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  • The Materiality of Blue:

    Joseph Merrick Jones Hall 204, Tulane University 6801 Freret St, New Orleans, LA, United States

    Natural blue pigments in the ancient world are uncommon, usually sourced from far away and difficult to process. Reviewing these shady characters, like lazurite and azurite, will shed light on ancient artisanal capabilities, technical knowledge, and even trade connections that reveal the extent to which ancient people would travel and experiment in order to find […]

  • Imperial Barge: Cleopatra the Goddess

    Joseph Merrick Jones Hall 204, Tulane University 6801 Freret St, New Orleans, LA, United States

    Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship Speaker: Dr. Alison Futrell, University of Arizona Abstract: One of the key motifs in popular representations of the last of the Ptolemies is Cleopatra’s Barge, a nexus of seduction, pleasure, gratification. For the historical Cleopatra VII, the barge was a political and religious platform for shaping positive interactions with diverse […]