Cultural Resource Management (CRM) Today
Christy and Jim Pritchard, “Cultural Resource Management (CRM) Today” THIS LECTURE IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE VACCINATED PUBLIC MASKS ARE REQUIRED FOR ALL ATTENDEES About the lecture: Christy and […]
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Davidson College 315 North Main Street, Semans Auditorium, Belk Visual Arts Center, Davidson, NC, United States
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Useful Objects: Nineteenth-Century Museums and American Culture (Free Virtual Event)
Reed Gochberg, Assistant Director of Studies; Lecturer on History and Literature, Harvard University In conversation with: Brenda Tindal, Executive Director, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture What can the history […]
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The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: Monumental Power, Politics and Pride
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Reconstructing Queen Amanishakheto’s Musical Instruments (Free Virtual Lecture)
Susanne Gänsicke, Senior Conservator and Head of Antiquities Conservation, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles Double reed pipes, known as auloi, were popular musical instruments in the ancient Mediterranean. In […]
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Pompeii on the Potomac
Spokane, WA, United StatesConstantino Brumidi’s Roman-Style Wall Paintings for the US Capitol Dr. Elise Friedland (George Washington University, D.C.) The US Capitol—America’s central federal building—echoes ancient Greece and Rome, not only in its […]
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Çatalhöyük: The Bioarchaeology of an Early Farming Society in Transition (Clark Spencer Larsen)
The Neolithic is a period of fundamental changes in living circumstances, much of which is tied to the shift from a lifeway based exclusively on hunting, gathering, and collecting wild […]
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“Masada: From Jewish Revolt to Modern Myth”
Monmouth College IL, United StatesSienkewicz Lecture on Roman Archaeology Jodi Magness, Kenan Distinguished Professor for Teaching Excellence in Early Judaism, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (magness@email.unc.edu) In the first century B.C.E., Herod […]
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“The shipwreck in a diamond mine”: Identifying Elephant Herds from the ivory cargo in the 16th century
Rye Free Reading Room 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY, United StatesWhilst mining for diamonds in 2008, mine workers in Oranjemund, Namibia found over 40 tons of cargo from a shipwreck buried under the sand for centuries. The ship is likely […]
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Muchos Méxicos: Crossroads of the Americas exhibition opens to the public
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United StatesOn Friday, November 26, the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture—the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near […]
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Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World exhibition opens to the public
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United StatesOn Friday, November 26, the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture—the Harvard Museum of Natural History, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology, the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near […]
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Colonizing Provincial Egypt: Pyramids and the Early State presented by Professor Richard Bussmann, PhD, University of Cologne
Abstract: When we think of the pyramids of Egypt, we usually refer to the gigantic pyramids of Giza. These were statements of power in the early ancient Egyptian state. Yet, […]
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Cruising the Mekong RIver: Vietnam and Cambodia
Explore the wonders of tropical Indochina on our luxurious tour of Vietnam, Cambodia, and the Mekong River. Begin with two nights in Ho Chi Minh City (still known by many […]