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SUMMARY:A Tour of the Ancient Mediterranean Galleries of the Princeton University Art Museum
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a tour of the ancient Mediterranean galleries of the newly re-opened and highly anticipated Princeton University Art Museum (PUAM). The Museum’s collection of ancient Mediterranean and Byzantine art numbers more than 7\,000 objects that were made and used throughout the ancient Near East\, Egypt\, Greece\, Italy\, and the Roman and Byzantine Empires. Ancient Mediterranean art is foundational to the Museum. Participants on this tour will learn about some of the collection’s highlights from the PUAM’s Curator of Ancient Mediterranean Art\, Carolyn M. Laferrière. The tour will begin in the Grand Hall of the PUAM. You do not have to be a member of the AIA to attend\, and there is no charge to attend this event\, but participants are asked to RSVP in advance. \nThis event has been graciously supported by the Rodney S. Young Memorial Lecture fund.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/a-tour-of-the-ancient-mediterranean-galleries-of-the-princeton-university-art-museum/
LOCATION:Princeton University Art Museum\, 45 Elm Drive\, Princeton\, NJ\, 08544\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Talk with Sam Kean
DESCRIPTION:Parthenon Symposium: Book Talk with Sam Kean Author of Dinner with King Tut\nMonday\, May 4\, at 5:00 PM Central \nJoin author Sam Kean for a firsthand account of his adventures in experimental archaeology while writing Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists are Re-creating the Sights\, Sounds\, Smells\, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations. \nIn his most recent book\, Sam Kean joined experimental archaeologists across the globe to fire medieval catapults\, perform surgery and tattooing with ancient methods\, build Roman-style roads\, play ball like an Aztec\, and feast Egyptian-style. These eccentric-sounding adventures are part of a serious undertaking—an attempt to recreate the sights\, sounds\, smells and tastes of ancient cultures. The details of what it was like to live in other times are often forgotten when we study history through famous monuments. As the world’s only full-scale replica of the ancient building\, Nashville’s Parthenon serves as a suitable backdrop for an immersive look at ancient cultures. \nRegistration on Zoom required: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_rAnKC38dQfKMmGOSJo39JA#/registration \nFollowing this talk there will be an in-person discussion (author joins virtually) on Monday\, May 4\, 6 PM.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/book-talk-with-sam-kean/
LOCATION:Virtual Event\, hosted by Nashville Parthenon & AIA-Nashville Society\, TN\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Club: Dinner with King Tut
DESCRIPTION:AIA-Nashville Society Book Club\nJoin us for a free Parthenon Book Club meeting on Monday\, May 4\, at 6 PM. This event is free and open to the public\, with RSVP required. All are welcome. RSVP required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/parthenon-book-club-dinner-with-king-tut-tickets-1975611659656?aff=oddtdtcreator \n*Due to HVAC renovation at the Parthenon\, this event will take place at the Parks Permit Office at 2565 Park Plaza\, Nashville\, TN 37203. \nTHIS QUARTER’S BOOK SELECTION: We will be discussing Dinner with King Tut by Sam Kean. Reserve your seat with a free RSVP. Looking to purchase the book? Head over to Parnassus Books and mention the Archaeological Institute of America-Nashville Society book club at the Parthenon for a 10% discount. \nABOUT THE BOOK: Dinner with King Tut by Sam Kean\nDescription from Nashville Public Library:\nFrom “one of America’s smartest and most charming writers” (NPR)\, an archaeological romp through the entire history of humankind–and through all five senses–from tropical Polynesian islands to forbidding arctic ice floes\, and everywhere in between. \nWhether it’s the mighty pyramids of Egypt or the majestic temples of Mexico\, we have a good idea of what the past looked like. But what about our other senses: The tang of Roman fish sauce and the springy crust of Egyptian sourdough? The boom of medieval cannons and the clash of Viking swords? The frenzied plays of an Aztec ballgame…and the chilling reality that the losers might also lose their lives? \nHistory often neglects the tastes\, textures\, sounds\, and smells that were an intimate part of our ancestors’ lives\, but a new generation of researchers is resurrecting those hidden details\, pioneering an exciting new discipline called experimental archaeology. These are scientists gone rogue: They make human mummies. They investigate the unsolved murders of ancient bog bodies. They carve primitive spears and go hunting\, then knap their own obsidian blades to skin the game. They build perilous boats and plunge out onto the open sea–all in the name of experiencing history as it was\, with all its dangers\, disappointments\, and unexpected delights. \nBeloved author Sam Kean joins these experimental archaeologists on their adventures across the globe\, from the Andes to the South Seas. He fires medieval catapults\, tries his hand at ancient surgery and tattooing\, builds Roman-style roads–and\, in novelistic interludes\, spins gripping tales about the lives of our ancestors with vivid imagination and his signature meticulous research. Lively\, offbeat\, and filled with stunning revelations about our past\, Dinner with King Tut sheds light on days long gone and the intrepid experts resurrecting them today\, with startling\, lifelike detail and more than a few laughs along the way. \n2026 BOOK CLUB DATES: RSVP!\nMonday\, August 3\, 2026 – Helen of Troy\, 1993 by Maria Zoccola\nMonday\, November 2\, 2026 – The Rescue Artist by Edward Dolnick
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/book-club-dinner-with-king-tut/
LOCATION:Centennial Park Conservancy\, Parks Permit Office at 2565 Park Plaza\, Nashville\, TN 37203.\, Centennial Park Conservancy\, Parks Permit Office\, 2565 Park Plaza\, Nashville\, Tennessee\, 37203\, United States
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SUMMARY:Book Talk with Mary Beard
DESCRIPTION:Parthenon Symposium: Book Talk with Mary Beard Author of Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old\nSunday May 10\, 2:00 PM Central\, at the Paschall Theater \nAIA-Nashville Society and the Parthenon are proud to partner with Montgomery Bell Academy to welcome Mary Beard to the “Athens of the South”! Join distinguished classicist Mary Beard for a talk on her most recent exploration of the relevance of the ancient world in our contemporary lives. RSVP required: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-with-mary-beard-tickets-1984904305209?aff=oddtdtcreator \nIn her newest book\, Mary Beard explores our ongoing fascination with the ancient Greek and Roman worlds\, starting with a personal\, childhood encounter with a very old piece of bread on display in a museum. From this\, she introduces the idea of the wonder\, or “thauma\,” that drew her into a lifetime of trying to understand everyday lives in the remote past. She confronts the uses and abuses of symbols from the ancient world\, reminding us that although the ancient world is often politicized\, it does not belong to partisans. She argues that the classics remain relevant because they teach us to debate complex and difficult topics. She welcomes everyone into classics\, bringing curiosity and wonder to the study of the past. \nTalk is free and open to the public with an RSVP. Copies of Mary Beard’s new book Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old will be available onsite for purchase through Parnassus Books while supplies last. There will be a signing line following the talk where books can be signed and/or personalized. \nRSVP: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/book-talk-with-mary-beard-tickets-1984904305209?aff=oddtdtcreator \nAbout the speaker: \nMary Beard is a distinguished classicist\, bestselling author\, and popular commentator\, known for her pioneering scholarship and for her witty approach to making antiquity accessible. She is a professor emerita of classics at the University of Cambridge\, a fellow of Newnham College\, and professor of Ancient Literature at the Royal Academy\, with many additional international academic distinctions. She has served as the classics editor of the Times Literary Supplement. Her books include The Parthenon\, one of the most readable accounts of the thousands of years of use and re-use of the ancient Greek building. Among many other wide-ranging works\, she is the author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome; Women and Power: A Manifesto; and How Do We Look: the Body\, the Divine\, and the Question of Civilization. \nAbout the book: Talking Classics: The Shock of the Old by Mary Beard\nWhy the ongoing fascination with the ancient world? This witty\, approachable book asks why—for better or (sometimes) worse—antiquity continues to exert such a powerful hold on the contemporary imagination. Recalling a formative childhood encounter with a four-thousand-year-old piece of bread in a museum\, Beard introduces the idea of thauma\, or wonder\, that kick-started a lifetime engaging with classics. It was not the canonical “greats” of ancient literature and art that initially drew her in\, she confesses\, but rather the more intimate\, messy\, and humdrum evidence of daily life in the remote past. \nConfronting the uses and abuses of symbols of the ancient world\, Beard reminds us that the traditions and “masterpieces” of Greece and Rome have certainly been politicized\, but they belong to neither the left nor the right. Happily\, no one owns the past. She warns us not to let a sense of reverence or overfamiliarity dampen the “shock of the old\,” arguing that one of the most important things that classics teach us is how to grapple with complicated and controversial things. “The Greeks and Romans are long dead\, they cannot answer back\, and you can say what you like about them\,” she reminds readers. “The simple fact that classics belong to none of us can offer a safe space to argue about the most difficult debates we face now.” \nBeard welcomes everyone into classics. “It is not compulsory to be excited by the ancient world\,” she writes. “But it can be a shame not to be.” This charming\, sharp\, and readable book from one of the world’s most entertaining classicists offers something for both new and established fans of classics\, bringing new wonder and curiosity to even the most ancient of ideas.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/book-talk-with-mary-beard/
LOCATION:Paschall Theater @ Montgomery Bell Academy 4001 Harding PikeNashville\, TN\, 37205United States\, Paschall Theater\, Montgomery Bell Academy\, 4001 Harding Pike\, Nashville\, TN\, 37205\, United States
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