Sparta and Totalitarianism
Speaker: Susan Downie – Carleton University The ancient Greek city-state of Sparta has never really left the imagination of western civilization. From political philosophers like Plato and Aristotle to modern […]
Speaker: Susan Downie – Carleton University The ancient Greek city-state of Sparta has never really left the imagination of western civilization. From political philosophers like Plato and Aristotle to modern […]
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 book talk and signing by […]
The George F. Bass Lectures
Speaker: Florence Dunn Friedman, Visiting Scholar, Department of Egyptology and Assyriology, Brown University King Menkaure’s Fourth Dynasty pyramid temples at Giza were once filled with statues. The surviving statues represent […]
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening with Alison Futrell as she gives the International Archaeology Day month AIA Archaeology Hour talk "The People's Arena." This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific. Register here!
The George F. Bass Lectures
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship Time TBA
Shomarka Keita, a biological anthropologist affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution and the Institute for Historical Biology, William and Mary, has written extensively on identity and biology in Egypt and Nubia. Egypt is in the northeastern corner of Africa, in essence a 930 mi linear oasis in the eastern Sahara. Due to the history of Egypt's […]
Saturday, October 15 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Anthro Classroom 345 In-person; no registration required Speaker: Dr. Valentina Anselmi, PhD, UPenn Title: The Second Style at Saqqara during the Late Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period: Results of an Investigation and New Observations Abstract: In the late Old Kingdom, an unusual corpus of artistic production, […]
About the lecture: This lecture will discuss new ideas about how the Inkas constructed their megalithic walls, such as those of Sacsayhuaman above Cusco in Peru. Although scholars know the technology the Inkas used to quarry, transport, and shape the stones that were used in their high-quality structures, the exact process of how they maneuvered […]
The field of industrial archeology (IA) is now about 70 years old and has passed through stages of life, from an exuberant youth filled with discovery – the period when the Charles River Museum of Industry was founded – to its sedate present. Interest in the field seems to be waning, judging from declining membership […]
Dr. Nora Donoghue, Gonzaga University visiting professor, will present her research into Etruscan workshop crafting interrelationships at Poggio Civitate. Abstract: Craft production in the ancient world is frequently analyzed by specialists who concentrate on a specific material or class of artifact. This approach overlooks the strong probability that ancient production processes were interrelated through shared […]