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Benin Bronzes in Context (Free Virtual Lecture)

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Sarah Anita Clunis, Director of Academic Partnerships and Curator of African Collections, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University In conversation with Diana DiPaolo Loren, Senior Curator, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University The kingdom of Benin, a highly centralized state founded in the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries in southwestern Nigeria, dominated […]

Artifacts and Archaeological Processes: The Lives and Afterlives of Objects in Pompeii

Penn Museum 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Lecture by Catherine Baker, Bryn Mawr College From the chipped corners of an ancient die to the mortar on a reused inscription, artifacts tell stories. Archaeologists reconstruct these object biographies, tracing the lives of ancient artifacts from their creation to their final deposition. In this talk, I explore the stories of some of the artifacts […]

Tales from Under the Mediterranean Sea: Reminiscences of a Maritime Archaeologist

Hale Science Building, Rm. 270 1350 Pleasant Street, Boulder, CO, United States

The lecture presented by Dr. Robert Hohlfelder (Emeritus Professor, CU Boulder), will cover some of the most amazing discoveries of his long career including: A Treasure Trove of 4th Century CE Glass Panels Found in the Sea, Pixie Dust and Roman Imperial Maritime Infrastructure, The Amazing Levitating Roman Amphoras, Two Harrowing Episodes 1,000 feet Below […]

Archaeology Abridged with Dr. Kate Liszka “Forts, Prisons, or Rudimentary Vaults? The Three so-called “Fortresses” of Pharaoh at Wadi el-Hudi and their Connection to Amethyst Mining”

Acquiring amethyst in Ancient Egypt was a tricky business.  But the cut raw amethyst, the amethyst mines, and the people in the desert all needed to be guarded.  As part of the mining procurement process, the Egyptians created massive stone settlements and networks of guard posts in the desert.  The settlements have often been compared […]

The OPUMPA Project: Ancient Mineral Mining and Pigment Use in Stone Age Swaziland

University of Missouri-Columbia 112 Swallow Hall, Columbia, MO

“The OPUMPA Project: Ancient Mineral Mining and Pigment Use in Stone Age Swaziland,” presented by Dr. Brandi L. MacDonald (Assistant Research Professor, The Archaeometry Laboratory at the University of Missouri Research Reactor). This lecture will be held in person in Swallow Hall 101 at the University of Missouri-Columbia, but we are also providing a zoom […]

Continuity and change in Etruscan religion under Roman hegemony

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Texas, Italy

Dr. Kevin Dicus (University of Oregon) Roman imperial ambitions began with the occupation of Italy. The Etruscans, once the dominant civilization, experienced great cultural and political upheavals. Foreign traditions, goods, and belief systems entered their territories, challenging and changing their ways of being. Scholars have referred to the process as “Romanization”: conquered peoples adopt Roman […]

Games of Chance and Fate: Patolli Game Boards from the Ancient Maya site of Gallon Jug, Belize

Dr. Claire Novotny (Kenyon College) Graffiti provides a unique and informal perspective on the lived experiences and daily cultural practices of ancient people. In the ancient Maya culture, graffiti of ritual processions, human figures, and game boards were incised into plastered walls, benches, and floors in buildings that formed civic ceremonial centers. Game boards, called […]

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