Dr. Pedar Foss (Depauw University) It has long been held, on the basis of a letter of Pliny the Younger, that Mt. Vesuvius erupted on 24 August, AD 79. But after excavators began to work at the sites of Herculaneum at Pompeii, some scholars expressed doubts, suggesting a date later in the autumn of that […]

"Prehispanic Turkey Domestication, Husbandry, and Management in the North American Southwest" Presented by Dr. Cyler Conrad Turkeys played a significant role in prehispanic Ancestral Puebloan life in the North American Southwest. Used for a variety of socio-economic purposes, including for feathers, meat, eggs, creation of bone tools and as an iconographic figure, turkey remains appear […]

Presented by Dr. Donald Ryan After nearly two hundred years of exploration, and over ninety years since the finding of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922, the Valley of the Kings continues to produce new surprises, insights, and puzzles. In this lecture, archaeologist/ Egyptologist Donald P. Ryan will share some of his recent discoveries while […]