Life, Death, and Disease: Insights form Petra’s Tombs and Cemeteries
College of Charleston, Simons 380 54 St. Philip Street, Charleston, SC, United StatesKershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
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Petra’s Forgotten Past: Uncovering the Iron Age Foundations of Nabataean Society
University of Maryland, Room TBA College Park, MD, United StatesMartha Sharp Joukowsky Lectureship
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A High Altitude “Big Bang”: Late Formative Period Archaeology of the Lake Titicaca Basin, Bolivia 2
TBA (Western Carolina) NC, United StatesDoris Z. Stone New World Archaeology Lectures
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Ancient Egypt In Its African Context and at a Crossroads
Architecture School, UVA, CAM 160 110 Bayly Dr, Charlottesville, VA, United StatesShomarka Keita, a biological anthropologist affiliated with the Smithsonian Institution and the Institute for Historical Biology, William and Mary, has written extensively on identity and biology in Egypt and Nubia. Egypt is in the northeastern corner of Africa, in essence a 930 mi linear oasis in the eastern Sahara. Due to the history of Egypt's […]
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The Second Style at Saqqara during the Late Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period: Results of an Investigation and New Observations
Lisbon, Lisbon, PortugalSaturday, October 15 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Anthro Classroom 345 In-person; no registration required Speaker: Dr. Valentina Anselmi, PhD, UPenn Title: The Second Style at Saqqara during the Late Old Kingdom and First Intermediate Period: Results of an Investigation and New Observations Abstract: In the late Old Kingdom, an unusual corpus of artistic production, […]
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Pattern-Making Workshop with Artist Zahra Almajidi
Islamic Center of Greater Worcester 57 Laurel St, Worcester, United StatesDo you ever wonder how artists design patterns for jewelry, prints, and textiles? This workshop gives audiences a chance to learn about design elements and principles from Detroit-based Middle Eastern artist Zahra Almajidi. Participants will also participate in a hands-on activity, generating their own unique patterns. Registration required. If you are interested in joining the […]
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Professor Amy Gansell, “The Queens of Nimrud’s Northwest Palace: Beauty, Power, and Presence in the Neo-Assyrian World, c. 865–705 BCE”
Nearly three thousand years ago, at the ancient site of Nimrud (near modern Mosul, Iraq), a succession of ten Neo-Assyrian kings reigned in collaboration with their queens from the magnificence of the Northwest Palace, the seat of the empire and center of their world. Too often overshadowed by the well documented legacy of Neo-Assyrian kings, […]
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How the Inkas built Sacsayhuaman, Revisited
About the lecture: This lecture will discuss new ideas about how the Inkas constructed their megalithic walls, such as those of Sacsayhuaman above Cusco in Peru. Although scholars know the technology the Inkas used to quarry, transport, and shape the stones that were used in their high-quality structures, the exact process of how they maneuvered […]
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What is Industrial Archeology: Its Past and Future
Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation 154 Moody Street, Waltham, United StatesThe field of industrial archeology (IA) is now about 70 years old and has passed through stages of life, from an exuberant youth filled with discovery – the period when the Charles River Museum of Industry was founded – to its sedate present. Interest in the field seems to be waning, judging from declining membership […]
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Life in a Garrison of the Imperial Frontieron the Lower Danube in the 6th and 11th centuries
University of Florida, Fine Arts Building "B" 400 SW 13th Street, Gainesville, FL, United StatesCapidava was a Roman and Byzantine fort on the Lower Danube. Although the object of extensive archaeological study, the living conditions of the soldiers stationed there in the 6th and the 11th century have never been examined in a detailed, comparative mode. In both centuries, the population inside the fort included both women and children, […]
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Poggio Civitate’s Etruscan Workshop: A Cross-Craft Perspective
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture 2316 W 1st Ave, Spokane, WA, United StatesDr. Nora Donoghue, Gonzaga University visiting professor, will present her research into Etruscan workshop crafting interrelationships at Poggio Civitate. Abstract: Craft production in the ancient world is frequently analyzed by specialists who concentrate on a specific material or class of artifact. This approach overlooks the strong probability that ancient production processes were interrelated through shared […]
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Navajo/Dene Rock Art
Longview Park 13525 Clayton Road, Town and Country, MO, United StatesPowerpoint presentation by Richard Jenkison (Independent Researcher) who has spent decades studying the Navajo rock art sites in New Mexico.