Delve into the cultural and geographical diversity of Oman and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the company of seasoned study leader Trevor Marchand. Our custom-designed itinerary highlights ancient sites and historical monuments, and helps illustrate how influential geography has been on the region’s history and how the region’s maritime history has linked it to […]
This tropical adventure provides the best-paced itinerary available to thoroughly explore ancient Maya sites in the lush jungles of Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras. Maya art and architecture will “come alive” as you encounter enormous stelae (carved monoliths), painted frescoes, stucco friezes, carved lintels, and huge temple-pyramids that soar above the rainforest. Explore, in-depth, the sites […]
This itinerary is carefully crafted to provide discerning travelers with the finest Egypt tour available. Our 18-day program is the most in-depth exploration of ancient Egypt’s greatest sites, combining all the best attributes of a small-group, all-inclusive, well-paced, luxury trip. Highlights: 1. Learn with a distinguished and engaging American scholar plus a wonderful local Egyptologist […]
The figure of the scribe looms large in our understanding of the culture and history of ancient Mesopotamia. Scribes composed, copied, edited, and collated the thousands of cuneiform tablets that […]
Available during the Harvard academic year Sundays at 1:00 pm, October 6, 2024–April 27, 2025. See blackout dates.* *Blackout dates: December 1, 2024–January 26, 2025; and March 16–23, 2025. This free tour, led by Harvard students, explores the Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World exhibition and how the movement of goods, peoples, and ideas around […]
The history of archaeology as a scientific discipline has received a great deal of attention in recent years. As a result of extensive archival research and the reading of archives […]
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening with Zainab Bahrani presenting “Towards an Archaeology of Preservation." This presentation will be given at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific.
Beginning around 1500BC, the New Kingdom Egyptian Empire expanded its reach into the territory of its southern neighbor, Nubia, in search of resources such as gold and cattle. Over the […]
Professor Justin P. Walsh, Chapman University and USC presents a lecture: Since 2015, Professor Walsh has co-directed the first full-scale archaeological investigation of a site in space, the International Space Station. In this talk, he will discuss different aspects of the project, including the first archaeological experiment ever to happen off of the Earth. He […]
Kershaw Lectures in Near East Archaeology
Activity for the understanding of archaeological heritage. This activity consists of thecleaning, adjustment, and conservation of the archaeological site of the ancient Hellenistic city of Gela (4th century BC) through various archaeological cleaning works. The project focuses on the space surrounded by the remarkable Timoleonian Wall, one of the most outstanding examples of Hellenistic defensive […]
Available during the Harvard academic year Sundays at 1:00 pm, October 6, 2024–April 27, 2025. See blackout dates.* *Blackout dates: December 1, 2024–January 26, 2025; and March 16–23, 2025. This free tour, led by Harvard students, explores the Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World exhibition and how the movement of goods, peoples, and ideas around […]
The Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World (JIAAW) is accepting collaborative proposals for a symposium to be held in the spring semester of 2026. Joukowsky symposia are one- or two-day affairs organized around a topic relevant to the central mission of the Institute. This includes a core strength in archaeological and allied approaches […]
Maurizio Forte, Ph.D., Duke University This event is kindly hosted by the Embassy of Italy, Washington, D.C. In the DC-area and wish to attend in person? Register here: https://embassyofitaly2.swoogo.com/etruscanAI This […]
The 31st annual Phyllis Williams Lehmann Lecture will take place on Saturday, March 8, at 11:00 am at Graham Hall, Smith College. Our speaker will be Joanne Murphy, Professor of […]
The Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson Lectureship for Near Eastern Archaeology and Archaeological Technology
Available during the Harvard academic year Sundays at 1:00 pm, October 6, 2024–April 27, 2025. See blackout dates.* *Blackout dates: December 1, 2024–January 26, 2025; and March 16–23, 2025. This […]
Communal Government and Forms of Dependency in the K'iche' State Join us as the AIA Societies Committee presents a virtual presentation and Q&A with Iyaxel Cojtí Ren. This presentation will […]
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California chapter, and the UC Berkeley Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invite you to attend a Zoom lecture by Dr. Kara […]
The George F. Bass Lectures Zoom Link: https://fresnostate.zoom.us/j/87222241660
Painted Nightmares: Wahys on Classic Maya Ceramics Joanne Baron Dumbarton Oaks - Post-Doctoral Fellow, Pre-Columbian Studies New discoveries about wahy, a category of supernatural entity that the ancient Maya believed […]
Timothy Jacob, Crew member of the SS Algulhas 2, will speak about his experience as part of the expedition to find the lost ship of Sir Ernest Shackleton in the […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship Co-Sponsored by the New York University, Institute of Fine Arts
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology
For many people, the word "archaeology" conjures up images of monuments, often interpreted as traces of the lives of powerful rulers who can seem to be inevitable parts of any urban, agricultural society. But there are other stories archaeology can tell about societies in which there was no apparent ruler, but nevertheless show the hallmarks […]
Where is this artifact from? Who does it belong to? How did it get here? Who’s telling its story? Critical inquiry into the practice and politics of museums has reached a new zenith in contemporary discourse. From discussions of acquisition and repatriation to provenience (archaeological findspot) and provenance (an object’s ownership history) and the ethics […]
The 41st Annual Mary L. Cornille (GRS ’87) Boston University Graduate Symposium on the History of Art & Architecture Submissions due: February 1st, 2025 Symposium dates: March 21st - 22nd, 2025 Alternate Realities: Reconsidering Power, History, and Representation The 41st anniversary of the Mary L. Cornille (GRS ’87) Boston University Graduate Symposium in the History […]
A fascinating lecture by Dr. Christophe Besnier (Director of Archaeology Excavations) and Dr. Dorothee Chaoui-Derieux Chief Heritage Curator, the Ministry of Culture). Learn about the first, and only, archaeological excavations that will ever take place inside Notre Dame in Paris, France. See truly remarkable photographs and hear first hand from the archaeologists directly involved with […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship
Two thousand years ago, China’s Han Empire stretched its imperial grasp beyond the mountains far to the south of the Central Plains, reaching into the domains of “barbarians”. Along its southernmost periphery lay the Red River Valley (RRV) of present-day Vietnam. In their chronicles, the Han claimed that they “civilized” the RRV’s “barbarians”. In contrast, […]
Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship Penn Museum
Free Public Lecture – Online & In Person Margaret Geoga, Assistant Professor of Egyptology, The University of Chicago “The Teaching of Amenemhat” is the only ancient Egyptian literary work to describe the assassination of a king. Told from the perspective of the murdered Pharaoh Amenemhat I, the poem is remarkable for its grim subject matter […]
Charles Elliot Norton Memorial Lectureship In collaboration with the University of Maryland, College Park Departments of Classics and Art History Archaeology
The Frederick R. and Margaret B. Matson Lectureship for Near Eastern Archaeology and Archaeological Technology
Following its conquest by Philip II of Macedon in 357 BCE, the city of Argilos was abandoned, and its land redistributed to a Macedonian general. Responsible for overseeing his territory […]
ANNUAL KORSYN LECTURE In-Person Lecture Saturday, March 29 at 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom L2 Speaker: Dr. Kathleen Sheppard Lecture Topic: Amelia Edwards’ United States Lecture Tour and the […]
Available during the Harvard academic year Sundays at 1:00 pm, October 6, 2024–April 27, 2025. See blackout dates.* *Blackout dates: December 1, 2024–January 26, 2025; and March 16–23, 2025. This free tour, led by Harvard students, explores the Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World exhibition and how the movement of goods, peoples, and ideas around […]
Tuesday April 1, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm - in person Things you probably didn't know about New Hampshire Archaeology- Dr. Richard Boisvert, retired NH State Archaeologist New Hampshire may […]
We would like to Invite you for our upcoming conference on Global Research Conference on Analog Electronics Sensors and Signal Processing (GRCSENSORS) is going held at Paris, France during April 03-05, 2025
A joint program sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America Dayton Society, the Miami University Department of History, and the Richard and Carole Cocks Art Museum at Miami University. Although […]
Megan Kassabaum, University of Pennsylvania On Elevated Ground: The Origins, Use, and Meaning of Early American Platform Mounds
New Hampshire Archeological Society Spring Meeting Co-hosted by UNH Anthropology Club and the New Hampshire Archaeological Society. 9:00 am - Registration opens. Morning refreshments. 9:55 Welcome, Elizabeth Chilton, UNH President, Professor of Anthropology 10:00 to 10:45 The Shock of Colonialism in New England: Fragments from a Frontier, Meghan Howey, Professor of Anthropology and in the […]
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