Living and Dying with Judean Pillar Figurines: From the Met to Lachish and Back Again
Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
Please join the Student Affairs Interest Group for their annual Dissertation Lecture featuring Sarah Malik Bell, who received her PhD from Brown University in 2025, for her talk, "Remembering Collapse: […]
A Panel Discussion on Proposed Revisions to Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act Georgia State University will host a panel discussion that will bring together preservation professionals, students […]
Stone and clay may dominate archaeological narratives of Ancient Western Asian museum galleries, shaping our understanding through what has survived best. Yet, ancient craftspeople worked within a far richer material […]
Investigate southwestern Europe’s most extraordinary prehistoric caves, including Lascaux IV, a new, exact reproduction of one of the most remarkable prehistoric sites ever discovered; Altamira II, a precise replica of the original that is often called the “Sistine Chapel of Prehistoric Art”; Atapuerca, the most significant early human site in western Europe; Las Monedas Cave […]
The Shabaqo Stone is a monument that preserves some of the most important religious writings to survive from ancient Egypt. It was carved for Shabaqo, a Kushite king who ruled […]
Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
Join the AIA as Eric Cline (George Washington University) presents the first AIA Archaeology Hour talk of the 2026-2027 season: "Homer, Hollywood, and Historical Context: Comments scribbled in a Bronze Age Archaeologist’s Notebook." This presentation will be held on Wednesday, September 23, 2026 at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific. Register Here! This lecture will also […]
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology Location TBA
Please join us for our first event of the Fall 2026 cycle. Dr. John D. Wineland will be presenting his research in northern England and Scotland. Dr. Wineland is a Professor of History and Archaeology at the University of the Cumberlands, and the Society's Program Coordinator.
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
Ancient curse tablets, with texts usually scraped into thin, soft lead sheets, then rolled up and hidden in tombs, wells, or walls, represent some of the most fascinating sources of ancient beliefs in magic and dark powers. Curses could target rivals in business or love, circus charioteers racing against one's own favorite faction, or even […]