All the Games in the World
Irving Finkel is back, talking about ancient games! In the 16th century CE, the most remarkable document was composed in the form of a hymn to the goddess Ishtar. This […]
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The late Roman estate of Philippianus: recent excavations at Gerace near Enna (Sicily)
Gerace is a Roman estate centre in the heart of Sicily which the speaker has been excavating since 2013. A substantial estate granary, built c. 300 CE but violently destroyed, […]
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New Technologies and Architectural Insights at the First Doric Temple in Sicily
CU Museum of Natural History Broadway, Boulder, CO, United StatesIn this talk, Dr. Phil Sapirstein presents his findings from a recent digital and architectural restudy of the temple of Apollo at Syracuse. Built in ca. 590 BCE, it was the first major Greek temple to be built entirely from stone, and thus it is fundamental to our understanding of the origins of Doric architecture. […]
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Chasing Venus in Pompeii
101 Swallow Hall 507 S. Ninth St., Columbia, MO, United StatesJoin us in person for our last lecture of 2022, co-sponsored by the University of Missouri-Columbia Museum of Art and Archaeology! The lecture will be presented by Dr. Marcello Mogetta […]
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Harald Ingholt Lecture: Doorways to the Past at Balu’a — An Iron Age Moabite City in Jordan
Whitman College, Olin Hall 129 920 E Isaacs, Walla Walla, WA, United StatesLecturer: Monique Roddy (Walla Walla University) Professor Roddy specializes in the archaeology of households and everyday life in the southern Levant, particularly during the Iron Age (12th-6th centuries BCE). She […]
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Great Lecture: Becoming an UNESCO World Heritage Site
Penn Museum 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesDuring the last 35 years Dr. C Brian Rose has had the good fortune to direct or co-direct excavations at two legendary sites in Turkey–-Troy and Gordion. Troy was added […]
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Time Team Adventures and Community Archaeology
ZOOM lecture: "Time Team Adventures and Community Archaeology" by Dr. Alexandra Jones ( Assistant Professor of Practice in History and Anthropology at Goucher College). Room opens at 12:45 and lecture […]
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A Gateway into the Desert: History, Exploration, and Cyclical Rediscovery of Wadi Tumilat
ARCE-NC Lectures Rm 126 Social Sciences Bldg., UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, United StatesThe 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. Aleksandra Ksiezak, University […]
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Great Lecture: World Heritage in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind
Penn Museum 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesSouth Africa's Cradle of Humankind has long been a hotbed of discovery for human ancestor fossils. Just 45 minutes north of Johannesburg, this protected region must balance multiple interests in […]
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Great Lecture: World Heritage in South Africa’s Cradle of Humankind
Penn Museum 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesSouth Africa's Cradle of Humankind has long been a hotbed of discovery for human ancestor fossils. Just 45 minutes north of Johannesburg, this protected region must balance multiple interests in […]
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Chemical Analysis and Dating of Ancient Rock Art
TBA (St. Louis) St. Louis, MOFace-to-Face lecture: "Chemical Analysis and Dating of Ancient Rock Art" by Dr. Karen Steelman, director of Shumla's new C-14 plasma oxidation laboratory and a key member of the Shumla Research […]
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The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Hour series.