Over three centuries ago a large mudslide covered a section of the Makah village of Ozette. In a waterlogged condition, thousands of wood and fiber artifacts were preserved. Working in equal partnership with the Makah Indian Nation, Washington State University (WSU) archaeologists excavated a section of this site; I was the WSU graduate student who […]

Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Marvel Comics all owe a debt to Gilgamesh, a hero in Mesopotamian mythology and the protagonist of the world’s first epic story. Gilgamesh was a historic king of the Sumerian city-state of Uruk and probably ruled sometime between 2800 and 2500 BCE. His story has been immortalized as […]

The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California Chapter, and the Near Eastern Studies Department, University of California, Berkeley, invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Jennifer Miyuki Babcock, Pratt Institute: Man vs. Wild? Rethinking the Interpretation of Human and Animal Representation in Egyptian Art Sunday, January 12, 2020, 3 pm Room 20 Barrows […]

Dr. Irving Finkel (Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures in the Department of the Middle East) will present a lecture reviewing his decades of research on the question of ancient games.

Title: Landscape archaeology and modern human dispersal on the East European Plain Abstract: The dominant landform on the continent of Europe is an immense plain that stretches from the eastern slope of the Carpathians to the Ural Mountains. Owing to its geographic isolation from the North Atlantic, the East European Plain is characterized by a […]