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SUMMARY:Ancient Cities of Guatemala’s Pacific Coast
DESCRIPTION:Free Hybrid Lecture\nAncient Cities of Guatemala’s Pacific Coast\nThursday\, April 2\, 6:00–7:00 pm ET\, Advance registration recommended for in-person and online attendance \n2026 Gordon R. Willey Lecture \nSpeaker: Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos\, Associate Professor of Anthropology\, Yale University \nOn Guatemala’s western Pacific coast\, the region of Escuintla is home to many ancient cities\, and for thousands of years it has been an important crossroads\, drawing traders\, migrants\, and invaders. In this lecture\, archaeologist Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos will present discoveries from three decades of research at the Classic-period cities of Montana and Cotzumalhuapa (250–900 C.E.)\, highlighting how people moved\, interacted\, and recorded their histories along the Pacific coast. The discovery of causeways\, or raised roads\, has revealed the size and organization of these cities\, while refined dating methods have allowed researchers to trace their connections to other urban centers across Mesoamerica. Close study of Cotzumalhuapa’s monumental sculptures has further illuminated these networks through new readings of their intricate reliefs and hieroglyphic texts. Join us to explore how archaeology is reshaping our understanding of Guatemala’s Pacific coast and its place in Mesoamerican history. \nGeological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA. Free admission. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 5:00 pm. Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture. \nPhoto of Monument 82 from El Baúl\, Cotzumalguapa by Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/ancient-cities-of-guatemalas-pacific-coast/
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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SUMMARY:Homo sapiens Meets Neanderthals: The End of a World
DESCRIPTION:Free Hybrid Lecture\nWednesday\, March 25\, 6:00–7:00 pm\nHomo sapiens Meets Neanderthals: The End of a World\nAdvance registration recommended for in-person and online attendance \nSpeaker: Jean-Jacques Hublin\, Professor at the Collège de France (Paris)\, Emeritus Professor at the Max Planck Society \nHallam L. Movius\, Jr. Lecture Series \nThe arrival of Homo sapiens in the mid-latitudes of Eurasia 48\,000 to 45\,000 years ago and the disappearance of the Neanderthals some millennia later mark one of the most pivotal episodes in human evolution. Drawing on cutting-edge work in archaeology\, paleogenetics\, and palaeoproteomics\, Jean-Jacques Hublin’s lecture will illustrate how this process was neither sudden nor uniform. In Western Europe\, early modern humans entered the Neanderthal world far earlier than once believed\, at times encountering and interbreeding with local populations. Instead of a simple geographic expansion\, the evidence points to a complex mosaic of migrations\, contacts\, and extinctions. This led to a gradual reconfiguration of human populations from a world shared by multiple human forms to one inhabited by a single surviving lineage. \nGeological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA. Free admission. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 5:00 pm. Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology\, the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture\, the Harvard Department of Human Evolutionary Biology\, Harvard Department of Anthropology\, and the American School of Prehistoric Research\, Harvard University. \nImage: The Zlatý kůň woman\, modern pioneer in Europe\, © Tom Björklund for Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/homo-sapiens-meets-neanderthals-the-end-of-a-world/
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, Geological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA\, Cambridge\, MA\, 02138\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Future of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife
DESCRIPTION:Free Hybrid Lecture\nThe Future of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife\nWednesday\, March 11\, 6:00–7:00 pm ET\, Advance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance \nSpeaker: Rune Nyord\, Associate Professor and Chair\, Art History Department\, Emory University \nCould some of our familiar ideas about the ancient Egyptian afterlife be more Christian than Egyptian? Recent studies suggest that themes we often assume to be central\, such as judgment\, salvation\, and eternal life\, were profoundly shaped by the Christian expectations of early Egyptologists. This poses a significant challenge for contemporary Egyptology: how should we think about ancient Egyptian religion when our basic framework has been shaped so strongly by Christianity rather than by Egyptian evidence? Rune Nyord proposes a new way forward that re-centers the social setting of the ancestor cult and considers funerary texts such as the Book of the Dead as ritual texts—continuous with other Egyptian ritual practices—rather than as “guidebooks” to the afterlife. \nGeological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA. Free admission. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 5:00 pm. Presented by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture. \nDetail of Hunefer: Papyrus of Hunefer. British Museum\, EA9901. © The Trustees of the British Museum. Shared under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) licence.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-future-of-the-ancient-egyptian-afterlife/
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SUMMARY:Monumental Ritual Texts in Ancient Egyptian Pyramids
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Lecture\nMonumental Ritual Texts in Ancient Egyptian Pyramids\nWednesday\, February 25\, 6:00–7:00 pm ET\, Advance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance\nGeological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA \nSpeaker: Christelle Alvarez\, Assistant Professor of Egyptology\, Brown University \nThe earliest large-scale records of ancient Egyptian religious literature come from Saqqara\, an important royal cemetery from Egypt’s Old Kingdom period. For nearly two centuries\, the subterranean chambers beneath some of Saqqara’s pyramids were inscribed with hundreds of ritual texts carved in hieroglyphs. In this lecture\, Christelle Alvarez will discuss the final Old Kingdom pyramid to bear such inscriptions: the tomb of King Qakare Ibi. Smaller than its predecessors\, badly damaged\, and marked by architectural and textual idiosyncrasies\, this monument has often been dismissed as marginal to the main Pyramid Text tradition. Alvarez argues that Qakare Ibi’s pyramid actually provides a rare glimpse into the process of monumentalizing ritual texts\, revealing how this tradition was composed\, transmitted\, and continually reshaped over time. \nFree admission. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 5:00 pm. Presented by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture. \nFragment photo by Christelle Alvarez
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/monumental-ritual-texts-in-ancient-egyptian-pyramids/
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SUMMARY:One Woman's Fight to Protect Ancient Maya Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Hybrid Event: Tatiana Proskouriakoff Award Lecture Series\nOne Woman’s Fight to Protect Ancient Maya Legacy\nThursday\, October 16\, 6:00–7:00 pm ET\, Advance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance\nGeological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA \nSpeaker: Dr. Clemency Chase Coggins\, Professor Emerita of Archaeology and Art History\, Boston University; Research Associate\, Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology\, Harvard University \nWhen the looting and illicit trade of cultural artifacts surged In the 1960s\, one voice rose in defense of archaeological sites in the Americas—Clemency Coggins. A pioneering art historian and legendary figure in Maya archaeology\, Dr. Coggins stood with Ian Graham in calling for ethical stewardship of cultural heritage. \nJoin us for an illuminating evening as Dr. Coggins recounts her groundbreaking advocacy that helped shape U.S. policy and UNESCO conventions on cultural property. With vivid stories and a special video presentation\, she reflects on her collaborations with notable figures such as Tatiana Proskouriakoff and the role of the Peabody Museum in the protection of Maya heritage. This conversation\, moderated by Maya Corpus Director Barbara Fash and research associate Steven Quinchia\, will bring to life the intersection of scholarship\, activism\, and international policy—and the extraordinary woman who helped change the course of cultural preservation. \nA reception will follow in the galleries of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology\, 11 Divinity Avenue. \nFree admission. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 4:00 pm. Presented by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology and the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture. \nPhoto: Tikal central plaza\, Guatemala
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/one-womans-fight-to-protect-ancient-maya-legacy/
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SUMMARY:Mavericks: Three Visionary Pharaohs of Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, October 15\, 6:00–7:00 pm ET\, Advance registration recommended for online and in-person attendance\nGeological Lecture Hall\, 24 Oxford Street\, Cambridge\, MA \nSpeaker: Lawrence M. Berman is John F. Cogan\, Jr. and Mary L. Cornille Chair\, Art of Ancient Egypt\, Nubia\, and the Near East\, Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston \nHatshepsut\, Amenhotep III\, and Akhenaten each ruled Egypt for long periods\, leaving a lasting impact on its art\, politics\, and religion. Though all were powerful leaders\, each tells a distinct story. In this lecture\, Lawrence M. Berman explores the reigns and legacies of these three remarkable Eighteenth Dynasty pharaohs\, considering questions such as: What made them successful—or controversial? How were they viewed in their own time\, and how have archaeologists and the public interpreted them since? The talk also examines broader themes—from the power of images and identity to iconoclasm and the writing of history—inviting reflection on who gets to shape history\, and why it still matters today. \nFree admission. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage starting at 4:00 pm. Presented by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Harvard Museums of Science and Culture. \nHead of Amenhotep III. New Kingdom\, Dynasty 18\, reign of Amenhotep III\, 1390–1352 BCE. Quartzite. Museum purchase with funds donated by Miss Anna D. Slocum\, 09.288. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston; Detail of relief of Akhenaten as a sphinx. New Kingdom\, Dynasty 18\, reign of Akhenaten\, 1349–1336 BCE. Limestone. Egyptian Curator’s Fund\, 64.1944. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston; Detail of fragment from Hatshepsut’s fallen obelisk at Karnak. New Kingdom\, Dynasty 18\, reign of Hatshepsut\, 1473–1458 BCE. Granite. Gift of heirs of Francis Cabot Lowell\, 75.12. Photograph © Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/mavericks-three-visionary-pharaohs-of-egypt/
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