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Egyptian Conceptions and Manifestations of Borders and Cultural Hegemony in the Late Bronze Age Southern Levant
University of Georgia, Park Hall, Room 265 200 Baldwin St., Athens, GA, United StatesKershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
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Out from Shadows: Painting the Human Face in Classical Greece
Penn Museum 3260 South St, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesCharles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship Penn Museum
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Rituals of Death : The Tombs of Tibet’s First Kings
Anthropology Building AP130, University of Toronto St. George Campus 19 Russell Street, Toronto, ON, Canada -
Murder, Poetry, and Scribes in Ancient Egypt
Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United StatesFree Public Lecture – Online & In Person Margaret Geoga, Assistant Professor of Egyptology, The University of Chicago “The Teaching of Amenemhat” is the only ancient Egyptian literary work to describe the assassination of a king. Told from the perspective of the murdered Pharaoh Amenemhat I, the poem is remarkable for its grim subject matter […]
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Eldorado on the Nile: The Art of Luxury in Ptolemaic Alexandria
Hybrid EventCharles Elliot Norton Memorial Lectureship In collaboration with the University of Maryland, College Park Departments of Classics and Art History Archaeology
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The Impact of Roman Military Presence on the Arid Landscapes of Southern Jordan and Israel
The Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson Lectureship for Near Eastern Archaeology and Archaeological Technology
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ArtsThursdays: Ancient Game Night
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United StatesJoin us for a free night of friendly competition at the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture. Come with a date, come with friends, or make new friends while strolling through the galleries. Explore the galleries of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Learn to play the ancient board games Royal Game of […]
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Archaeology of the Ọyọ Empire (West Africa): Chivalry, Colonies, and Household Politics in the Early Modern Period
Florida State University, Carraway 315 Carraway Bldg, Tallahassee, FLMartha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships
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Dying as a Macedonian in Egypt: Styling Social Identity through Hellenistic Burial Practices
University of Virginia, Campbell Hall 158 (Architecture School) Bayly Dr, Charlottesville, VA, United StatesCharles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
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Argilos After Philip II: Fortifying Lands, Cultivating Wealth
Concordia University SGW, LB-322, Montreal, CanadaFollowing its conquest by Philip II of Macedon in 357 BCE, the city of Argilos was abandoned, and its land redistributed to a Macedonian general. Responsible for overseeing his territory within the expanding Macedonian realm, he also capitalized on the region’s olive oil production, as evidenced by the remains found on the Acropolis of Argilos. […]
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Using AI and Remote Sensing to Fight Looting and the Archaeo-Mafie
John Cabot University - Aula Magna Regina Via della Lungara 233, Roma, Roma, ItalyLooting of historical sites and monuments still happens in Italy, every day. There is only one reason for this criminal activity: money. And with illegal revenues comes organized crime. Indeed Italian Mafias are involved in trafficking illicit antiquities and supporting professional looters who can now use tools like drones for rapid site identification and theft. […]