The Mycenaean Cemetery at Aidonia has been shaped by looting and a international struggle for the repatriation of precious artifacts. This talk tells the story of Aidonia’s troubled past and highlights new archaeological work that sheds light on the secrets of Mycenaean Greek ancestors.
William E. Metcalf Lectures in Numismatics
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship Time TBA
William E. Metcalf Lectures in Numismatics Time TBA
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
Join us for a lecture by Dr. Rachel Horowitz, "Crafting and Trade: Stone Tool Production and Ancient Maya Economies ". Abstract: Today, and in the past, economic activities are important […]
Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
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Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
Saturday, April 18 3:30 pm EST In-person only at the Penn Museum, Anthro Classroom 345 No registration required Speaker: Mena Melad, Founder and Editor of Luxor Times Title: From the Nile to the New World: Pharaohs, Founding Fathers, and Egypt’s Influence on America’s Pursuit of Identity, Liberty, and Legacy Abstract: On the occasion of the […]
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 […]
Photo credit: Lamp decorated with frog legs and wheat ears, baked clay - Museo Egizio Turin P 2126 (Courtesy Wikimedia Commons) --------------------- The 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: Ecology, […]
