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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, […]

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 […]

“Women and Wine in the Ancient Mediterranean”

Jepson Hall, Room 118 Richmond Way 221, Richmond, VA, United States

Anita Krause Bader Lecture in Mediterranean Archaeology, by Dr. Nadhira Hill (Assistant Professor of Classics and Director of Archaeological Studies, Randolph-Macon College)

Drawing on History: Creating the Graphic Adaptation of 1177 BC

George Washington University, Funger Hall 103 2201 G St NW, Washington, United States
Virtual Event Hybrid Event

How does a cartoonist adapt a scholarly work of history, specifically Eric H. Cline’s 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed? Prof. Eric H. Cline and award-winning illustrator Glynnis Fawkes describe the process of interpreting Eric’s text in comics. This meant making historical figures (such as Ramses III) speak, as well as imagining characters for whom we have no […]

Event Series Afghanistan’s Heritage: Target in War and Engine of Peace, Dr. Laura Tedesco

Afghanistan’s Heritage: Target in War and Engine of Peace, Dr. Laura Tedesco

College of Charleston, Robert Scott Small Building, Room 235 College Way, Charleston, SC, United States

This presentation will reflect on efforts to preserve and protect Afghanistan’s cultural heritage. Utilzing the tools of diplomacy through the US Department of State and the practical steps involved in restoration of neglected and destroyed heritage, Dr. Laura Tedesco will discuss a little-known aspect of United States’ engagement in Afghanistan from 2001-2021, with insights on […]

Children in Context: How Mortuary Contexts Inform our Understanding of the Past

Virtual Event Virtual Event

Lecture by Dr. Erin Bornemann, Director of Information Management for the Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation. The mortuary record affords archaeologists a unique snapshot in time and space, providing further information surrounding the larger social context of death and burial in archaeological contexts that are often not discernible from other non-burial settings. Studies […]

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 […]

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