The Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures currently houses the Edward Gans Collection of Seals, comprising almost seven hundred seals and seal-related objects from a variety of periods, extending […]
Recent survey of a tract of public land on Lake Pithlachocco in Alachua County, Florida revealed an 8,000-year record of horizontal stratigraphy extending 500m from and 5m above the modern […]
Please join us to hear a talk by Leah Bonstead and Scott Hall, archaeologists with the Walla Walla district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE). Preservation and exploration of local and regional histories is a critical and often overlooked responsibility of federal organizations. At USACE, archaeologists are dedicated to the ethical stewardship of […]
Why does the Gospel of Matthew prefer a different word for burials, taphoi, than the other New Testament gospels? And why does Matthew consistently revise his sources to describe Jesus’s […]
The activities in this event will consist of the following: 1. The guided tour of the Kingdoms of Asia Exhibit at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. This Exhibit is new and […]
Dr. Palitha Kohona — Sri Lanka’s former Permanent Representative to the United Nations, former Head of the UN Treaty Section, and former Ambassador to China — discusses the importance of Sri […]
Join a fascinating online lecture about Alois Musil with Sylva Pavlasová, head of the Mashrek unit of the Middle East Department at the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who recently […]
Please join us for an in-person screening and informal discussion of the Archaeology Hour talk by Eric Cline (George Washington University). Two movies, twenty-two years apart: Wolfgang Peterson’s Troy with Brad Pitt in 2004, and Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey with Matt Damon in 2026. Discussions swirling around both have centered on faithfulness to Homer's original […]
Internet sensation Milo Rossi — better known to his 3+ million followers as "miniminuteman" — is coming to Boston for an unforgettable evening of science, skepticism, and side-splitting commentary. This isn't your typical archaeology lecture. With more than a billion views, the self-proclaimed “Googledebunker” has become one of the most trusted voices in debunking archaeological […]
Internet sensation Milo Rossi — better known to his 3+ million followers as "miniminuteman" — is coming to New York City for an unforgettable evening of science, skepticism, and side-splitting commentary. This isn't your typical archaeology lecture. With more than a billion views, the self-proclaimed “Googledebunker” has become one of the most trusted voices in […]
Join members of the Rochester Society of the Archaeological Institute of America for hands-on archaeology activities! Appropriate for all ages, this program will give participants the chance to interact with archeology enthusiasts and sample artifacts. Kids can enjoy play-doh, coloring pages, and archaeology toys, and even try out some archaeology for themselves in a sandbox!
In honor of International Archaeology Day, please join us in the Bromery Arts Center Plaza at UMass Amherst for an archaeology fair on Saturday, October 3, 12:00-2:00 pm. Visit activity tables to learn about the past: write your name in ancient scripts, make a curse tablet, hold replicas of ancient vases and coins, and more! […]
