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AIA awards over $380,000 to archaeological projects around the world

May 26, 2020

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) awarded more than $380,000 in grants to 36 archaeological projects around the world. The grants will support excavation, analyses, and research in over a […]

Build Your Own Monument Competition Recap

May 22, 2020

We were delighted with the response to our first Build Your Own Monument competition that wrapped up last week. We received 320 entries from 14 countries, 30 U.S. states, and […]

Results For Week 4: Build Your Own Monument—Pyramids at Giza

May 15, 2020

It may not be possible to visit Egypt right now but that didn’t stop this week’s Build Your Own Monument contestants from transporting us to the famed pyramid complex in […]

In Memoriam: Leyland Hugh Sackett

May 12, 2020

The AIA is deeply saddened by the passing of L. Hugh Sackett and we extend our condolences to his family, friends, students, and colleagues.
Leyland Hugh Sackett (1928 – 2020)

Results for Week 3: Build Your Own Monument—the Colosseum

May 8, 2020

While Rome wasn’t built in a day, many of the Colosseum entries in the AIA’s International Archaeology Day Build Your Own Monument competition were! In the third week of monument […]

Jodi Magness to Deliver Schweich Lectures

May 1, 2020

AIA Past President Jodi Magness has been invited by the British Academy to deliver the Schweich Lectures on Biblical Archaeology in 2022. In 1907, Constance Schweich endowed a fund in […]

Results for Week 2: Build Your Own Monument—Chichén Itzá

May 1, 2020

Last week’s Stonehenge challenge got the ball rolling for the Build Your Own Monument contest. This week 60 competitors submitted their creative and original replicas of the Temple of Kukulkan, […]

ARCHAEOLOGY Magazine Has Opened Its Archive

April 30, 2020

We know that in this challenging environment we all face due to the Covid-19 pandemic, many members of our community are looking for ways to learn more about the past […]

Archaeological Institute of America Statement on Archaeology and COVID-19

April 24, 2020

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) recognizes that the COVID-19 crisis has created profound difficulties for individuals, their families, and their communities. Many institutions now face challenges to their mission […]

Build Your Own Stonehenge Results

April 24, 2020

As modern civilizations hunkered down to combat the spread of COVID-19, the Archaeological Institute of America launched a competition that challenged individuals and families stuck at home to replicate some […]

AIA’s Interactive Digs Cited as One of the Best Ways to Travel the World from Home

April 23, 2020

Recognizing the barriers to physical travel facing everyone at this time, Green Global Travel, a travel blog that, according to a statement by its founders from its website, aims to […]

Sarah Parcak Awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship

April 22, 2020

Sarah Parcak, professor in the Department of Anthropology and founding director of the Laboratory for Global Observation at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, has been awarded a John Simon […]

The IAD Build Your Own Monument Challenge has Begun

April 13, 2020

The AIA challenge to build your own monument has begun! Count down to the 10th anniversary of International Archaeology Day (IAD), by replicating some of the most iconic archaeological sites […]

Elise Friedland Awarded an NEH Public Scholar Fellowship

April 13, 2020

Elise A. Friedland, Associate Professor in the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at The George Washington University, has received an NEH Public Scholar Fellowship for 2020-2021 […]

2020 AIA Photo Contest Results

April 7, 2020

Despite the fact the 2020 AIA Photo Contest occurred during a time when the world faces tremendous travel restrictions, participants were able to share snapshots of previous archaeological adventures.

AIA Endorses ASA Statement Regarding Faculty Review and Reappointment During the COVID-19 Crisis

April 7, 2020

The AIA has joined with numerous other scholarly societies in endorsing the American Sociological Association Statement Regarding Faculty Review and Reappointment During the COVID-19 Crisis.

AIA-Spokane Society Embracing All Things Pompeii

April 6, 2020

When a local museum announced it would be holding an exhibition entitled Pompeii: The Immortal City, the AIA-Spokane Society decided to embrace this opportunity as the theme for their spring programing.

AIA Supports Increased Funding for the BLM Cultural Resources & National Conservation Lands Accounts

April 6, 2020

The AIA joined with 87 other organizations in signing on to a letter to congressional appropriators in support of increased funding for the Bureau of Land Management’s Cultural Resources Management and National Conservation Lands accounts.

AIA Site Preservation Grant to Support Project at Deir el-Ballas, Egypt

March 27, 2020

The AIA’s 2019 Site Preservation Grant will fund preservation work taking place at Deir el-Ballas in Egypt.

AIA Announces 2021 Gold Medal Award Winner

March 19, 2020

The AIA has selected Dr. Katherine M.D. Dunbabin as the 2021 recipient of the AIA’s Gold Medal Award for Distinguished Archaeological Achievement.

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