Dr. Irving Finkel (Assistant Keeper of Ancient Mesopotamian script, languages and cultures in the Department of the Middle East) will present a lecture reviewing his decades of research on the question of ancient games.
Travel with paleoanthropologist Ian Tattersall to Madagascar and other Indian Ocean islands and learn about human origins. On this warm, winter getaway you will explore Madagascar from the convenience and comfort of the 53-cabin MS Serenissima. Discover spectacular landscapes from pristine coral reefs and coastal mangroves to virgin rain forests and groves of Baobab trees. […]
Haupt Lecture
Biggs Lecture
Absolute Egypt is carefully crafted to provide the discerning traveler with the finest educational Egypt tour available. It combines all the best attributes of an in-depth, all-inclusive, well-paced luxury trip. Travel with Egyptologist Stephen Harvey plus a wonderful local Egyptologist guide and an excellent trip manager, who have been working together for years and have […]
Title: Landscape archaeology and modern human dispersal on the East European Plain Abstract: The dominant landform on the continent of Europe is an immense plain that stretches from the eastern slope of the Carpathians to the Ural Mountains. Owing to its geographic isolation from the North Atlantic, the East European Plain is characterized by a […]
A lecture by David Markus.
Excavations began at Stonehenge in the mid-1600s; yet, this mysterious arrangement of megaliths remains an enigma. This presentation surveys how past and current archaeological discoveries have shaped our still-shifting perceptions of this ancient site. Brandelyn Andres is a professor of art history at Yavapai College in Prescott. Initially trained as a postmodernist scholar, her early […]
