Speaker: Susan Downie – Carleton University The ancient Greek city-state of Sparta has never really left the imagination of western civilization. From political philosophers like Plato and Aristotle to modern political parties such as Greece’s Χρυσή Αυγή “Golden Dawn”, the Spartan state and its citizens have represented an ideal for which to strive. What elements […]
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California chapter, and the UC Berkeley Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invite you to attend a book talk and signing by Dr. Rune Nyord, Emory University: "Yearning for Immortality: The European Invention of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife" Sunday November 9, 2025, 3 PM Pacific Standard Time […]
The multi-day Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival is an annual juried competition, part of Archaeology Month celebration. It is free, open to the public, and is an educational event showcasing the discovery of past cultures gained from ethnological or archaeological research, and illustrated through documentary films. The Virtual Edition is an international online […]
The "Urban Regeneration and Sustainability" conference holds huge importance in today's world. As cities face numerous challenges, such as quick urbanization, environmental degradation, and social inequality, it is crucial to address these issues through sustainable urban regeneration practices. That is why IEREK is hosting the sixth edition of the conference offering attendees a platform to […]
The George F. Bass Lectures
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Wednesday Nov. 12, 5:30 – 6:30, Johns Hopkins Homewood campus, Room TBA C. Brian Rose James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology, University of Pennsylvania Curator-in-Charge, Mediterranean Section, University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Troy and Gordion: An Excavator’s Perspective on Two Legendary Sites in Anatolia Heinrich Schliemann began excavations at Troy in the 1870s, and […]
Speaker: Florence Dunn Friedman, Visiting Scholar, Department of Egyptology and Assyriology, Brown University King Menkaure’s Fourth Dynasty pyramid temples at Giza were once filled with statues. The surviving statues represent some of the finest in ancient Egyptian sculpture. Crafted for eternity, these statues served as “bodies” through which the king could function in this life […]
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening with Alison Futrell as she gives the International Archaeology Day month AIA Archaeology Hour talk "The People's Arena." This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific. Register here!
The George F. Bass Lectures
Please 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 […]
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship Time TBA
