• Pompeii on the Potomac

    Spokane, WA, United States

    Constantino Brumidi’s Roman-Style Wall Paintings for the US Capitol Dr. Elise Friedland (George Washington University, D.C.) The US Capitol—America’s central federal building—echoes ancient Greece and Rome, not only in its architecture and architectural sculpture, but even in its decorative murals. This talk presents new research on the 1858 fresco cycle in the Senate wing’s Naval […]

  • Continuity and change in Etruscan religion under Roman hegemony

    Florence, Florence, - None -, India

    Dr. Kevin Dicus (University of Oregon) Roman imperial ambitions began with the occupation of Italy. The Etruscans, once the dominant civilization, experienced great cultural and political upheavals. Foreign traditions, goods, […]

  • An Archaeologist, World War II and Prehistoric Thailand

    Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture 2316 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, WA, United States

    Dr. Cyler Conrad (University of New Mexico) The popular Hollywood film, The Bridge on the River Kwai, portrays an important series of events for prisoners of war during World War […]

  • Wine jars and jar makers of Cyprus

    Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture 2316 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, WA, United States

    Dr. Gloria London (Independent Scholar, Seattle WA) Lecture in Memory of Dr. Sarah Keller A Danish police officer, who volunteered for the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, spent his […]

  • Donald P. Ryan: “In the Footsteps of Howard Carter in the Valley of the Kings”

    Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture 2316 West 1st Avenue, Spokane, WA, United States

    The archaeological exploration of ancient Egypt's royal New Kingdom cemetery, the Valley of the Kings, offers a rich history of fascinating discoveries made by determined and often eccentric individuals including […]