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The Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks and World Heritage

Siegal Lifelong Learning Auditorium, Landmark Centre 25700 Science Park Dr #100, Beachwood, United States

Ohio’s Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks are enormous earthen enclosures, many in precise geometric shapes, that were built 2,000 years ago by Native Americans known today as the Hopewell. Their creators designed the earthworks as places of ceremony, connecting them to the cosmos by aligning them with carefully observed movements of the moon and sun, including those […]

“Hercules and Holy Water” (Professor Ann Glennie)

College of the Holy Cross, Smith Labs 154 (Fauci Integrated Science Complex) College Street, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

While in the common imagination, Hercules might be most well known for his heroic deeds and feats of strength, across the ancient Mediterranean he was also a deity closely associated with fresh water. In one of his canonical labors in Greece, he dug canals to redirect the Alpheus and Peneus rivers to clean out the […]

New Hampshire Archeological Society Annual Meeting

Manchester Community College - Student Union 1066 Front St, Manchester, NH, United States
Hybrid Hybrid Event

Zoom options available Speakers will include: William Griswold, Ph.D., retired National Park Service (NPS) archeologist. Owner of Hadley Woods Archaeological Services, LLC in Nashua, NH.. Reconstructing the Beginning of the […]

No Ordinary Dogs: Canine Behavior in Theban Tombs

Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

In-person lecture Saturday, November 9, 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom 2 Speaker: Dr. Chelsea Kaufman Title: No Ordinary Dogs: Canine Behavior in Theban Tombs Abstract: The wall scenes of the rock-cut Theban tombs of the New Kingdom are filled with richly painted imagery that captures the lives and beliefs of the people who built […]

Harry’s Bracelet: a Canadian battlefield archaeology case study

University of Ottawa Desmarais Bldg., DMS 1110 Laurier Avenue East 55, Ottawa, ON, Canada

A bracelet found in a slit trench in Normandy in 2014 led to the identification of Harry Edward Fox, a Canadian Gunner who fought during the Second World War and returned to Canada. Denis Renaud identified this soldier in 2017 and connected with his family. Harry passed away in 2005. This discovery is a case […]

Age of Wolf and Wind: The Viking World and the Norse Settlement of the North Atlantic

Siegal Lifelong Learning Auditorium, Landmark Centre 25700 Science Park Dr #100, Beachwood, United States

The Vikings continue to fascinate us because their compelling stories connect with universal human desires for exploration and adventure. In Age of Wolf and Wind: Voyages through the Viking World, Dr. Davide Zori (Baylor University) argues that recent advances in excavation and archaeological science, coupled with a re-evaluation of oral traditions and written sources, inspire […]

“Women and Wine in the Ancient Mediterranean”

Jepson Hall, Room 109 221 Richmond Way, Richmond, VA, United States

Lecture by Dr. Nadhira Hill (Assistant Professor of Classics and Director of Archaeological Studies, Randolph-Macon College)

Drawing on History: Creating the Graphic Adaptation of 1177 BC

George Washington University, Funger Hall 103 2201 G St NW, Washington, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

How does a cartoonist adapt a scholarly work of history, specifically Eric H. Cline’s 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed? Prof. Eric H. Cline and award-winning illustrator Glynnis Fawkes describe the […]