Sketching the Marbles
2023-08-25 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-29 14:00 - 16:00 (America/Chicago) | The Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
Sketching the Marbles
For centuries, artists have drawn the Parthenon’s pediment sculptures. Join us for special art sessions to create your own classical masterpiece. Sketching the Marbles is held on the final Friday afternoon of each month (except Metro Nashville holidays).
–Recommended for ages 12 and older.
–This program takes place in the Treasury.
–All supplies are included— but you are welcome to bring your own.
–Participation is free for Centennial Park Conservancy members, or included with museum admission.
–The most updated times and dates are listed on the Calendar.
Love to draw, but not able to make it to museum soon? Try your hand at creating Parthenon art— from home! Browse our Parthenon Create video playlist on our YouTube channel.
THANK YOU TO JERRY’S ARTARAMA FOR PROVIDING ART SUPPLIES!

Preserving the Archaeological Wonders of Honduras and Nepal
2023-08-29 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York)
Join the AIA for brief presentations by experts who have traveled to and worked in Honduras and Nepal and learn how you can advocate for the protection of archaeological sites in these countries. Rosemary Joyce will be discussing Honduras, and Mark Aldenderfer will speak on Nepal.
Visit (or revisit) some incredible archaeological highlights from the countries over your lunch break and learn more about how to compose a letter to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee during our webinar this Tuesday, August 29 at 2pm Eastern.
This lecture will take place at 2pm Eastern/1pm Central/12pm Mountain/11am Pacific.
Register for the webinar here or with the button below.

Blackwater Draw's 21st Annual Atlatl Competition
2023-08-31 09:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Blackwater Draw National Historic Landmark, 508 Route 467, Portales, NM, 88130, United States
Join Blackwater Draw National Historic Landmark and Museum staff and Mu Alpha Nu Anthropology Club for a morning of friendly competition. Competitors will use atlatls to throw darts at 6 different targets featuring Ice Age Megafauna. Competitors and spectators alike can enter the Halloween Costume Contest. Winners will be announced following the competition and receive Blackwater Draw merch and bragging rights. This event is free and open to the public! We hope to see you at the Draw!
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A presentation will be given inside the Interpretive Center following the competition (approx. 1 pm) by site director, Dr. Brendon Asher. The Interpretive Center includes an excavation of two late paleo-indigenous bison kill events. The Anthropology club will sell refreshments during the event (cash only)

Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way
2023-09-03 - 2023-09-16
This journey takes you through the archaeology, history, and landscapes of Ireland’s “Wild Atlantic Way,” from south to north hugging the west coast of Ireland. Explore the breathtaking land and seascapes of the Dingle Peninsula, County Kerry, visiting off-the-beaten-track monuments from all periods of Irish history. Traveling northwards into the incredible karst limestone region of the Burren, County Clare, you will enjoy stunning cliff-top views out to the Atlantic and visit intriguing sites set in a unique geological and ecological landscape. We visit the largest of the remote Aran Islands, to explore the most extraordinary 3,000-year-old promontory fort of Dún Aonghasa and continue north to the dramatic landscape of the Connemara mountains. From here we head to County Sligo and Yeats Country, where you will explore the lives and monuments of the first farmers in Ireland and walk in the footsteps of ancient pilgrims, who in turn respected the traditions of even more ancient peoples. Travel in a small group and enjoy
the personal attention and service of a highly respected Irish academic lecturer/host and a charming tour manager, plus several specialist guest guides.

MesoAmerican Mirror Conjurors - the view from the Maya City Waka" by Dr. David Freidel
2023-09-10 14:00 (America/Chicago)
MesoAmerican Mirror Conjurors – the view from the Maya City Waka” by Dr. David Freidel, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at Washington University. Lecture location will be held in the A T & T room in the lower level of the Missouri History Museum. Members are invited to join us in a lunch (dutch treat) in the Museum cafeteria at noon. – Magic mirror conjuring dates back to the first milllennium BC in MesoAmerica. The teotihuacan oracles used mirrors to bring forth the feathered gods, serpents and felines, and Maya mirror oracles learned those spells. The photograph is of a 4th century AD mirror oracle excavated with Burial 110 at Waka.

Preparing for Eternity: Funerary Models & Wall Scenes from the Old and Middle Kingdoms
2023-09-10 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | ARCE Egyptology Lectures Room 20 Social Sciences Building, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 94720, United States
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California Chapter, and the Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California, Berkeley, invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Georgia Barker, Macquarie University/CSU San Bernardino:
Preparing for Eternity: Funerary Models & Wall Scenes from the Old and Middle Kingdoms
Sunday, September 10, 2023, 3 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Room 20 Social Sciences Building (formerly Barrows Hall)
UC Berkeley
About the Lecture:
During the late Old Kingdom to the end of the Middle Kingdom, there were two principal types of artistic representation in the ancient Egyptian elite tomb: funerary models and wall scenes. The two media exhibit several similarities in design, with both depicting people and animals engaged in activities of everyday life. This has caused scholars to regularly label funerary models duplicates or substitutes of wall scenes, implying that they served the same purpose in the tomb. However, there are several notable differences yet to be acknowledged. This lecture presents the results of a detailed comparative analysis of the two artistic media, focusing on representations from the sites of Meir, Deir el-Bersha and Beni Hassan in Middle Egypt. It will highlight the distinguishing characteristics of each medium and propose that funerary models should be understood as a distinct type of representation that was specifically conceived to provision the deceased for eternity.
About the Lecturer:
Dr. Georgia Barker is the W. Benson Harer Egyptology Scholar in Residence at California State University, San Bernardino, for Fall 2023. Before joining CSUSB, she completed a Doctor of Philosophy and a postdoctoral research fellowship at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Her research investigates the purpose and historical significance of funerary art from the Old and Middle Kingdom periods. She has worked extensively with museum collections, including the Macquarie University History Museum and Sydney Living Museums in Australia as well as being a member of the British Museum’s Circulating Artefacts Project and an intern at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She is also a member of the Australian Centre for Egyptology’s expeditions at Meir and Beni Hassan.
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Parking is available in UC lots all day on weekends, for a fee. Ticket dispensing machines accept debit or credit cards. Parking is available in lots around the Social Sciences Building, and in lots along Bancroft. A map of the campus is available online at http://www.berkeley.edu/map/
About ARCE-NC:
For more information, please visit https://arce-nc.org/, https://www.youtube.com/channel/NorthernCaliforniaARCE, https://facebook.com/NorthernCaliforniaARCE/, https://twitter.com/ARCENCPostings, or https://khentiamentiu.org. To join the chapter or renew your membership, please go to https://www.arce.org/general-membership and select “Berkeley, CA” as your chapter when you sign up.

STEAM Night Museum Tour at the Parthenon
2023-09-12 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | The Parthenon, 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, 37203, United States
Dig deeper on this special STEAM Night Museum Tour with an archaeology focus! Join one of our museum archaeologists who has lived and worked in Greece at 6 PM for an up-close look at Nashville history, American art, and Greek mythology.
This modified Museum Tour will help you see the 1897 Centennial Exposition, highlights of the permanent collection of paintings in the Cowan Gallery, and temporary exhibitions currently on display with an archaeologist’s eye. The tour continues upstairs to Level 2, the interior re-creation of the Parthenon as it looked in the 5th century BCE where you will view the colossal statue of Athena, hear epic stories of Greek mythology, and see the incredible plaster casts of the world-famous Parthenon marbles.
As a STEAM Night Museum Tour, this tour is free for MNPS families visiting the Parthenon for STEAM Night. This tour is also free for Centennial Park Conservancy members or free with the price of admission for non-members.
Details for August STEAM Night Museum Tour: https://www.nashvilleparthenon.com/events/museumtour080823
Details for September STEAM Night Museum Tour: https://www.nashvilleparthenon.com/events/museumtour091223
STEAM Night details: https://www.nashvilleparthenon.com/programs#steamnight

France: The Reach of the Romans from Turin, Italy to Nice, France
2023-09-16 - 2023-09-27
Join archaeologist Patrick Hunt on this exciting itinerary from Turin to Nice and discover how the ancient Gauls and Romans interacted with the landscapes and shaped the history and cultures of northern Italy and southern France. Together we will
cross the Alps by high-speed train, from Turin to Lyon.

The Life Cycle of Theban Tomb 16 in Luxor, Egypt
2023-09-16 15:30 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Penn Museum, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, United States
In-Person Lecture
Saturday, September 16 at 3:30pm
Penn Museum, Classroom L2
Speaker: Dr. Suzanne Onstine, Associate Professor of History, University of Memphis
Lecture Topic: The Life Cycle of Theban Tomb 16 in Luxor, Egypt
Abstract:
Since 2008, the University of Memphis mission to Theban Tomb 16 has been documenting, clearing, and studying this non-royal monument located on the west bank of the Nile near Luxor, Egypt in the so-called “Valley of the Nobles”. It was originally built for a priest named Panehsy and his wife Tarenu who lived during the time of Ramesses II (ca. 1250 BCE). Their beautifully painted tomb contains interesting details related to the posthumous cult of the deified Amenhotep I and Ahmose Nefertari, as well as funerary motifs and “daily life” scenes. The tomb was also reused for nearly 1000 years by later pharaonic-era Egyptians as their tomb. Their looted remains have provided many insights in health and mummification practices in post-New Kingdom Egypt. In this lecture we will explore Panehsy and his life, based on what is in his tomb, and the lives of the 100+ individuals who were also buried there. As part of the life cycle of the tomb, we will touch on issues such as the re-use of tombs, modern looting, and how our modern investigations can create a more holistic view of this monument.
Speaker Bio:
Dr. Suzanne Onstine is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Memphis. She received her B.A in Anthropology at the University of Arizona and her M.A and Ph.D. in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto. In addition to being a co-PI for the National Science Foundation funded project “Methodology for Reconstructing Prior River Flow”, she currently directs the University of Memphis mission to Theban Tomb 16, the tomb of Panehsy in Dra abu el-Naga, Luxor and has done archaeology in Egypt for more than 25 years. She has published many works on religion and gender in addition to various aspects of work in TT16.
Lectures are FREE for ARCE members. For non-ARCE members admission is as follows: $10 general admissions; $7 for Penn Museum members, Faculty & Staff; $5 for Students with ID (12 and under FREE).

¡Celebremos El Salvador!
2023-09-17 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Celebrate the vibrant culture and natural history of El Salvador. Enjoy captivating folk dances by Grupo Torogoz and try hands-on activities including corn grinding and painting with cochineal insects. Go on a scavenger hunt and discover the rich heritage of animals, minerals, and artifacts from the region. Join an archaeologist for a live-streamed tour of Joya de Cerén, the Pompeii of Latin America. Take a break with Spanish Story Time, enjoy traditional Salvadoran cuisine (available for purchase), and enter a raffle to win a museum gift basket. All are welcome to explore, learn, and celebrate with us!
Free admission. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Presented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture, in collaboration with the Consulate General of El Salvador in Boston and Ministry of Culture, Government of El Salvador.
Celebre la vibrante cultura e historia natural de El Salvador. Disfrute de los cautivadores bailes folclóricos del Grupo Torogoz y pruebe actividades como moler maíz y pintar con insectos cochinillas. Participe en una búsqueda del tesoro y descubra el rico patrimonio de animales, minerales y artefactos de la región. Únase a un arqueólogo para una visita virtual a Joya de Cerén, la Pompeya de Latinoamérica. Tómese un descanso con la hora de cuentos en español, disfrute de comida tradicional salvadoreña (a la venta) y participe en la rifa de una cesta de regalos del museo. ¡Todos son bienvenidos a explorar, aprender y celebrar con nosotros!
Entrada gratuita. Estacionamiento gratuito en el estacionamiento de 52 Oxford Street Garage. Presentado por el Museo de Historia Natural de Harvard, el Museo Peabody de Arqueología y Etnología y los Museos de Ciencia y Cultura de Harvard, en colaboración con el Consulado General de El Salvador en Boston y el Ministerio de Cultura del Gobierno de El Salvador.

Coins and the Colosseum: How Numismatic Evidence Illuminates the Greatest Amphitheater
2023-09-17 15:00 (America/New_York) | STH (Academic South) 215, Brock University, 1812 Sir Isaac Brock Way, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1, Canada

The Fundamentals of Fellowships
2023-09-18 12:00 (America/New_York)
Are you new to applying for graduate student fellowships?
Are you looking for a funding source for your dissertation research or travel?
Join the AIA Programs Department for a webinar to learn about the AIA’s fellowships for graduate students and the basics of what makes a good fellowship application.

Poseidon in the Saronic Gulf: Seascapes and Regional Cult in a Maritime Community
2023-09-19 18:00 (America/New_York) | Knowlton Hall 250, Ohio State University Campus, 275 West Woodruff Ave, Columbus, OH, 43210, United States
Bass Lecture
AIA Poster Poseidon Sanctuaries Dunn

Student Reports from the Field
2023-09-19 19:30 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
To kick off our AIA Central Carolinas Society 333 archaeology lecture series this year, students from Davidson College, UNC–Charlotte, and Winthrop University will report on their experiences working in the field. One or more worked in Cyprus, Israel, Sicily, the Blue Ridge mountains, Guatemala, and Ecuador. Come and learn about these aspiring archaeologists’ dig adventures!
THIS LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. If you’re interested in archaeology, please join us.
Our lectures are sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, with funding from the Davidson College Public Lectures Committee, the Dean Rusk Program, and the departments of Africana Studies, Anthropology, Art, Classics, Educational Studies, History, and Latin American Studies.
Please support us by joining the Archaeological Institute of America for $50 (students $25), which includes a subscription to Archaeology magazine. Be sure to join Society 333, Central Carolinas!
https://www.archaeological.org/join/

Prehistoric Cave Art of Spain & France
2023-09-20 - 2023-10-02
Travel with world-renowned archaeological author Paul Bahn, a gifted and popular lecturer who regularly leads tours to study the prehistory of Spain and France, including this program. Dr. Bahn will enhance your understanding of the sites with lectures and informal discussions. Investigate southwestern Europe’s most extraordinary prehistoric caves, including Lascaux IV, a new, exact reproduction of one of the most remarkable prehistoric sites ever discovered; Altamira II, a precise replica of the original that is often called the “Sistine Chapel of Prehistoric Art”; Atapuerca, the most significant early human site in western Europe; Las Monedas Cave and Cueva del Castillo, where 455 animal likenesses were painted and engraved some 22,000-14,000 years ago, but other motifs such as hand stencils and red dots have been dated to more than 40,000 years ago, meaning that they may well have been made by Neanderthals; Cougnac, which features paintings of extinct megaloceros and mammoth; Pech Merle, known for its “negative handprints”; and others.

Poseidon in the Saronic Gulf: Seascapes and Regional Cult in a Maritime Community
2023-09-20 18:00 (America/New_York) | University of Cincinnati, Blegen Library building, RM 308., 2600 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, OH, 45221, United States
Bass Lecture

Horses and the Sea in Ancient Greek Thought
2023-09-21 18:30 (America/New_York) | William T. Young Library Auditorium, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 40506, United States

National Online Conference on ‘Impact of Climate Change on Heritage Site’
2023-09-21 19:30 - 21:00 (Asia/Kolkata)
National level conference jointly organised by Nigranth Centre of Archeology, New Delhi/ Lucknow and Sri Bharatvarshiya Digamber Jain Teerth Samrakshini Mahasabha, Lucknow.
On the topic of ‘ Impact of Climate Change on Heritage Site’.
Discuss on the topic :-
Prevention and conservation of our Heritage on the basis of Climatic changes.
Public participation, awareness and involvement in conservation.
Protection of our cultural heritage.
heritage and creativity.
keynote Address : Shri Gajraj ji Jain, New Delhi, President, SBDJTS Mahasabha, Bharat
Invitee Guest : Shri Rajkumar Sethi, Kolkata, General Secretary, SBDJTS, Mahasabha, Bharal
Special Invitee : Shri Kamal Kumar Rawnka, Lucknow, Jt.Sec.SBDJTS Mahasabha, Bharat
Convenor : Dr, Yatish Jain, Jabalpur, Vice President, Nigranth Centre of Archeology. Bharat

Ira Haupt II Lecture—Between Giant Statues and Indigenous Landscapes: Mont’e Prama and Iron Age Sardinia within the Wider Mediterranean
2023-09-22 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | The Met Fifth Avenue, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10040, United States
A lecture hosted by the New York City Society of the Archaeological Institute of America at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Minoan Crete & the Cycladic Islands
2023-09-24 - 2023-10-08
Step back in time to explore the island of Crete, center of the Minoan civilization during the Bronze Age, as well as the nearby Cycladic Islands of Santorini, Mykonos, and Delos. Marvel at the physical evidence of this first advanced civilization in Europe, which created palace complexes, stunning works of art, a unique writing system called Linear A, and an extensive trade network. You will stay in comfortable, five-star hotels, perfect for exploring or just relaxing, with nine nights on Crete in the capital city of Heraklion and in the coastal town of Agios Nikolaos; plus two nights on whitewashed Santorini and two nights on chic Mykonos.

Rural Matters: Studying the Countrysides of Ancient Cyprus
2023-09-25 17:00 (America/New_York) | WEBINAR (Montreal), United States

Desert Kites – The Enigmatic Traps from the Air and on the Ground
2023-09-26 19:30 (America/Indiana/Indianapolis) | Jordan Hall 141, Butler University, 4600 Sunset Ave, Indianapolis, IN, 46208
Kershaw Lecture

Archaeology-Hour Livestream: Elise Friedland. “Classical Washington. Greece & Rome in the Art & Architecture of D.C.”
2023-09-27 17:00 - 18:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Whitman College, Olin Hall 129, 920 E Isaacs, Walla Walla, WA, 99362, United States
In Washington, D.C., a “Hellenic Doric-style” temple (the Lincoln Memorial) sits at one end of the city’s central “forum” (The Mall), housing a colossal cult statue (Abraham Lincoln). A Roman “triumphal arch” monumentalizes the front of the main train depot (Union Station). Roman equestrian statues make assertions amidst circular plazas. This talk explores these juxtapositions in America’s capital city.
Please join us for a livestream presentation, and stay for an informal discussion afterward.

Currents and Commodities: How Oceanographic Effects Influenced the Prehistoric Colonization of Islands
2023-09-27 18:00 (America/Chicago) | ART 1.110, UT Austin Campus, 2301 SAN JACINTO BLVD, Au, TX, 78712

AIA Archaeology Hour with Elise A. Friedland
2023-09-27 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening as Elise A. Friedland (George Washington University) presents Classical Washington: Greece & Rome in the Art & Architecture of D.C.
This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific.
Washington, D.C., is a city like no other in the United States. A Greek Doric temple (the Lincoln Memorial) sits at one end of the city’s central forum (The Mall), housing a colossal cult statue (Abraham Lincoln). A Roman triumphal arch monumentalizes the front of the main train depot (Union Station). Roman equestrian statues stand amidst circular plazas, celebrating victorious American generals (Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Plaza). This talk explores the role of Greek and Roman art and architecture in the planning, building and decorating of America’s capital city.

Magellan’s Pacific Crossing: New Discoveries in One of the World’s Greatest Voyages
2023-09-28 18:00 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Trinity University, Dickie Hall Room 104, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, TX, 78212, United States
Archaeology of Portugal lecture

Finding the God Osiris: Latest Excavations at Abusir and Saqqara
2023-09-28 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Free Hybrid Lecture
Miroslav Bárta, Charles University, Czech Institute of Egyptology
Miroslav Bárta will present the latest results from archaeological research at Abusir and Saqqara, two ancient Egyptian cemeteries. The exploration of several historically essential tombs dating to the Fifth Dynasty sheds new light on the rise and fall of the Old Kingdom empire and the introduction of the god of afterlife, Osiris, into ancient Egyptian society.
Free and open to the public. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Presented by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.

Making Stone Tools Across the Millennia: Results from the Bandafassi Regional Archaeological Project survey in southeastern Senegal
2023-09-28 18:00 - 19:30 (America/Phoenix) | Zoom, 4985 SW 74th Court, Miami, FL, 33155, United States
Matthew V. Kroot, PhD
Assistant Professor
Arizona State University
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Stone tools in Africa are the earliest evidence we have of human material culture. Their shifting roles in societies over millions of years provide us with unparalleled insights into long-term human histories. As a part of a broader program of archaeological survey and excavation, the Bandafassi Regional Archaeological Project collected chipped stone artifacts from over 100 sites in southeastern Senegal. In this talk, I will present our analysis of these stone tools. Results show dramatic changes through time in raw material use, production methods, and the roles of stone tool economies in society. Additionally, our work highlights the essential role of chipped stone technology well after the introduction of iron smelting and access global trade markets during the Atlantic Period. This research demonstrates that large-scale regional studies of stone tool economies and a focused interest on chipped stone after the Stone Age can provide significant insights into the structures and practices of local communities embedded in regional and global social networks.

“700 Generations of the Spokane Tribe” A lecture by Warren Seyler, Spokane Tribe of Indians Tribal Historian
2023-09-28 18:30 - 20:00 (America/Vancouver) | Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture (MAC), 2316 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, Washington, 99201, United States
“700 Generations of the Spokane Tribe”
Warren Seyler’s talk will review what it was like for the Spokane ancestors when they lived as a semi-nomadic river people upon the Plateau. Oral traditional stories will be shared telling how this land was formed and how the first Spokane arrived at the location known today as the Spokane Falls. Seyler will delve into the life of the Spokane ancestors which was filled with song, ceremony and tradition built and based upon what the creator had instructed. Seyler will speak about the many attempts made by the Federal and State governments to rid the land and society of the tribal people living within the American landscape and will discuss the eras of war, reservation, boarding school, allotment, relocation and termination. Seyler will end his talk with how the tribe has endured, overcome and risen to what it is today.
Warren Seyler is the Spokane Tribe of Indians Tribal Historian and Curriculum Developer of the Spokane Tribe’s Natural Resource Department.
The lecture will be broadcasted in realtime via Zoom.
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84120684037?pwd=[REDACTED]
Meeting ID: 841 2068 4037
Passcode: [REDACTED]
