AIA Rodney S. Young Memorial Lecture Excavations at ancient Stymphalos, a small Arcadian late classical city set 2000 feet up in the mountains of the northern Peloponnese, have uncovered fifteen areas of the city within its sturdy fortification walls. Famously as the site of Herakles’ sixth labour, killing the Stymphalian birds, the city also produced […]
Join graduate student intern Sammi Richter for a closer look at ancient objects in the exhibition A World Within Reach: Greek and Roman Art from the Loeb Collection, as well […]
Norton Lecture
Norton Lecture
Kershaw Lecture
Kershaw Lecture
Northern Realms of the Mongol Empire: Salvage Archaeology and Science in Mongolia Dr. Alicia R. Ventresca-Miller (Department of Anthropology, University of Michigan) Communities in northern Mongolia lived between two imperial powers during the politically tumultuous Mongol period (around ~1200 CE). Northern communities were poised to influence Silk Road routes traversing the region, yet while trade […]
