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  • Research and Excavations at Sardis

    Harvard Art Museums 32 Quincy Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    In this year’s Sardis Biennial Lecture, Professor Nicholas Cahill of the University of Wisconsin–Madison will discuss recent excavations at Sardis in Türkiye. The Archaeological Exploration of Sardis has been sponsored by Harvard University and Cornell University since 1958 and is authorized by the Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism. Discoveries include monumental remains of the […]

  • Family Matters: The Social Role of the Dionysiac Frescoes in the Villa of the Mysteries at Pompeii

    Family Matters: The Social Role of the Dionysiac Frescoes in the Villa of the Mysteries at Pompeii
    George Washington University, Funger Hall 108 (2201 G St NW Washington, DC 20052) Funger Hall, Room 108 (2201 G St. NW), Washington, DC, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Professor Elaine K. Gazda, University of Michigan, delivers the DC-AIA Annual Howland Lecture in Classical Archaeology

  • Archaeology-Hour Livestream: Mark Aldenderfer. “Archaeology and the Tibetan/Himalayan Afterlife”

    Walla Walla University, Admin Bldg 116 204 S College Ave, College Place, WA, United States

    Although historians and Tibetologists since the early 20th C have collected and interpreted religious documents describing in general terms rituals of death and safe passage to the afterlife among the early peoples of the Himalayas, the archaeological record offered little insight into them. But recent research by archaeologists across the region have made extraordinary discoveries […]

  • The Past in the Past: The Power of Monuments in Ruin presented by Dr. Art Joyce

    Eaton Humanities Room 250 Pleasant Street 1610, Boulder, CO, United States

    This presentation examines two ruined monumental architectural complexes in prehispanic Oaxaca, Mexico: The Main Plaza of the mountaintop city of Monte Albán in the Valley of Oaxaca and the acropolis of Río Viejo on the coastal floodplain of the Lower Río Verde. Both complexes were built during the Formative period and became the ceremonial centers […]

  • Archaeology of the Ọyọ Empire: Domesticity of Governance & Politics of Dependency, 1600-1836

    UMass Amherst, Integrated Learning Center S211 650 N Pleasant St, Amherst, United States
    Hybrid Event

    Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureships Dr. Akin Ogundiran, "Archaeology of the Ọyọ Empire: Domesticity of Governance and Politics of Dependency, 1600-1836" Thursday, April 10 at 5:30pm EST UMass Amherst, Integrated Learning Center S211 For Zoom attendance, register here: https://umass-amherst.zoom.us/meeting/register/UU0SqUeGS8mVuL6k98vAnA Between ca. 1650 and 1800, the Ọyọ Empire was the largest political formation in West Africa, south […]

  • Lecture: Susan Downie (Carleton University), “Sparta and Totalitarianism”

    Concordia University, LB 322 1400 De Maisonneuve Blvd, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    On Thursday, April 10th, at 600pm, Dr. Susan Downie (Carleton University) will deliver the lecture, "Sparta and Totalitarianism," in room LB 322 of Concordia University's Webster Library. Abstract 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 […]

  • Emeralds

    Emeralds
    Harvard Museum of Natural History 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Emeralds is a new, intimate collection of stunning crystals, gemstones, and jewelry on display in the Earth & Planetary Sciences Gallery. Highly coveted by a wide variety of cultures, emeralds have played a significant role in shaping human history, helping to facilitate trade and even build empires. From rough stones to sophisticated jewelry, emeralds continue […]