The Phoenician city of La Fonteta, Guardamar, Spain Dr. Alberto J. Lorrio, Dr. Mariano Torres, and Ester López Rosendo La Fonteta is a site of urban character dated in the Early Iron Age (8th-6th centuries BC). It is placed on a coastal promontory next to the mouth of the river Segura. Archaeological excavations carried out […]
When Isis first arrived on Greek shores in the 3rd century BCE, her new followers had to build sanctuaries appropriate to an Egyptian goddess. In the process of imagining a place for their Greek Isis to dwell, devotees came up with a wide range of eclectic solutions that intertwined local needs, imperialist fantasy, and fantastical […]
Virtual lecture which is part of the AIA Archaeology Abridged Series.
Joukowsky Lecture
Kershaw Lecture
Joukowsky Lecture
Historic preservation has rarely been a subject taken up by historians. In an effort to address this ironic situation, this talk recounts some of the main themes and critiques shaping the development of built heritage and its preservation in the U.S.—and how this process was itself shaped by periodic reimagining of the American past, as […]
ZOOM lecture: "Art expressions of the intimate life in Pompeii, the Lupanare Grande" by Cyril Dumas (Curator at the Musee Yves Brayer Baux de Provence). Room opens at 12:45 and lecture promptly starts at 1 PM. Sign in at 12:45, please... More Zoom events are listed here on the St. Louis Society webpage.
