Events

Filters

Changing any of the form inputs will cause the list of events to refresh with the filtered results.

Absolute Egypt

This itinerary is carefully crafted to provide discerning travelers with the finest Egypt tour available. Our 18-day program is the most in-depth exploration of ancient Egypt’s greatest sites, combining all the best attributes of a small-group, all-inclusive, well-paced, luxury trip. •Learn with a distinguished and engaging American scholar plus a wonderful local Egyptologist and an […]

“Christian Destruction and Desecration of Images and Temples of Classical Antiquity”

Religious iconoclasm has been a recurring phenomenon from the time of Akhenaton’s destruction of images of the gods in 14th century B.C. Egypt to promote a new, monotheistic religion down to the recent Islamic destruction of the antiquities of the Middle East. This paper focuses on Christian destruction and desecration of images and temples of […]

Society Sunday 2024 Public Lecture

Watch recorded lecture on YouTube "Be(com)ing Assyrian": Navigating Imperial Power from the Bottom-Up Join us as the AIA Societies Committee presents a virtual presentation and Q&A with Petra Creamer. This presentation will also be available in American Sign Language. At its height, the Assyrian Empire (c. 1350-600 BCE) stretched from modern-day Iran in the east to […]

King Midas of the Golden Touch in Context: Death, Belief, Behavior, and Society in Ancient Phrygia

1201 9th St. Manhattan Beach, CA, United States

Elspeth Dusinberre (University of Colorado Boulder) will present her work on the spectacular burial tumuli at Gordion (Türkiye), the capital of ancient Phrygia and seat of the legendary King Midas of the Golden Touch. This talk will consider material ranging from ca. 850-525 BCE. It will begin with Gordion’s oldest burial tumuli and look at […]