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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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Norton lecture
Lecture by Kate Kreindler (University of Virginia). Ferdinando and Sarah Cinelli Lecture in Etruscan and Italic Archaeology. Free and open to the public.