Flash Talk | Fragments from the Iliad from Oxyrhynchus
Leah Mascia, Freie Universität Berlin
At the archaeological site of Oxyrhynchus, Egypt, researchers discovered a 2,000-year-old mummified individual with a sealed papyrus packet...
Resilience and Sociopolitical Change at Udo, Southern Nigeria: Emerging Archaeological Evidence from Settlement and Earthwork Investigations
Timilehin Ayelagbe, PhD Student U-M Dept of Anthropology
Udo, an earthwork-enclosed settlement in southern Nigeria, provides an important opportunity to investigate the relationships between...
Guest Lecture | Heritage Forensics: Culture on the Front Lines of the Armenia-Azerbaijan Conflict
Lori Khatchadourian (Cornell University)
This talk introduces the concept of heritage forensics, a framework for studying abuses of cultural heritage in contexts of conflict,...
AIA Lecture | Ariadne’s Thread: Weaving 200,000 Years of Naxos’ History
Tristan Carter, McMaster University
This lecture asks, (1) what makes us (Homo sapiens) special? And (2) why did Theseus and Ariadne go to Naxos? These radically...
Kelsey Book Club | Murder in Mesopotamia
Caroline Everts, IPAMAA
This month’s Kelsey Book Club will feature a dash of mystery along with our usual archaeological fare. In Agatha Christie’s classic 1936...
