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Climate Change and Migrating Farmers: The Spread of Agriculture to Southern Europe
Abstract: Farming spread from its center of origin in western Asia to southern Europe at the beginning of the Holocene. This phenomenon has prompted many questions. Why did farming spread […]
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Up Late With The Sphinx
Calling all kids and families! Have you ever wanted to explore the museum galleries after dark? Join us during Up Late with the Sphinx for an evening filled with games […]
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Hannibal’s Secret Weapon
Norton Lecture
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Excavations at Ancient Phoenix
The first excavations at ancient Phoenix (in southwestern Turkey), beginning in 2022, have yielded extensive evidence for the existence of an Apollo Sanctuary at the site, which was in use […]
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Genghis Khan and the Mongol Empire
Joukowsky Lecture
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Ancestral Maya Pilgrimage at the Sacred Pools of Cara Blanca, Belize
WEBINAR (Central Texas) Austin, TXJoukowsky Lecture
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Great Lectures: Teotihuacan: Rome of the Ancient Americas
Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United StatesAround 100 CE, a huge metropolis began to emerge in the Basin of Mexico, one the Aztecs would later call Teotihuacan, or “Birthplace of the Gods.” It quickly came to dominate the region, and, with its completely new urban grid-plan, contained as many as 150,000 people. Its two gigantic buildings, the Pyramids of the Sun […]
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Exploring the Technologies and Realities of Roman Toilets: Not a lot to Go on
WEBINAR (Columbus) Columbus, OHNorton Lecture