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Event Series Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Tours Led by Harvard Students

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Tours Led by Harvard Students

Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East 6 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA, United States

Available during the Harvard academic year Sundays at 1:00 pm, October 6, 2024–April 27, 2025. See blackout dates.* *Blackout dates: December 1, 2024–January 26, 2025; and March 16–23, 2025. This free tour, led by Harvard students, explores the Mediterranean Marketplaces: Connecting the Ancient World exhibition and how the movement of goods, peoples, and ideas around […]

Harry’s Bracelet: a Canadian battlefield archaeology case study

University of Ottawa Desmarais Building DMS 1110 (main floor) Laurier Avenue East 55, Ottawa, ON, Canada

A bracelet found in a slit trench in Normandy in 2014 led to the identification of Harry Edward Fox, a Canadian Gunner who fought during the Second World War and returned to Canada. Denis Renaud identified this soldier in 2017 and connected with his family. Harry passed away in 2005. This discovery is a case […]

Event Series Harry’s Bracelet: a Canadian battlefield archaeology case study

Harry’s Bracelet: a Canadian battlefield archaeology case study

University of Ottawa Desmarais Bldg., DMS 1110 Laurier Avenue East 55, Ottawa, ON, Canada

A bracelet found in a slit trench in Normandy in 2014 led to the identification of Harry Edward Fox, a Canadian Gunner who fought during the Second World War and returned to Canada. Denis Renaud identified this soldier in 2017 and connected with his family. Harry passed away in 2005. This discovery is a case […]

Event Series Dr. Eric Cline – 1177 BC and After: The Collapse and Survival of Civilizations

Dr. Eric Cline – 1177 BC and After: The Collapse and Survival of Civilizations

Johns Hopkins University Homewood campus Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Dr. Cline will discuss what happened after the Bronze Age world of the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean collapsed. He will highlight why some civilizations endured, some gave way to new ones, and some disappeared forever. It is a story of resilience, transformation, and success, as well as failures, in an age of chaos and reconfiguration.

Treasures from the Sea Floor: Military Finds from the Battle of the Aegates Islands

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Dr. Andrew L. Goldman, Professor of History, Gonzaga University On 10 March, 241 BCE, the final naval battle of the First Punic War was fought off western Sicily, where a large Roman fleet engaged an equally large Carthaginian fleet near the Aegates Islands. Almost 2300 years later, the battle site has been located. Between 2005 […]

Forever Is Now: Contemporary Art at the Pyramids of Giza

Geological Lecture Hall 24 Oxford Street,, Cambridge, MA

Nadine Abdel Ghaffar, Founder & Curator, CulturVator|Art D'Égypte Forever Is Now is a contemporary art exhibition at the 4500-year-old UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Pyramids of Giza. Against the backdrop of ancient Egypt’s cultural heritage, the contemporary installations are a testament to the continual evolution of art, the transformative power of storytelling, and cross-cultural exchange. […]

Age of Wolf and Wind: The Viking World and the Norse Settlement of the North Atlantic

Siegal Lifelong Learning Auditorium, Landmark Centre 25700 Science Park Dr #100, Beachwood, United States

The Vikings continue to fascinate us because their compelling stories connect with universal human desires for exploration and adventure. In Age of Wolf and Wind: Voyages through the Viking World, Dr. Davide Zori (Baylor University) argues that recent advances in excavation and archaeological science, coupled with a re-evaluation of oral traditions and written sources, inspire […]

Archaeology & Ale: Suhar, An Early Medieval Port on the Indian Ocean

In this presentation Dr. Derek Kennet, Howard E. Hallengren Professor in Arabian Peninsula and Gulf States Archaeology, ISAC, University of Chicago, will discuss one of the most important and least understood periods in the development of the world economy. About 1,200 years ago, at a time when the early Islamic empire of the Abbasids in […]

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