Kingdoms of Asia
The activities in this event will consist of the following: 1. The guided tour of the Kingdoms of Asia Exhibit at the Fresno Chaffee Zoo. This Exhibit is new and […]
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Fresno Chaffee Zoo 894 W Belmont Ave, Fresno, CA, United States
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Cantilevered Walkways—A Remarkable feat of Ancient Chinese Engineering
Dr. Lothar von Falkenhausen Distinguished Professor of Chinese Archaeology and Art History UCLA To this day, the Qinling mountains in Shaanxi province, which separate the basin of the Yellow River from that of the Yangzi River, constitute a formidable geographical obstacle to communication on account of their almost unimaginably vertical cliffs. To facilitate inter-regional trade […]
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AIA-Nashville Society Book Club: The Feather Thief by Kirk Wallace Johnson
The Parthenon 2500 West End Ave, Nashville, TN, United StatesWelcome to the Parthenon/AIA-Nashville Society Book Club! In partnership with the Archaeological Institute of America-Nashville Society, the Parthenon hosts free book club gatherings quarterly. Join us for a friendly discussion on The Feather Thief, by Kirk Wallace Johnson. Read about one of the most bizarre museum heists of the century. The informal discussion will be […]
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Founding the City: Carved Orthostats and Architectural Experimentation in Anatolia
Blegen 308, University of Cincinnati 2602 McMicken Circle, Cincinnati, OH, United StatesCharles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
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A Dealer, an Insurance Salesman, Seven University Museums, Eighty-Eight Investors, and Three Hundred Classical Antiquities: a Cautionary Tale – a Nancy Wilkie Lectureship in Archaeological Heritage
Virtual EventThis virtual talk will recount a recently-uncovered story of an unusual, complex, decades-long antiquities investment scheme orchestrated by Royal-Athena Galleries, a prominent Manhattan-based antiquities dealer, that did not end well for most stakeholders. It will also examine the larger ethical implications of the story, raising questions about the relationship of museums to the art market. […]
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Diving the Pyramids: Underwater Tombs and Excavation at the Royal Cemetery of Nuri, Sudan
TBA (Knoxville) Knoxville, TN, United StatesThe Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson Lectureship for Near Eastern Archaeology and Archaeological Technology
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Nomads of the Desert and the Sea: Evidence from Prehistoric Burial Mounds in Qatar
Tory Breezeway-1 University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, CanadaHarald Ingholt Lecture in Middle Eastern Archaeology Lecturer: Dr. Richard Fletcher Abstract: Prehistoric burial cairns have been a subject of archaeological investigation in Qatar since national development began in the […]
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Archive Archaeology at Karanis: Recontextualizing the Michigan Documentation in Three Dimensions
Ellis Library Auditorium 520 S 9th St, Columbia, MO, United StatesThe Archaelogical Institute of America (AIA) Central Missouri Society is co-sponsoring with the Classics, Archaeology, and Religion (CAR) Department a guest lecture by Dr. Tyler Johnson on November 6th at 5:30 pm with a reception beforehand at 5pm in the Ellis Library auditorium. Dr. Johnson will be presenting "Archive Archaeology at Karanis: Recontextualizing the Mighigan […]
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Landscapes of Time and Memory: Foragers in the Mojave Desert
TBA (Lubbock) Lubbock, TX, United StatesMartha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
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New Approaches to Roman Urbanism: The Excavations of the Falerii Novi Project (Lazio, Italy)
Kelsey Museum 434 State Street, Ann Arbor, MI, United StatesMartha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
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TBA (New Brunswick)
TBA (New Brunswick) Fredericton, New BrunswickTime TBA
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Sparta and Totalitarianism
303 Paterson Hall Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaSpeaker: Susan Downie – Carleton University The ancient Greek city-state of Sparta has never really left the imagination of western civilization. From political philosophers like Plato and Aristotle to modern political parties such as Greece’s Χρυσή Αυγή “Golden Dawn”, the Spartan state and its citizens have represented an ideal for which to strive. What elements […]