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  • Archaeology-Hour Screening: An Archaeology of the Battle of Bunker Hill

    Whitman College Maxey Hall 207 173 Stanton St., Walla Walla, WA, United States

    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 a multi-year survey of the first major battle of the American Revolution. This presentation will include descriptions of the loss of Charlestown to the fires […]

  • Reconsidering the Rise of a Newly Discovered Iron Age Kingdom in Anatolia: Great King Hartapu and the Türkmen-Karahöyük Archaeological Project

    ISAW Lecture Hall

    Lecture by James Osborne, University of Chicago Absttract: Since the 2019 discovery of a royal inscription authored by "Great King Hartapu," Iron Age Anatolian scholarship has been energised by the appearance of a hitherto unknown kingdom in the Konya Plain. While the historical context of Hartapu’s inscriptions have undergone dramatic reassessment in light of this […]

  • Tanzania Safari: Human Origins & the Great Migration

    Experience the Serengeti’s Great Migration, and view two significant human origin fossil sites plus magnificent savannah and volcanic landscapes, including Ngorongoro Crater. Stay at exclusive and luxurious tented camps, and travel in spacious, four-wheel drive safari vehicles. Highlights are many: • Leading our group of just 16 participants is paleoanthropologist & naturalist Dr. William Harcourt-Smith […]

  • Egypt’s Hidden Gems

    This unique, 17-day itinerary is the perfect trip for those who wish to revisit Egypt and discover lesser-known but spectacular Pharaonic wonders. A group of just 16 guests will travel under the leadership of an exceptional and engaging trio that has been receiving accolades for 20 years: Egyptologist Stephen Harvey, along with an expert local […]

  • Absolute Egypt

    This itinerary is carefully crafted to provide discerning travelers with the finest Egypt tour available. Our 19-day program is the most in-depth exploration of ancient Egypt’s greatest sites, combining all the best attributes of an all-inclusive, well-paced, luxury trip with just 16 travelers. • Our leaders are an exceptional and engaging trio, who have led […]

  • Tess Davis, “Blood Antiquities: Tomb Raiders, Art Smugglers, and the Black Market in Cultural Treasures”

    Semans Auditorium (Room 117), Belk Visual Arts Center 315 N. Main St., Davidson, NC, United States

    We all know the thrill of tomb raiding adventure novels and Hollywood films—Indiana Jones, Lara Croft, Thomas Crown—hunting for hidden treasures. But the real stories of looted and trafficked cultural property are far darker. In reality, it’s no longer daring explorers who dig up the past, but opportunistic criminals, war profiteers, mafia networks, armed insurgents, […]

  • Maya Pyramids & Temples of Yucatan

    This incredible nine-day holiday provides the best-paced itinerary available to see the sun-drenched Yucatán peninsula’s ancient sites, traditional Maya villages, and colonial architecture. Maya art and architecture abound, with visits to the UNESCO World Heritage Sites of Chichén Itzá and Uxmal, plus Ek Balam, Dzibilchaltun, and more: iconic as well as off-the-beaten-path sites with soaring […]

  • Archaeology-Hour Screening: The Archaeology of Alphabets and Abecedaries

    Whitman College Maxey Hall 207 173 Stanton St., Walla Walla, WA, United States

    Please join us for an in-person screening and informal discussion of the Archaeology Hour talk by Stephen Houston and Felipe Rojas (Brown University). A large part of the globe uses an alphabet of some sort. But what does it mean when it is put on display as an "abecedary," a graphic sequence of letters? This […]