Play Again: Combining Archaeological and AI Methods to Study Ancient Games with Walter Crist, PhD Lecturer Faculty of Humanities Centre for the Arts in Society New Media & Digital Culture Leiden University The archaeology of ancient play has recently undergone a renaissance, as researchers have couched previous culture-historical research on ancient games in anthropological and […]
Saturday, Sept. 27 3:30 PM EST Penn Museum, Anthro Classroom 345 In-person; no registration required Speaker: Dr. JJ Shirley, Managing Editor, Journal of Egyptian History; Director, TT110 Project; ARCE-PA Vice President Title: Politics of Placement: The Development of the 18th Dynasty Theban Necropolis Abstract: In the 18th Dynasty the Theban Necropolis became a preferred location […]
Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
Despite more than 100 years of archaeological research on the North Coast of Peru, very little is known about the transition from the so-called Moche society into the Chimu empire. […]
Homer A. and Dorothy B. Thompson Lectureship
Oscar Broneer Memorial Lecture
Homer A. and Dorothy B. Thompson Lectureship
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
International Archaeology Day 2025 and UW Classics Ridgway Lecture. Presenter: Dr. Thomas Faucher (Centre d'Études Alexandrines) For three decades, the Centre d’Études Alexandrines has reshaped our understanding of Alexandria, moving its history from ancient texts to a tangible reality. Terrestrial digs reveal the city's daily life, while underwater excavations at the site of the legendary […]
Wednesday, October 15, 6:00–7:00 pm ET, Advance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Speaker: Lawrence M. Berman is John F. Cogan, Jr. and Mary L. Cornille Chair, Art of Ancient Egypt, Nubia, and the Near East, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Hatshepsut, Amenhotep III, and Akhenaten […]
New evidence on how Jerusalem became a holy city will be explored in this presentation by MBAS Secretary Gordon Govier. An enigmatic news release early in 2025 sparked an investigation that opens the door to the amazing discoveries that have been made in Jerusalem's ancient City of David during the first quarter of the 21st […]
