Until recently, the practice of tattooing in ancient Egypt was rarely attested with only scant evidence from a handful of mummified individuals spanning Pharaonic Egypt’s more than 3,000-year history. However, […]
Join the AIA for a fascinating evening as Anne Austin (University of Missouri, St. Louis) presents Ancient Ink: Discovering the Tattooed Women of Ancient Egypt. This presentation will be given […]
The Corning Museum of Glass is pleased to announce its 61st Annual Seminar on Glass, a two-day program of online sessions that complements the special exhibition Dig Deeper: Discovering an […]
AIA-Milwaukee is excited to mark IAD by hosting Professor Sinclair Bell, Professor of Art History at Northern Illinois University and AIA National Lecturer. Prof. Bell is an expert in race […]
The Milesian Greek colony of Apollonia Pontica (7th-3rd century BC) and its Roman colonial successor, Deultum (1st-4th century BC), were both prosperous trade centers and important Western Black Sea ports. Archaeological evidence, such as imported glass, Attic black-figure pottery, and non-native macrobotanicals, indicates that the local population was engaged in maritime trade with merchants from […]
Archaeological Excavations confirmed the location of the early 19th-century maroon community of Angola at the current site of Manatee Mineral Springs Park in Bradenton, Florida. The community-based archaeology led to the cultural heritage festival celebrating the survivors of the 1821 slave raid Angola who fled from Manatee Springs to Red Bays, The Bahamas; the descendants […]
In the Archaeological Park near the Museum of Peja, today we marked the "International Day of Archaeology" under the leadership of PhD.c Sefer Lajqi-archaeologist with the activity "Young Archaeologists" (simulation) with students of Sh. M.F. Vaso Pashë Shkodrani also students from SH.M.Technik "Shaban Spahija". New archaeological discoveries during the year 2023 brought to the Museum […]
On Friday, October 20, the Human Relations Area Files at Yale University will host an event in celebration of Archaeology Day. This will be HRAF’s second annual Archaeology Day event co-sponsored by the UConn Stamford Anthropology Society. Students from the University of Connecticut have been invited to New Haven for a day exploring archaeology and […]
Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays at 2:00 pm October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, 2024; and March 9–17, 2024. Tours by Harvard students connect visitors with the research, teaching, and Indigenous engagement surrounding the cultural heritage in the museum’s care. […]
Lecture by Dr. Michael Fuller given to guests on the Viking Neptune cruise ship in. Piraeus Harbor.
