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SUMMARY:The Power of Antiquity in the Making of Modern Egypt (Free Virtual Lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Wendy Doyon\, Historian of Archaeology and Modern Egypt \nAncient Egypt conjures images of pharaonic temples\, tombs\, and pyramids\, and perhaps\, even the familiar illustrations from children’s books and magazines showing kilted workers on the Nile toiling away on their kings’ great monuments. But what is the relationship between these images—along with the deep history they evoke and the processes of discovery that made them visible—and the history of modern Egypt? In this talk\, Wendy Doyon will discuss the relationship between state\, archaeology\, and labor in Mehmed (or Muhammad) Ali’s Egypt—an autonomous khedival\, or viceregal\, state within the late Ottoman Empire—and explain how the power of the Egyptian state in the nineteenth century was built\, in large part\, on the creation of modern antiquities land and the organization of Egyptian workers as state assets controlled by Mehmed Ali Pasha and his dynasty-building successors. \nPresented by Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-power-of-antiquity-in-the-making-of-modern-egypt-free-virtual-lecture/
LOCATION:Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East\, 6 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Mexican Red: The Perfect Color that Changed the World (Free Virtual Event) / Rojo Mexicano: El Color Perfecto que Cambió el Mundo (Conferencia Virtual Gratuita)
DESCRIPTION:Gabriela Soto Laveaga\, Professor of the History of Science and Antonio Madero Professor for the Study of Mexico\, Harvard University \nCochineal (Dactylopius coccus) is a small insect that produces a brilliant red pigment. Found in textiles\, paintings\, cosmetics\, and many other objects that span the globe\, cochineal is an integral part of world history. Cochineal pigment was used by Mesoamerican peoples long before the Spanish arrived in the sixteenth century. After being introduced to Europe\, it quickly became a precious commodity and control over its global trade was a source of conflict and competition for over three centuries. In this lecture\, Gabriela Soto Laveaga will trace the fascinating history of cochineal production and the many efforts to control its trade. \nPresented in English with live Spanish interpretation by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture in collaboration with the Mexico Program​​​​​​​ of the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. \nVisit the related bilingual online exhibit launching April 20\, Cochineal: How Mexico Made the World See Red\, at https://hmsc.harvard.edu/exhibit-spotlight. \n***\nLa cochinilla (Dactylopius coccus) es un pequeño insecto que produce un pigmento rojo brillante. Utilizada en textiles\, pinturas\, cosméticos y muchos otros objetos alrededor del mundo\, la cochinilla es una parte integral de la historia mundial. La grana cochinilla fue utilizada por los pueblos mesoamericanos mucho antes de la llegada de los españoles en el siglo XVI. Una vez introducida en Europa\, se convirtió rápidamente en un bien preciado y el control de su comercio mundial fue fuente de conflictos y competencia durante más de tres siglos. En esta conferencia\, Gabriela Soto Laveaga recorrerá la fascinante historia de la producción de grana cochinilla y los numerosos esfuerzos por controlar su comercio. \nPresentada en inglés con interpretación en vivo en español por el Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology\, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture y el Programa de México del David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. \nVisite la exposición bilingüe en línea que se inaugurará el 20 de abril del 2022\, Cochinilla: Cómo México Hizo que el Mundo Viera el Rojo\, en https://hmsc.harvard.edu/exhibit-spotlight.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/mexican-red-the-perfect-color-that-changed-the-world-free-virtual-event-rojo-mexicano-el-color-perfecto-que-cambio-el-mundo-conferencia-virtual-gratuita/
LOCATION:Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Cochineal: How Mexico Made the World See Red (Online Exhibit Spotlight) / Cochinilla: Cómo México Hizo que el Mundo Viera el Rojo (Exposición en Línea)
DESCRIPTION:Cochineal\, a tiny insect found on certain species of Oaxacan cacti\, was harvested for millennia by Indigenous peoples to dye fabrics a vibrant red color. But following the European invasion of the Americas in the sixteenth century\, it became a widely coveted\, globally traded commodity that transformed textiles and art\, and made Mexico a center for technological innovation. Cochineal: How Mexico Made the World See Red explores how this Indigenous technology changed the world\, becoming an international symbol of power\, while simultaneously disenfranchising its discoverers. \nLa cochinilla\, un diminuto insecto que se encuentra en ciertas especies de cactus oaxaqueños\, fue cosechada durante milenios por los pueblos indígenas para teñir las telas de un vibrante color rojo. Pero tras la invasión europea de las Américas en el siglo XVI\, se convirtió en un producto ampliamente codiciado y comercializado a nivel mundial que transformó los tejidos y el arte\, y convirtió a México en un centro de innovación tecnológica. Cochinilla: Cómo México Hizo que el Mundo Viera el Rojo explora cómo esta tecnología indígena cambió el mundo\, convirtiéndose en un símbolo internacional de poder\, al tiempo que privaba de derechos a sus descubridores.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/cochineal-how-mexico-made-the-world-see-red-online-exhibit-spotlight-cochinilla-como-mexico-hizo-que-el-mundo-viera-el-rojo-exposicion-en-linea/
LOCATION:Harvard Museums of Science & Culture (Virtual)\, 26 Oxford St.\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Manifest: Thirteen Colonies (Free Virtual Lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Wendel White\, Distinguished Professor of Art & American Studies\, Stockton University; 2021 Robert Gardner Fellow in Photography\, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology\, Harvard University \nIn conversation with Brenda Tindal\, Executive Director\, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture \nManifest: Thirteen Colonies is a photographic project and journey through the repositories of African American material culture found in libraries\, museums\,and archives of the original thirteen English colonies. Conceived by photographer Wendel White\, this project is a personal\, selective reliquary of the remarkable evidence of Black agency and racial oppression stored in public and private collections. In this program\, White will discuss his approach to finding\, selecting\, and photographing artifacts—from rare singular objects\, to more quotidian materials—and highlight their significance as forensic evidence of Black life and history in the United States. A conversation with public historian Brenda Tindal will follow. \nThis program is supported by the Robert Gardner Fellowship Fund \nPresented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/manifest-thirteen-colonies-free-virtual-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Exploring Humanity’s Technological Origins (Virtual Lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Sonia F. Harmand\, Associate Professor\, Department of Anthropology\, Turkana Basin Institute\, Stony Brook University; Director\, Mission Préhistorique au Kenya/West Turkana Archaeological Project \nHuman evolutionary scholars have long assumed that the earliest stone tools were made by members of the genus Homo\, 2.4–2.3 million years ago\, and that this technological development was directly linked to climate change and the spread of savannah grasslands. In the last decade\, fieldwork in West Turkana\, Kenya\, has revealed evidence of much earlier technological behavior. Sonia Harmand will discuss the discovery of stone tools in a 3.3-million-year-old archaeological site in Kenya known as Lomekwi 3. She will show how this discovery is reshaping our understanding of the emergence of human-like manipulative capabilities\, as well as the development of cognition in early hominins—the group consisting of modern humans and all our immediate ancestors. \nPresented by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/exploring-humanitys-technological-origins-virtual-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Exploring Egypt’s Middle Kingdom at the Site of Ancient Thebes (Virtual Lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Antonio J. Morales\, Assistant Professor of Egyptology\, University of Alcalá; Real Colegio Complutense Visiting Fellow 2022\, Harvard University; Director\, The Middle Kingdom Theban Project \nOne of ancient Egypt’s high points of cultural\, intellectual\, and social life was the period referred to as the Middle Kingdom (2030–1650 BCE). The ancient city of Thebes (modern Luxor) was the Egyptian capital during the early stage of this period and the site of multiple funerary temples and tombs. In this lecture\, Egyptologist Antonio Morales will discuss an international and multidisciplinary project that is conducting archaeological\, historical\, and cultural research\, as well as conservation work\, in Deir el-Bahari and Asasif—two funerary areas at Thebes—to better understand the city’s role in the development of Egypt’s classical age. \nPresented by Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/exploring-egypts-middle-kingdom-at-the-site-of-ancient-thebes-virtual-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220327T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220327T160000
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SUMMARY:Amazing Archaeology Fair at Harvard
DESCRIPTION:Experience an epic day of archaeological events with the family! Activities are scattered across two museums — the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East — so explore Native North American\, Central American\, Egyptian\, Mesopotamian and Mediterranean archaeology. Throw a spear with a spear thrower. Talk to student archaeologists who excavate in locations around the world. \nPeabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA 02138 \nPeabody Museum Admission: Adults: $15.00\, Seniors (65+): $13.00\, Harvard ID holders: Free\, Non-Harvard students with I.D.: $10.00\, Youth ages 3–18: $10.00\, Youth under 3: Free\, Members: Free \nHarvard Museum of the Ancient Near East\, 6 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA 02138 \nHarvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Admission: Free \nFree parking at 52 Oxford Street Garage
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/amazing-archaeology-fair-at-harvard-2/
LOCATION:Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Archaeology Fair
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SUMMARY:Behind-the-Screens with Sarah Clunis (Free for HMSC Members)
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Anita Clunis\, Director of Academic Partnerships and Curator of African Collections\, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology \nLocated in the Kasaï Oriental Province along the Sankuru River in the central part of the Democratic Republic of Congo\, the Kuba identify themselves as the children of Woot and the tale of their origins is often reenacted in masquerades for the royal Kuba court. The focus of this Black History Month Behind-the-Screens is a conversation with Peabody Curator of African Collections\, Sarah Clunis\, about three royal Kuba masks—housed at Harvard’s Peabody Museum—that as a triad re-enact the founding of the Kuba kingdom and highlight the significance of gender and status in Kuba political systems and Kuba life. \nPresented by Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture \nNot a member of Harvard Museums of Science & Culture? Become a member today so you can join us on February 28th! Visit us at https://hmsc.harvard.edu/membership
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/behind-the-screens-with-sarah-clunis-free-for-hmsc-members/
LOCATION:Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:On the Literacy and Education of Ancient Egyptian Artists (Free Virtual Lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Dimitri Laboury\, Associate Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art History\, Archaeology\, History and History of Religions; Research Director\, Belgian National Fund for Scientific Research in Ancient Egyptian Art History and Archaeology; Director of the Ancient Egyptian Art Historical Research Unit\, University of Liège\, Belgium \nOne of the salient characteristics of ancient Egypt undoubtedly is its hieroglyphic script. The “code” to decipher this writing system was cracked precisely two hundred years ago\, in 1822\, by the brilliant French linguist Jean-François Champollion—the founding father of Egyptology. The complexity of Egyptian hieroglyphs resulted in a low literacy rate among the Pharaonic population. In this lecture\, Dimitri Laboury will address the level(s) of literacy and scholarly education among the makers of the countless hieroglyphic monuments that help make ancient Egypt so famous. Was every ancient Egyptian artist capable of reading and writing hieroglyphs? And in that society\, who were the real experts in hieroglyphic writing? \nPresented by Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/on-the-literacy-and-education-of-ancient-egyptian-artists-free-virtual-lecture/
LOCATION:Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East\, 6 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220215T180000
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SUMMARY:Benin Bronzes in Context (Free Virtual Lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Sarah Anita Clunis\, Director of Academic Partnerships and Curator of African Collections\, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology\, Harvard University \nIn conversation with Diana DiPaolo Loren\, Senior Curator\, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology\, Harvard University \nThe kingdom of Benin\, a highly centralized state founded in the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries in southwestern Nigeria\, dominated trade with Europeans on the Nigerian coast from the late 1400s until the end of the 1900s. Ruled by a divine king\, or Oba\, the Benin kingdom relied on specialized guilds who created elaborate court regalia that adorned the palace of the Oba. Bronze plaques\, ivory statuettes\, and delicate coral-beaded items were used to establish status and validate the Oba’s power. In 1897 a British expeditionary force invaded Benin\, plundered the palace\, and burned it to the ground. Items linked to this expedition were then sent to museums around the world\, including both the Harvard Art Museums and Harvard’s Peabody Museum\, and are housed in their collections. In this program\, Sarah Clunis will look at objects currently in the care of Harvard and discuss the way that these objects represent an iconographic and contextual story of trade\, contact\, and crossroads between cultures. Diana Loren will moderate a discussion after the presentation. \nThe bronze\, ivory\, and wooden artworks broadly known as the “Benin Bronzes” were taken from Benin City as part of the British Punitive Expedition of 1897 and dispersed to private collections and museums around the world. The Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and Harvard Art Museums acknowledge the violence and trauma of the Expedition and understand that the presence of this cultural material in Western museums is experienced as continued injustice by descendent communities. \nPresented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture in collaboration with the Harvard Art Museums
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/benin-bronzes-in-context-free-virtual-lecture/
LOCATION:Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Muchos Méxicos: Crossroads of the Americas Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Muchos Méxicos explores Mexico’s rich history as a site of human innovation\, creativity and cultural diversity. Featuring Mexican objects from the Peabody Museum collections\, this bilingual exhibit tells the story of Mexico as a multicultural and geographic crossroads—one where the exchange of resources\, products\, and ideas among Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas before the Spanish invasion\, and then with cultures around the globe—have all created a vibrant nation. See https://bit.ly/HMSCExhibitions for hours and reservations. \nMuchos Méxicos explora la rica historia de México como un sitio de innovación humana\, creatividad y diversidad cultural. Con objetos mexicanos de las colecciones del Museo Peabody\, esta exposición bilingüe cuenta la historia de México como encrucijada multicultural y geográfica\, donde el intercambio de recursos\, productos e ideas entre los pueblos indígenas de toda América antes de la invasión española\, y luego con culturas alrededor del mundo\, han creado una nación vibrante. \nImage credit: Peabody Museum Expedition\, M. H. Saville and J. G. Owens\, Directors 1891-1892 © President and Fellows of Harvard College\, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology\, 92-49-20/C276
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/muchos-mexicos-crossroads-of-the-americas-exhibition/
LOCATION:Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211130
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220516
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SUMMARY:Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Much like today\, ancient “consumers” were connected to distant markets. Both basic and precious goods from faraway lands “shipped” to royal palaces\, elite estates—sometimes even rural households—and technological advances in craftsmanship and commerce transcended boundaries of language\, religion\, or culture to spread rapidly. Mediterranean Marketplaces explores how the movement of goods\, peoples\, and ideas around the ancient Mediterranean transformed the lives and livelihoods of people at all levels of society\, driving innovations that had lasting impacts—even on the modern world. See https://bit.ly/HMSCExhibitions for hours and reservations (reservations required).
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/mediterranean-marketplaces-connecting-the-ancient-world-exhibition/
LOCATION:Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East\, 6 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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SUMMARY:Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World exhibition opens to the public
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, November 26\, the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture—the Harvard Museum of Natural History\, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology\, the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East\, and the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments—reopen to the public. See https://bit.ly/HMSCExhibitions for hours and reservations. \nMuch like today\, ancient “consumers” were connected to distant markets. Both basic and precious goods from faraway lands “shipped” to royal palaces\, elite estates—sometimes even rural households—and technological advances in craftsmanship and commerce transcended boundaries of language\, religion\, or culture to spread rapidly. Mediterranean Marketplaces explores how the movement of goods\, peoples\, and ideas around the ancient Mediterranean transformed the lives and livelihoods of people at all levels of society\, driving innovations that had lasting impacts—even on the modern world. See https://bit.ly/HMSCExhibitions for hours and reservations. \nImage credit: Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 1902.16.3 © President and Fellows of Harvard College
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/mediterranean-marketplaces-connecting-the-ancient-world-exhibition-opens-to-the-public/
LOCATION:Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East\, 6 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211126T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211126T170000
DTSTAMP:20260423T095019
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SUMMARY:Muchos Méxicos: Crossroads of the Americas exhibition opens to the public
DESCRIPTION:On Friday\, November 26\, the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture—the Harvard Museum of Natural History\, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology\, the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East\, and the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments—reopen to the public. See https://bit.ly/HMSCExhibitions for hours and reservations. \nMuchos Méxicos explores Mexico’s rich history as a site of human innovation\, creativity and cultural diversity. Featuring Mexican objects from the Peabody Museum collections\, this bilingual exhibit tells the story of Mexico as a multicultural and geographic crossroads—one where the exchange of resources\, products\, and ideas among Indigenous peoples throughout the Americas before the Spanish invasion\, and then with cultures around the globe—have all created a vibrant nation. See https://bit.ly/HMSCExhibitions for hours and reservations. \nMuchos Méxicos explora la rica historia de México como un sitio de innovación humana\, creatividad y diversidad cultural. Con objetos mexicanos de las colecciones del Museo Peabody\, esta exposición bilingüe cuenta la historia de México como encrucijada multicultural y geográfica\, donde el intercambio de recursos\, productos e ideas entre los pueblos indígenas de toda América antes de la invasión española\, y luego con culturas alrededor del mundo\, han creado una nación vibrante. \nImage credit: Peabody Museum Expedition\, M. H. Saville and J. G. Owens\, Directors 1891-1892 © President and Fellows of Harvard College\, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology\, 92-49-20/C276
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/muchos-mexicos-crossroads-of-the-americas-exhibition-opens-to-the-public/
LOCATION:Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology\, 11 Divinity Avenue\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211118T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211118T191500
DTSTAMP:20260423T095019
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SUMMARY:Reconstructing Queen Amanishakheto’s Musical Instruments (Free Virtual Lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Susanne Gänsicke\, Senior Conservator and ​​Head of Antiquities Conservation\, J. Paul Getty Museum\, Los Angeles \nDouble reed pipes\, known as auloi\, were popular musical instruments in the ancient Mediterranean. In 1921\, archaeologists exploring the necropolis of Meroë (northern Sudan)—as part of the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition—found a large collection of auloi in the pyramid of Nubian Queen Amanishakheto. Susanne Gänsicke will discuss the discovery’s importance and what it reveals about the connections between Nubia and the Mediterranean world as well as the significance of far-reaching musical traditions. She will also share recent efforts to conserve and reconstruct these ancient musical instruments. \nPresented by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/reconstructing-queen-amanishakhetos-musical-instruments-free-virtual-lecture/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211117T174500
DTSTAMP:20260423T095019
CREATED:20211022T185717Z
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SUMMARY:Useful Objects: Nineteenth-Century Museums and American Culture (Free Virtual Event)
DESCRIPTION:Reed Gochberg\, Assistant Director of Studies; Lecturer on History and Literature\, Harvard University\nIn conversation with:\nBrenda Tindal\, Executive Director\, Harvard Museums of Science & Culture \nWhat can the history of museums tell us about their role in American culture today? What kinds of objects were considered worth collecting\, and who decided their value? Join Reed Gochberg\, author of Useful Objects: Museums\, Science\, and Literature in Nineteenth-Century America (Oxford University Press\, September 2021) to learn about the early history of American museums\, including Harvard’s Museum of Comparative Zoology. In conversation with HMSC Executive Director Brenda Tindal\, she will examine how writers and visitors reflected on a wide range of nineteenth-century collections—and how their ideas continue to inform ongoing debates about the challenges and possibilities museums face today.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/useful-objects-nineteenth-century-museums-and-american-culture-free-virtual-event/
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T191500
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SUMMARY:How Beer Made Kings in Early Egypt (Free Virtual Lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Matthew Douglas Adams\, Director\, Abydos Archaeology; Senior Research Scholar\, Institute of Fine Arts\, New York University \nThe remains of a 5000-year-old brewery found in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos are providing insights into the relationship between large-scale beer production and the development of kingship in Egypt. Archaeological evidence indicates that the Abydos brewery produced beer on a truly industrial scale—something unparalleled in early Egypt. Matthew Adams will share findings from recent excavations at the brewery and will consider it in context as part of a broad pattern of royal activity at the site that served to define the very nature of kingship at the beginning of Egypt’s history. \nPresented by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture \nYou can register for this event by clicking the button below.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/how-beer-made-kings-in-early-egypt-free-virtual-lecture/
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T191500
DTSTAMP:20260423T095019
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SUMMARY:Did We Evolve to Exercise? (Free Virtual Lecture)
DESCRIPTION:Daniel Lieberman\, Edwin M. Lerner II Professor of Biological Sciences\, Professor of Human Evolutionary Biology\, Harvard University \nExercise is a paradox: everyone knows it is healthy\, but most of us struggle to do it. Further\, as technology and machines increasingly replace human labor\, fewer people are getting enough exercise. In this talk\, Daniel Lieberman will explain how an evolutionary and anthropological perspective on exercise can help. How much exercise did we evolve to do? Is exercise really a magic bullet? Why\, how\, and to what extent does exercise slow aging and promote health? Is there a best way to exercise? And\, most importantly\, how can we help each other exercise without nagging or coercing? \nEvolution Matters Lecture Series\nSeries supported by a generous gift from Drs. Herman and Joan Suit\nPresented by the Harvard Museum of Natural History\, the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology\, and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture \nYou can register for this event by clicking the button below.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/did-we-evolve-to-exercise-free-virtual-lecture/
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day,Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210922T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210922T191500
DTSTAMP:20260423T095019
CREATED:20210913T204231Z
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SUMMARY:Muchos Méxicos: Virtual Exhibition Preview and Conversation | Recorrido virtual de la exhibición y conversación
DESCRIPTION:Speakers\nDavíd Carrasco\, Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America\, Harvard University\nMaria Luisa Parra-Velasco\, Senior Preceptor in Romance Languages and Literatures\, Harvard University\nOctavio Murillo\, Director of Archives\, Instituto Nacional de los Pueblos Indígenas (National Institute of Indigenous Peoples)\, Mexico\nOnsite Guide for Virtual Visit: Andrew Majewski\, Museum Education Specialist\, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology \nLive interpretation in English and Spanish \nJoin us for a virtual preview and conversation about the Muchos Méxicos exhibition. Three scholars who contributed to the making of the show will discuss their favorite objects and how they each tell stories of exchange and innovation—as well as loss and perseverance—across time and space. \nInterpretación en vivo en inglés y español \nÚnase a un recorrido virtual y conversación sobre la exhibición Muchos Méxicos. Tres académicos que contribuyeron a la realización de la exhibición hablarán sobre sus objetos favoritos y cómo cada uno de ellos cuenta historias de intercambio e innovación\, así como de pérdida y perseverancia\, a través del tiempo y el espacio.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/muchos-mexicos-virtual-exhibition-preview-and-conversation-recorrido-virtual-de-la-exhibicion-y-conversacion/
CATEGORIES:Exhibition
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