Water has been the central element of Christian baptism since the very beginnings of Christianity. Baptism has been part of Christianity from the start, as shown by the many mentions in the Acts of the Apostles and the Pauline epistles. Baptism with water, whether by immersion or sprinkling, has always been the primary initiation ritual […]
Saturday, March 7 3:30 pm EST In-person only at the Penn Museum, Classroom L2 No registration required Special Event: Annual Korsyn Lecture in honor of Felix J. Korsyn Speaker: Prof. Rita Lucarelli, Associate Professor of Egyptology, Faculty Curator of Egyptology at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California Berkeley Title: Re-Encountering Egypt: […]
AIA’s George H. Forsyth, Jr. Memorial Lecture (Link: https://www.archaeological.org/endowment/george-h-forsyth-jr-memorial-lectures/) Dr. Marica Cassis, Department of History, University of Calgary What does climate resilience mean in the context of the Late Roman and Medieval World of Anatolia? Current excavations at the site of Çadır Höyük in Yozgat province, central Türkiye provide insight into how communities adapted and […]
The study of Greek art is heavily influenced by the notion of the ideal and idealized human body, which has long been assumed to exclude aspects of bodily difference and disability. In this talk, I consider a collection of 6th century BCE sculptures of maidens (korai) that were found on the Athenian Acropolis. As traditionally […]
Escape from Pompeii: Tracing survivors from the 79 CE eruption of Vesuvius Dr. Steven Tuck, Archaeologist and Professor in the History Department at Miami University Dr. Tuck will change the story of Pompeii from one of death and destruction to one of survival and hope. Through his research, he has traced those Romans who escaped […]
(Lecturers: Richard and Shirley Flint). There has been recent reporting of the discovery of what appear to be traces of sixteenth-century European presence in extreme south-central and southeastern Arizona. As a result, assertions have been made that those traces are indications of an outpost of the Coronado Expedition, called Suya in the surviving documentary record […]
About the lecture: Five extensive seasons of archaeological fieldwork have yielded a veritable treasure trove of new information about the long, complex history of the city of Bukhara, which was once a key node along the fabled “Silk Roads.” This presentation will introduce new data derived from finds and observations made at a series of […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
Join us for a lecture by Dr. Kevin Dicus, University of Oregon at Eugene, discussing investigations at Rome's Esquiline Hill. Abstract: Archaeologist Rodolfo Lanciani captivated the public with his account of excavations on Rome’s Esquiline Hill. No doubt influenced by Horace’s Satire 1.8 about the same region, his portrayal of mass graves (puticuli) embedded within […]
The George F. Bass Lectures
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
Lecture by Professor Amy Rebecca Gansell, St. John's University
