Recent Field Work at Gordion C. Brian Rose, James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology, Curator-in-Charge Penn Museum, Mediterranean Section & Director of Excavations at Gordion Recent work has focused primarily on architectural conservation, research on tumuli, and remote sensing. On the south side of the Citadel Mound, the newly discovered city gate appears to have […]
STUDIES ON PITHOS AS A STORAGE AND BURIAL VESSEL IN THE ANCIENT CLASSICAL AND BYZANTINE WORLD Zoom details https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYscO2tqDwrGNRlFl9z_wCGf1LI5IJAJZxJ Meeting ID: 821 7456 7120. Password: 118192.
Talk by Dr. Mehrnoush Soroush (Ancient Near Eastern Studies, University of Chicago) Throughout the Middle Ages, thousands of miles of underground water management infrastructure, known as qanats, were built to sustain thriving societies despite the arid environments of the Middle East and Central Asia. There is enormous interest in the history and functioning of qanat […]
In-person Lecture Saturday, May 11 at 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom L2 Speaker: Dr. Stuart Tyson Smith Lecture Topic: From the Green Sahara to Kushite Pharaohs: Common origins, differentiation, and the long term entanglements of Nubians and Egyptians Abstract: Egyptologists have for a long time seen Egypt as isolated along the Nile and a […]
Sundays at 11:00 am October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. Free museum admission for Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Proof of residency required. Free museum admission is not available to commercial groups. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, […]
2024 ARCE Annual meeting Virtual Annual Meeting If you couldn’t join us at the ARCE Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh, we hope you will join us for the ARCE Virtual Annual Meeting. The virtual meeting will be held on May 17-19, 2024, via Zoom. You’ll have the opportunity to view live presentations from leading scholars on […]
Sundays at 11:00 am October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. Free museum admission for Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Proof of residency required. Free museum admission is not available to commercial groups. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, […]
May 23rd (Thursday) 5:00pm PT AIA-LA Spring Ahmanson Virtual Lecture Lasers without Lost Cities: LiDAR Mapping and Conservation Challenges in the Cloud Forests of Peru Dr. Parker VanValkenburgh Associate Professor Brown University Archaeological research employing LiDAR (light detection and ranging) has enabled scholars to produce incredible images of ancient landscapes in forested environments. In the […]
Sundays at 11:00 am October 1, 2023–April 21, 2024. See blackout dates.* Regular museum admission rates apply. Free museum admission for Massachusetts residents every Sunday morning (year-round) from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm. Proof of residency required. Free museum admission is not available to commercial groups. *Blackout dates: November 24–26, 2023; December 4, 2023–January 21, […]
Explore the extraordinary prehistoric sites of Wessex, England, and Brittany, France. Amidst beautiful landscapes see world renowned, as well as lesser known, Neolithic and Bronze Age megaliths and monuments such as enigmatic rings of giant standing stones and remarkable chambered tombs. Travel and learn with Peter Bogucki (Ph.D., Harvard University) studies the prehistoric societies of […]
