Hand-drawn, painstakingly measured illustrations of excavated artifacts are key tools in archaeological research. Celebrate International Archaeology Day by joining Cathy Alexander, archaeological illustrator for Harvard’s Archaeological Exploration of Sardis in western Türkiye, and Caitlin Chien Clerkin, archaeologist and research curator for ancient art, to learn how these technical drawings are made and used. Then try […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
A lecture in celebration of International Archaeology Day by Alison Futrell, Professor of History at the University of Arizona. Futrell's research is guided by her interest in the performance and […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
Internet sensation Milo Rossi — better known to his 3+ million followers as "miniminuteman" — is coming to St. Louis 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 […]
Jacob Lauinger, Johns Hopkins University Gilman Hall room 50 The Assyrian Siege of Jerusalem: History as Metaphor and Simile In 701 BCE, the Assyrian army besieged the city of Jerusalem. Different narratives describing this siege are preserved both in the Hebrew Bible and also in the Assyrian king Sennacherib’s own royal annals. In this lecture, […]
(Eric Blinman, Ph.D. (Adjunct Professor, University of New Mexico) European Colonization coincided with a dynamic period within the Native American cultural landscape of Northern New Mexico. Sequential adaptations to a series of climate changes included migrations, displacements of communities, successes and failures of the agricultural economies, and conflict and resolution among an ethnically diverse population.
A lecture by Allison Smith (Davidson College)
The ancient Egyptian tomb known as Theban Tomb 16 dates to the reign of Ramesses II in the Nineteenth Dynasty of the New Kingdom (around 1250 BCE). Originally, it served as the burial place of a priest named Panehsy and his wife, Tarenu, a chantress. Long after their lifetimes, the tomb remained an important resting […]
Join us for an exploration of the archaeological history of an ancient capital that became a historic Christian city. Sardis, a UNESCO World Heritage site, is known from the Bible as one of the seven cities of Revelation. But before that, it was the capital of Lydia, a legendary ancient empire where coinage was first […]
Internet sensation Milo Rossi — better known to his 3+ million followers as "miniminuteman" — is coming to Omaha 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 […]
Join the AIA as Briana Pobiner (Smithsonian) presents the first AIA Archaeology Hour talk the International Archaeology Day 2026 AIA Archaeology Hour talk : "What was the REAL Paleodiet?" This presentation will be held on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific. Register Here! This lecture will also be available in American […]
