The Shipwreck at Gnalić – Gagliana Grossa (1569-1583)
Wellesley College, Founders Hall 120 106 Central St, Wellesley, MA, United StatesThe George F. Bass Lectures
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Archaeology-Hour Screening: Shipping Stone for Justinian’s Empire(?)
Whitman College Maxey Hall 207 173 Stanton St., Walla Walla, WA, United StatesPlease join us for an in-person screening and informal discussion of the Archaeology Hour talk by Justin Leidwanger (Stanford University). The Marzamemi “church wreck” (as it has been labeled) — a 6th-century CE shipwreck found off the southeastern tip of Sicily, has long been interpreted as a symbol of the emperor Justinian’s ‘revival’ of a […]
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The Rape of the Sabines: Myth and History in the Urban Development of Republican Rome
TBA (Hartford 1) Hartford, CT, United StatesMartha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship Time TBA
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Ceramic Production and Community at Archaic and Classical Eleon in Central Greece
Jepson Hall, Room 109 221 Richmond Way, Richmond, VA, United StatesJoseph Veach Noble Lecture, by Dr. Janelle Sadarananda, Skidmore College
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Life, Death, and Disease: Insights form Petra’s Tombs and Cemeteries
College of Charleston, Simons 380 54 St. Philip Street, Charleston, SC, United StatesKershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
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Petra’s Forgotten Past: Uncovering the Iron Age Foundations of Nabataean Society
University of Maryland, Room TBA College Park, MD, United StatesMartha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
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A High Altitude “Big Bang”: Late Formative Period Archaeology of the Lake Titicaca Basin, Bolivia 2
TBA (Western Carolina) NC, United StatesDoris Z. Stone New World Archaeology Lectures
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Ancient Egypt In Its African Context and at a Crossroads
Architecture School, UVA, CAM 160 110 Bayly Dr, Charlottesville, VA, United StatesShomarka Keita, a biological anthropologist affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution and the Institute for Historical Biology, William and Mary, has written extensively on identity and biology in Egypt and Nubia. Egypt is in the northeastern corner of Africa, in essence a 930 mi linear oasis in the eastern Sahara. Due to the history of Egypt's […]
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The Second Style at Saqqara during the Late Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period: Results of an Investigation and New Observations
Lisbon, Lisbon, PortugalSaturday, October 15 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Anthro Classroom 345 In-person; no registration required Speaker: Dr. Valentina Anselmi, PhD, UPenn Title: The Second Style at Saqqara during the Late Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period: Results of an Investigation and New Observations Abstract: In the late Old Kingdom, an unusual corpus of artistic production, […]
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Pattern-Making Workshop with Artist Zahra Almajidi
Islamic Center of Greater Worcester 57 Laurel St, Worcester, United StatesDo you ever wonder how artists design patterns for jewelry, prints, and textiles? This workshop gives audiences a chance to learn about design elements and principles from Detroit-based Middle Eastern artist Zahra Almajidi. Participants will also participate in a hands-on activity, generating their own unique patterns. Registration required. If you are interested in joining the […]
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Professor Amy Gansell, “The Queens of Nimrud’s Northwest Palace: Beauty, Power, and Presence in the Neo-Assyrian World, c. 865–705 BCE”
Nearly three thousand years ago, at the ancient site of Nimrud (near modern Mosul, Iraq), a succession of ten Neo-Assyrian kings reigned in collaboration with their queens from the magnificence of the Northwest Palace, the seat of the empire and center of their world. Too often overshadowed by the well documented legacy of Neo-Assyrian kings, […]
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How the Inkas built Sacsayhuaman, Revisited
About the lecture: This lecture will discuss new ideas about how the Inkas constructed their megalithic walls, such as those of Sacsayhuaman above Cusco in Peru. Although scholars know the technology the Inkas used to quarry, transport, and shape the stones that were used in their high-quality structures, the exact process of how they maneuvered […]