Events

Uncovering Lechaion, the Main Port of Corinth

Concordia University 1530 Concordia West, Irvine, CA, United States

Dr. Paul Scotton, Professor of Classics and chair of the department at Long Beach State University, will present the latest findings from his dig at Lechaion, the main harbor of ancient Corinth, Greece. Lechaion was the center of trade and commerce in the ancient Mediterranean for about 1400 years until it was destroyed by an […]

Life Along the Kelp Highway

Concordia University 1530 Concordia West, Irvine, CA, United States

Dr. Matthew Des Lauriers, Professor at Cal State University, Northridge will discuss his find along what Science Magazine called, “The Kelp Highway”. Since his first discovery of hints of early seafaring on Cedres Island, in the Pacific 80 miles WSW of Rosarito, Mexico, Dr. Des Lauriers has found 14 other sites dating to nearly 13,000 […]

Origin and Identity of the Hyksos Rulers of Egypt

Concordia University 1530 Concordia West, Irvine, CA, United States

Danielle Candelora, PhD Candidate at UCLA and 2017 AIA-OC Grant Awardee will present her research which is centered around the Hyksos, a small group of immigrant Levantine dynasts who ruled northern Egypt for about a century during a period of political fragmentation known as the Second Intermediate Period (ca. 1725-1550 B.C.E.). While the larger question of identity […]