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Chartered in 1902

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Best Society Website Award winner – 2024, 2006
Best Lecture Flyer Award winner – 2021, 2019
Society Outreach Grant recipient – 2015

Website: http://www.dcaia.org

Past Society Events:

"Greek Caves: On Archaeology, Myths, Religions and Cultural Heritage Preservation"

April 30 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Beauty, Power, and Presence: The Neo- Assyrian Queens of Nimrud’s Northwest Palace, c. 865-705 BCE

March 24 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
The Annual de Bragança Endowed Lecture: Escape from Pompeii: Tracking Survivors from the Eruption of Vesuvius

January 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Petra's Forgotten Past: Uncovering the Iron Age Foundations of Nabataean Society

November 13, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Family Matters: The Social Role of the Dionysiac Frescoes in the Villa of the Mysteries at Pompeii

April 8, 2025 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Eldorado on the Nile: The Art of Luxury in Ptolemaic Alexandria

March 26, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
“The Past of the Future / The Future of the Past: Stories from the Archaeology of a Space Station”

February 27, 2025 @ 7:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Drawing on History: Creating the Graphic Adaptation of 1177 BC

November 14, 2024 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
“When Informants Become Knowledge Producers: Rethinking Great Zimbabwe”

October 30, 2024 @ 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
"New Light on King Herod's Harbor (Caesarea Maritima)"

November 8, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Kings, Queens, Commoners, and Captives: What Can Archaeology Tell Us About Dahomean Society in the Era of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade?

October 26, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
"New Views on an Old Temple: The Parthenon and Its Decoration"

April 13, 2023 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

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