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, […]
5 May 2024, Sunday at 2 PM (Central Standard Time Zone). Lecture by Dr. Gail Owen-Crocker, Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester, "Animals of the Bayeux Tapestry" . Lecture location - Missouri History Museum, AT & T room. Join us in the museum cafe for lunch (dutch treat) at noon to chat with the […]
The American Research Center in Egypt, Northern California chapter, and the UC Berkeley Department of Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures invite you to attend a lecture by Dr. Peter Der Manuelian, Harvard: How Egyptologist George Reisner Went Walking Among Pharaohs May 5, 2024 (2 pm Pacific Time, live at the Legion of Honor, San Francisco) […]
Heritage destruction during wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, and more recent conflicts have vastly increased the obligation of scholars to help preserve the art and material culture of antiquity. Classical archaeologist C. Brian Rose has first-hand experience with destruction and preservation efforts in conflict zones. He draws from his deep understanding of excavations and museums […]
Every year, the AIA Student Affairs Interest Group (SAIG)Dissertation Lecture speaker is Shannon M. Dunn (Bryn Mawr College), who will be presenting her lecture: "In Search of Border Sanctuaries: Religion, Landscape, and Territory in the Peloponnese". Join us for her virtual lecture on Zoom on Tuesday, May 7th at 2pm Eastern. Register for the lecture […]
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 […]
