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  • Power of the Ancestors at Pylos, Greece presented by Dr. Joanne Murphy

    Eaton Humanities, CU Boulder Main Campus 1610 Pleasant Street, Boulder, CO, United States

    Over the past few decades, archaeologists have assigned ancestors significant roles in the supernatural orders of most ancient societies. They argue that ancestors, through their connection to the divine or […]

  • Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World – exhibit opening

    Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Much like today, ancient “consumers” were connected to distant markets. Both basic and precious goods from faraway lands “shipped” to royal palaces, elite estates—sometimes even rural households—and technological advances in […]

  • Rhodora Vennarucci. “Socci and Sociability: Shopping for Status in a Roman Shop”

    Walla Walla University, Admin Bldg 117 204 S College Ave, College Place, WA, United States

    Father Edward A. Bader, CSB Lecture in Mediterranean Archaeology This talk applies a Consumer Culture Theory (CCT) and phenomenological approach to the Felt Shop of Verecundus (IX.7.5-7) from Pompeii. This shop sold fine footwear (socci, or soft-soled felted slippers) and other high-status textile products. We will explore how ancient consumers self-fashioned through public acts of […]

  • Ancient Greek Magic with Dr. Jessica Lamont

    Ancient Greek Magic Jessica L. Lamont, PhD Assistant Professor of Classics & History Yale University Department of Classics This talk explores different types of archaeological and material evidence for the practice of magic in the ancient Greek world, from binding spells to curse tablets to incantations. Zoom Registrations Link: https://asu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMrcOyhpjIjHdKS0QhImhdu_R_d9QkeH7A7