Events

Marilyn A. Martorano, MA, Martorano Consultants LLC, presents A new class of prehistoric artifacts called portable lithophones has been identified from Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in southern Colorado. “Litho” is Greek for stone and “phone” means sound; a lithophone is a musical instrument consisting of a purposely-selected rock (often formally-shaped) that is […]

Lecture by Professor Emerita Gale Owen-Crocker of the University of Manchester, formerly Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies Co-sponsored by the Missouri History Museum

Ashley Morton (independent scholar) This lecture will discuss the results of recent archaeological surveys conducted in the Gondola Meadow and the Looff Carrousel areas before the new recreational rink and carrousel buildings were completed.  It will examine ongoing historical research into what is today Spokane's iconic public centerpiece, Riverfront Park, as the area transitioned from […]

"Recent Excavation at Arab El-Hisn" Prof. Dr. Mamdouh El-Damaty, Ain Shams University, Former Ministry of Antiquities, EGYPT Saturday, May 4, 3:30pm UPenn Museum, Philadelphia, Anthropology Classroom 345 This talk will provide information about the work conducted by the Ain Shams University mission, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mamdouh Eldamaty, at ancient Heliopolis, modern Arab […]

The 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 Bryan Kraemer, Robert and Frances Fullerton Museum of Art, CSU-San Bernardino Revelation of the Mystery of Osiris, Lord of Abydos: The Sacred Rituals of Reviving a Murdered God Sunday, […]