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 […]
Lecture by Matthew Reeves, Director of Archaeology at James Madison's Montpelier. Celebration of Virginia Archaeology Month and International Archaeology Day.
The Cobb Institute is turning 50! Please join us for a free lecture to kick off our anniversary celebration by Dr. Eric Cline, titled "1177 BC Revisited: Updating the Late Bronze Age Collapse", on Thursday, October 16th at 6pm in Rogers Auditorium (McCool Hall, room 100). Dr. Eric H. Cline is Professor of Classics and […]
Hybrid Event: Tatiana Proskouriakoff Award Lecture Series One Woman's Fight to Protect Ancient Maya Legacy Thursday, October 16, 6:00–7:00 pm ET, Advance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Speaker: Dr. Clemency Chase Coggins, Professor Emerita of Archaeology and Art History, Boston University; Research Associate, Peabody Museum […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
In the cult of the ancient goddess Hathor, many important rites of based in the performance of dance and music. These dances were performed by (primarily) women in professional dance troupes called khener. In such rituals the power of music and movement were harnessed to transport the worshipper into an ecstatic encounter with the Divine. […]
Presented by Center Archaeologist and USC Lancaster Senior Instructor of Anthropology and Archaeology Chris Judge, this lecture presents archaeological data on Native American cultures since the last Ice Age. From the coast to the mountains, archaeological evidence abounds in our state. This lecture looks at the sites and artifacts that tell the history of the […]
Join us for a free virtual talk on disability in the ancient Greek world by archaeologist Dr. Debby Sneed! Registration required, sign up here: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_O8raQJkFQsWst1fkyuhxVg#/registration Dr. Sneed will preview a soon-to-be published article with new research on a female statue of a dwarf, found on the Acropolis. She will introduce us to the study of […]
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 Zoom lecture by Julia Puglisi, Harvard University: "Meanwhile…at Giza: The Central Field Cemetery in the Fifth Dynasty" Sunday, October 19, 2025, 3 PM PDT This virtual lecture will not be […]
The Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson Lectureship for Near Eastern Archaeology and Archaeological Technology
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
This talk will explore the archaeology of Glencoe, among Scotland's most famous and iconic glens, home to the MacDonald clan and setting for the Glencoe Massacre of 1692. Based on archaeological fieldwork by researchers from the National Trust for Scotland, University of Glasgow and Archaeology Scotland at settlement sites dating to the 17th and 18th […]
