Events

Across a Narrow Sea: Ancient Greeks and Romans in the Eastern Adriatic

AIA-LA County Society 1201 9th Street, Manhattan Beach, CA, United States

Ahmanson Lecture   Lecture will be in-person and live Zoom cast. RSVP required for in-person attendance (limit 50 persons). The AIA-LA County Society asks that all attendees be vaccinated and wear a mask if the lecture needs to be held indoors. Zoom at https://ucla.zoom.us/j/96714745295 Meeting ID: 967 1474 5295

King Midas of the Golden Touch in Context: Death, Belief, Behavior, and Society in Ancient Phrygia

1201 9th St. Manhattan Beach, CA, United States

Elspeth Dusinberre (University of Colorado Boulder) will present her work on the spectacular burial tumuli at Gordion (Türkiye), the capital of ancient Phrygia and seat of the legendary King Midas of the Golden Touch. This talk will consider material ranging from ca. 850-525 BCE. It will begin with Gordion’s oldest burial tumuli and look at […]