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  • Escape from Pompeii: Tracing survivors from the 79 CE eruption of Vesuvius

    Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum at Miami University 801 S. Patterson Ave, Oxford, Ohio

    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 […]

  • The Problem of Distinguishing the Coronado Expedition’s Multiple Routes Across Southeastern Arizona

    (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 […]

  • From Money to Metal: How to Operate a Civic Mint in the Roman Empire

    Speaker: Dr. Kenneth W. Harl, Professor Emeritus, Department of History, Tulane University Based on analysis of the coins themselves, Professor Harl reconstructs how Greek cities in the Roman Empire manufactured and distributed bronzes coins. Not only do the coins reveal the stages of production by workers and the engraving of dies by artists, but they […]

  • Horace and Rodolfo construct the Esquiline: examining garbage and graves at Rome and beyond

    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 […]

  • AIA Special Event: Eric Cline is coming to Emory! (March 19)

    What: Dr. Eric Cline is coming to Emory! This lecture is NOT to be missed by archaeology enthusiasts or anyone with an interest in ancient Egypt. This is a special presentation sponsored by the Atlanta Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America (AIA). Who: Dr. Cline wrote the single best-selling archaeology book of the last […]

  • Breaking Bronze for Demeter: Indigenous Religion and the Making of Greek Sicily

    Mount Holyoke College, Skinner Hall, Room 216 9 Blanchard Circle, South Hadley, MA, United States

    Dr. Alex Moskowitz – Breaking Bronze for Demeter: Indigenous Religion and the Making of Greek Sicily Tuesday, March 24, at 5:30pm Mount Holyoke College Skinner Hall, Room 216 Alex Moskowitz is a classical archaeologist and historian interested in rewriting conventional narratives of colonization in the Archaic Mediterranean through the lens of the experiences of communities […]

  • Homo sapiens Meets Neanderthals: The End of a World

    Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA, Cambridge, MA, United States

    Free Hybrid Lecture Wednesday, March 25, 6:00–7:00 pm Homo sapiens Meets Neanderthals: The End of a World Advance registration recommended for in-person and online attendance Speaker: Jean-Jacques Hublin, Professor at the Collège de France (Paris), Emeritus Professor at the Max Planck Society Hallam L. Movius, Jr. Lecture Series The arrival of Homo sapiens in the […]