lamps \nSunday\, April 19\, 2026\, 3 PM PDT\nRoom 223 Dwinelle Hall\, UC Berkeley\nThis is an in-person lecture\, not virtual. The talk will not be recorded. \nAbout the Lecture: \nIn the Greco-Roman period\, a rather curious form of oil lamp emerged—the Egyptian frog\nlamp. Much of the scholarship about “frog lamps” focuses on potential religious symbolism\nin Egyptian associations with frog deities\, and how frogs as symbols might have functioned\nin early Christianity in Roman Egypt. In this presentation\, I do not attempt to refute these\nlines of research\, but rather to propose a different perspective\, informed by Egypt’s\necology and by other examples of mimesis in Greco-Roman Egyptian antiquity. From these\ncomparisons\, I investigate how we might move beyond sacralizing approaches to more\nwholistically understand the function frog lamps had in Greco-Roman Egypt. This talk\nexplores the many ways in which frog lamps mimic the real frogs and toads of Egypt.\nAdditionally\, by comparing the effect of Egyptian frog lamps to other mimetic\, humorous\nartifacts from the ancient world\, I argue that there is room for interpreting frog lamps as\nobjects of visual humor—not merely humble light sources or objects of religious\nsignificance. \nAbout the Speaker: \nClara McCafferty Wright is a graduate student at Cornell University in Classical Archaeology and Art. Her primary research foci include Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt\, and Greco-Roman reception of Egypt. She recently completed an MPhil degree in Egyptology at the University of Cambridge with a dissertation entitled\, “Reconsidering Cleopatra VII: The Lost Narrative of Egypt’s Last Queen.” Clara earned her A.B. at Bryn Mawr College in 2019\, where she double majored in Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology & Classical Cultures and Societies. At Bryn Mawr\, she was a Hanna Holborn Gray Research Fellow and authored a thesis on Cleopatra VII’s political influence on the Isis cult in Italy. During her undergraduate degree\, she also studied in the Egyptology programs at the University of Pennsylvania and the American University in Cairo. In addition\, she established The Bryn Mawr College Magic Lantern Slide Digitization Project. Clara currently serves as the Public Outreach Officer of The American Research Center in Egypt—Missouri Chapter\, and a team member of the Egyptology State of the Field Survey Project. Clara is passionate about diversifying our understanding of the ancient world to one which includes the narratives of disenfranchised members of societies\, including women\, enslaved people\, and the working class. She has a strong interest in using the study of the past to empower people today by making information on the ancient world accessible to rural and underprivileged communities. \n——————— \nParking is available in UC lots all day on weekends\, for a fee. Ticket dispensing machines accept debit or credit cards. Parking is available in the Lower Sproul garage near Dwinelle Hall\, and in other nearby lots. A parking map of the campus is available at https://pt.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/campus_parking_map_august_2025.pdf. To find out how to get to room 223 in Dwinelle Hall\, go to this website: https://dkess.me/dwinelle/. Not all entrances to the building will be unlocked\, so it’s best to start from the main entrance. \nAbout Northern California ARCE: \nFor more information\, please visit https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernCaliforniaARCE\, https://www.facebook.com/NorthernCaliforniaARCE\, https://arce-nc.org\, https://bsky.app/profile/khentiamentiu.bsky.social\, and https://khentiamentiu.org. To join the chapter or renew your membership\, please go to https://arce.org/membership/ and select “Berkeley\, CA” as your chapter when you sign up.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/ecology-mimesis-and-humor-shining-a-different-light-on-ancient-egyptian-frog-lamps/
LOCATION:ARCE-NC Lectures\, Rm 223 Dwinelle\, UC Berkeley\, UC Berkeley\, Berkeley\, CA\, 94720\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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