Journey 30,000 years into the past to discover how ancient humans used art to express themselves, connect with their environment, and develop techniques and materials to decorate cave walls in Europe. Guided by Marlena Billings, a PhD student in the Department of Anthropology, teens will explore examples of cave art and learn how archaeologists use […]
Speaker: Odette Boivin (University of Toronto) - focuses on archival, everyday Babylonian documents and historiographic sources. Robert Koldewey and his team excavated in Babylon between 1899 and 1917, carrying out foundational work for our understanding of the city of Babylon and contributing to develop and establish archaeological standards in the early days of the discipline. […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Alumni Lecture
Matthew Schmader (University of New Mexico) The huge exploration led by Francisco Vázquez de Coronado was the first contact between Ancestral Rio Grande Pueblos and outsiders. Its intended goals failed and the expedition spent the whole winter of 1540-1541 camped in village that was taken over from Southern Tiwa residents. Distrust and strife broke out […]
A lecture by Diana Patch, Curator in Charge of the Department of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Please join us for a lecture by Dr. Andy Goldman, Gonzaga University Abstract: Planning on a trip to Rome in the near future? Wondering what you might want to go and see, on and off the beaten path? Having just returned from a year teaching abroad in Rome, Dr. Andrew Goldman (Professor of History, Gonzaga […]
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California chapter, invites you to attend a Zoom lecture by Liam McEvoy, UC Berkeley: From Nile to Vial: Chemical and Archaeological Investigation of the Egyptian Blue Lotus Sunday, November 22, 2026, 3 PM PST This meeting is virtual, not in person. It will not be recorded. Zoom registration […]
Please join us for an in-person screening and informal discussion of the latest Archaeology Hour talk. Join Boston's City Archaeologist, Joe Bagley, to hear the latest insights and discoveries from […]
Gordon MacDonald (Heritageworks Ltd., Canada) will discuss his archaeological research in to the Great Polar Expeditions of the early 1900s.
