What can ancient graves tell us about the lives, beliefs, and bodies of people who lived centuries ago? In the Central Highlands of Kenya, archaeologists have uncovered a rare and intriguing find: three double burials dating back to the Medieval period. This talk explores the unfolding story behind these burials and what they reveal about […]
Alice Mandell lecture William Foxwell Albright Chair in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Department of Near Eastern Studies - Johns Hopkins University Canaanite Cuneiform Culture in the Amarna Age During the Amarna Age (the mid-14th century BCE), kings in the ancient Middle East corresponded with the Egyptian pharaoh. The largest group of cuneiform letters […]
Tuesday Sep. 16th, 5:30 - 6:30, JHU Homewood campus, Clark Hall Room 110 Alice Mandell lecture William Foxwell Albright Chair in Biblical and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Department of Near Eastern Studies - Johns Hopkins University Canaanite Cuneiform Culture in the Amarna Age During the Amarna Age (the mid-14th century BCE), kings in the ancient […]
Speaker: Rita Lucarelli, Associate Professor of Egyptology, Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures; Faculty Curator of Egyptology, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley University museums hold rich yet often underutilized resources for teaching about ancient Egypt. With the growing availability of 3D and virtual reality technologies—such as photogrammetry, 3D scanning, […]
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening with Tate Paulette as he kicks off this season of AIA Archaeology Hour with "Beer in Ancient Mesopotamia." This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific. Register here!
Help preserve Providence history! Join the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World and the staff of Providence’s North Burial Ground for a community data collection day within the cemetery’s old Colonial sections. Founded in 1700, North Burial Ground predates the founding of the United States and the charter of the City of Providence. […]
Join the Tippecanoe County Historical Association and Purdue University’s Department of Anthropology to celebrate Indiana Archaeology Month! This free, all-ages event will feature many hands-on activities, including an Atl Atl dart throw, Artifact Show and Tell and Identification, a mini excavation, and archaeology activity books. The Tippecanoe Battlefield Museum will also have free entry.
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California chapter, and the UC Berkeley Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures (MELC) invite you to attend a lecture by Jess Johnson, UC Berkeley "The Iconographic and Spatial Role of Gate Guardian Demons in Deir el-Medina Tombs" Sunday September 21, 2025, 3 PM Pacific Daylight Time MELC […]
We are excited to start the year by hearing UC Berkeley graduate students report on their summer research and excavation experiences at various sites across the globe. Shelby Medina (Anthropology) will discuss her magnetometry work at the site of Tugunbulak in Uzbekistan. Bella Blanton (Ancient History & Mediterranean Archaeology) will speak about the field season […]
The phrase "underwater archaeology" conjures up notions of shipwrecks, ships lost at sea, and the dramatic catastrophes that sank them; however, archaeology underwater can also reveal details about ancient landscapes that contain a record of past human occupations. Many of these sites are on the earth's continental shelves where vast stretches of shallow, coastal land […]
Students from Davidson, UNC Charlotte, and Winthrop will report on their summer excavation experiences. A great opportunity for students to hear what going on a dig is like!
Martha Sharp Joukowsky Lecture
