God’s Breath and Nefertiti’s Secret: Ancient Perfumes and their Shipwrecked Ingredients
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology
Anna Marguerite McCann and Robert D. Taggart Lectureship in Underwater Archaeology
Nadine Moeller, Professor of Egyptology, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Yale University Tell Edfu, in southern Egypt, is an ancient Egyptian city that was occupied for nearly 3,000 years. This lecture explores recent discoveries at Tell Edfu, focusing on an elite residential complex from around 1550 BCE. Among the highlights is a large […]
In the 14th-century, Afro-Eurasia was struck by a devastating pandemic of bubonic plague, now often called the Black Death, that killed an estimated 30-60% of some affected populations. Dr. DeWitte will discuss her bioarchaeological research, focusing on the skeletal remains of people who died before, during, and after the Black Death in London, England. This […]
The Barbara Tsakirgis Memorial Lecture
Cultural Representative of the Tunica/Biloxi Tribe in Marksville, Louisiana, Ryan Lopez, will speak on the Cultural of the Tunica/Biloxi Tribe.
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ZOOM lecture Saturday, February 22, 3:30 pm EST Registration Required: https://arce.org/event/arce-pa-kushite-royal-priestesses-in-the-house-of-the-god-by-debora-heard/ Speaker: Debora Heard Title: Kushite Royal Priestesses in the House of the God Abstract: Following Egypt’s conquest of all of Nubia in the 18th Dynasty, one of the ways these New Kingdom rulers expressed their dominance over the region was through the construction of […]
Doris Z. Stone New World Archaeology Lectures
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 are such a rich source of information on the ancient past. But what can be learned from examining the career of an individual scribe? “Living […]
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 […]
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