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If you’ve traveled to Chile, Italy, Morocco, or Vietnam and/or appreciate their cultural heritage, your experience and passion can help the U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee with their upcoming deliberations. Watch this short video to find out how you can join the AIA to speak up for threatened archaeological sites. Visit www.archaeological.org/preser... for letter templates and more information. Submit your comments on regulations.gov on the docket: [DOS-2024-0048-0001] and follow the prompts!

Join the AIA as Solange Ashby (UCLA) presents Ancient African Queens This lecture was given live at 8pm Eastern on October 16, 2024. Description: This lecture focuses on a sequence of queens of the ancient kingdom of Meroe (Kush/Nubia) who ruled contemporaneously with Roman control of Egypt and the authors of the New Testament gospels in the 1st century of the Common Era (AD). Dr. Ashby contrasts the queens’ self presentation with the ways in which New Testament authors and contemporary Greek historians such as Strabo describe the sole-ruling Meroitic queens. Bio: Solange Ashby received her Ph.D. in Egyptology from the University of Chicago. Dr. Ashby’s expertise in ancient languages, including Egyptian hieroglyphs, Demotic, and Meroitic, underpins her research into the history of religious transformation in Northeast Africa. Her book, Calling Out to Isis: The Enduring Nubian Presence at Philae, explores the Egyptian temple of Philae as a Nubian sacred site. Her second book explores the lives of five Nubian women from history including queens, priestesses, and mothers. Dr. Ashby is an Assistant Professor in the department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures at UCLA where she teaches Egyptology and Nubian Studies.

Join the AIA as Chip Colwell (SAPIENS) presents On the Origins of Stuff. This lecture was given live at 8pm Eastern on September 25, 2024. Description: Over three million years ago, our ancient ancestors realized that rocks could be broken into sharp-edged objects for slicing meat, making the first knives. This discovery resulted in a good meal—and eventually changed the fate of our species and our planet. In this talk, Chip Colwell shares his thrilling and accessible new book, So Much Stuff: How Humans Discovered Tools, Invented Meaning, and Made More of Everything published by the University of Chicago Press. An archaeologist, public anthropologist, and former museum curator, Colwell traveled the world to investigate how humanity took three leaps that led to stuff becoming inseparable from our lives—inspiring a love affair with things that made humans who we are and may also lead us to our downfall. Bio: Chip Colwell is an associate research professor at the University of Colorado, Denver, and the editor-in-chief of SAPIENS, a digital magazine of the Wenner-Gren Foundation about anthropological thinking and discoveries. He is the author and editor of 13 books including Plundered Skulls and Stolen Spirits: Inside the Fight to Reclaim Native America’s Culture, which received six major book awards.

Live presentation recorded on May 17, 2024. Letter deadline is May 28, 2024. More info: https://www.archaeological.org/preserving-ecuador-jordan-and-ukraine/ Visit (or revisit) some incredible archaeological highlights from these three countries and learn more about how to compose a letter to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee during our webinar. Join the AIA for brief presentations by experts who have traveled, lived, and worked in Ecuador, Jordan, and/or Ukraine and learn how you can advocate for the protection of archaeological sites in these three countries. The countries of Ecuador and Jordan recently requested that the U.S. renew the bilateral agreements that protects their cultural resources from being illegally imported into the United States and Ukraine has requested that a similar bilateral agreement with the United States be put into place for the very first time. After a whirlwind virtual trip across the globe with cultural heritage professionals Sarah Rowe (University of Texas Rio Grande Valley), Morag Kersel (Depaul University) and Roksolana Makar (Ukrainian Heritage Monitoring Lab), make sure you join AIA VP for Cultural Heritage Ömür Harmanşah in writing a letter in support of preserving the cultural heritage of Ecuador, Jordan, and Ukraine to the U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee!

Letter deadline: May 28, 2024 If you’ve traveled to Ecuador, Jordan, or Ukraine and/or appreciate their cultural heritage, your experience and passion can help the U.S. Cultural Property Advisory Committee with their upcoming deliberations. Watch this short video to find out how you can join the AIA to speak up for threatened archaeological sites. Visit https://www.archaeological.org/preserving-ecuador-jordan-and-ukraine/ for letter templates and more information.

Attending your first academic conference can be daunting, especially if you want to present your research. But with the help of the AIA, you can learn all about how to get your foot in the door. The panelists on the AIA Annual Meeting Submission webinar offer insights about the AIA-SCS Annual Meeting, including how to find funding for travel, what the benefits of attending the Annual Meeting are, how to submit an abstract, plus other advice on how to write an abstract for the Annual Meeting. This webinar was co-sponsored by the AIA Student Affairs Interest Group. The Student Affairs Interest Group (SAIG) consists of AIA members with an interest in the expansion of opportunities for student participation and professional development within the AIA and the promotion of student scholarship as well as student issues to other members of the AIA through its various programs and publications. SAIG Website: https://studentaffairsaia.wordpress.com/ Learn about the 2025 AIA-SCS Joint Annual Meeting: https://www.archaeological.org/programs/professionals/annual-meeting/ Questions about the Annual Meeting? Send them to annualmeeting@archaeological.org Our Panelists: Kevin Mullen: Director of Meetings and Associate Publisher, ARCHAEOLOGY magazine (kmullen@archaeological.org) Dr. Megan Cifarelli: Professor, Manhattanville College & Chair of the AIA Program for the Annual Meeting Committee (megan.cifarelli@mville.edu) Dr. Amanda Chen: Assistant Professor, Kansas City Art Institute (achen@kcai.edu) Tina Bekkali-Poio: PhD candidate, University at Buffalo & Chair of the AIA Student Affairs Interest Group (cmbekkal@buffalo.edu)

Join the AIA for a fascinating evening as Deborah Carlson (Texas A&M) presents Excavating a Shipwrecked Marble Column Destined for the Temple of Apollo at Claros. This presentation was held live at 8pm Eastern/7pm Central/6pm Mountain/5pm Pacific on 4/17/24. Between 2005 and 2011, researchers from the Institute of Nautical Archaeology at Texas A&M University excavated and raised the remains of an ancient ship that was wrecked off the Aegean coast of Turkey at Kızılburun in the first century B.C. This ship was transporting about 60 tons of white marble blocks and architectural elements that originated in the quarries on Proconnesus Island in the Sea of Marmara. Ceramic artifacts and coins help narrow the date of the shipwreck, but the pieces of a single monumental Doric column suggest that the ship was destined for one of the most important oracular sanctuaries in the ancient Mediterranean. Join underwater archaeologist Deborah Carlson as she lays out the evidence to solve this maritime mystery!

Join the AIA as Kisha Supernant (University of Alberta) presents Finding the Children: Using Archaeology to Search for Unmarked Graves at Indian Residential School Sites in Canada. This lecture was given live at 8pm Eastern on 3/27/24. In May 2021, the Tk’emlúps te Secwe̓pemc First Nation in British Columbia, Canada, announced that 215 potential unmarked graves were located near the Kamloops Indian Residential School using ground-penetrating radar conducted by archaeologists. While this was not the first announcement of unmarked graves associated with Indian Residential Schools, it garnered national and international attention. The subsequent months saw significant commitments of funding from the government to support Indigenous communities who wanted to conduct their own searches. Many Indigenous communities turned to archaeologists to assist them in designing an approach to finding potential unmarked graves of their relatives. In this talk, Supernant provides an overview of how archaeologists have been working with Indigenous communities in Canada to locate potential grave sites and discuss the opportunities and challenges in this highly sensitive, deeply emotional work.

Join the AIA for a fascinating evening as Nam C. Kim (University of Wisconsin-Madison) presents “Barbarians”, Bronzes, and the Legendary Capital of Ancient Vietnam. This presentation was originally given 2/28/24 at 8 pm Eastern time. Vietnamese lore tells us that over two thousand years ago the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam was home to powerful indigenous kingdoms, fortified capitals, and exquisite bronze craftsmanship. In contrast, the neighboring Chinese Han Empire claimed the region was inhabited by unsophisticated “barbarians” in need of “civilizing”, prompting imperial annexation of the region. This lecture explores the region’s archaeological record and what it means for scholarly debates, as well as for Vietnam’s national imagination, cultural heritage, and descendant identities.

Society Sunday 2024 - February 4, 2024 - CONTENT WARNING: This talk will include images of human remains. - Find your local Society and see what they're up to: https://www.archaeological.org/programs/societies/find/ - Check out Petra Creamer’s project RLIIM – Rural Landscapes of Iron Age Imperial Mesopotamia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092306352009 Join us as the AIA Societies Committee presents a virtual presentation and Q&A with Petra Creamer, "'Be(com)ing Assyrian': Navigating Imperial Power from the Bottom-Up." At its height, the Assyrian Empire (c. 1350-600 BCE) stretched from modern-day Iran in the east to Egypt in the west, controlling more territory than any entity the world had yet seen. This talk will delve into the profound impact of the Assyrian Empire and its administrative structures on the lives of individuals under its hegemony. Drawing from archaeological and historical evidence, the discussion explores the intricate web of socio-economic, cultural, and political transformations experienced by the non-elite populace under Assyrian rule, focusing on the core area of the empire (the Assyrian "Heartland") along the Tigris River. Insights from ongoing research illuminate how the empire's administrative policies influenced Assyria's subjects - from those residing in urban centers to rural communities. This talk particularly dives into the implementation of massive infrastructural projects across the landscape, the establishment of centralized governance systems, and the navigation of personal identities that shaped the idea of "be(com)ing Assyrian".

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ), or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of January 15, 2025, new films include: “The Taraia Object: Amelia Earhart's Aircraft?,” “The Continuing Search for Amelia Earhart: An Interview with Tom King, Part 1 & 2,” and “Strata: Portraits of Humanity Season 11, Episode 4,” featuring the short film “Specularia: Glass Windowpanes in Roman Times.” Check out these films and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice #film #documentary

Season 11 Episode 4 Strata: Portraits of Humanity, January 2025 (Roman window glass) "Specularia: Glass Windowpanes in Roman Times": How did the Romans make glass windows? Archaeologist Géraldine Frère and master glassmakers employed experimental archaeology to reproduce the methods used by glassmakers 2,000 years ago. Specifically, the project set out to determine by whom, for whom, how, where, and when Roman glass was produced. To achieve this, the researchers put in place a multidisciplinary methodology: the Specularia experimental archaeology project is one of the many approaches developed to unravel the mysteries of this industry. #heritage #strata #archaeology #archeology #anthropology #history #culturalheritage #strataportraitsofhumanity #culture #film #documentary

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ), or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of December 30, 2024, new films include: “Detached,” “The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke, Season 1, Episode 5: Bronx Legends,” and “Humanity's Footsteps, Season 1, Episode 12: The Frankish Family.” Check out these films and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice #film #documentary

Season 11 Episode 3 Strata: Portraits of Humanity, December 2024 (Portuguese pavement; seed recovery at Greek Neolithic site) (1) “Missing Footsteps”: An icon of Portugal’s culture, Portuguese pavement, comparable to Roman mosaic pavement, is one of the country’s biggest symbols of engineering and pride, as well as a stone in the shoe of urban mobility. (2) “Living with Earth”: This documentary was entirely shot in northern Greece with archaeobotanist Tania Valamoti and her team, who are finding and analyzing seed remains from the Neolithic period in the excavation of the Dikili Tash site. These seeds can help define how the ancient Neolithic people grew their food. #heritage #strata #archaeology #archeology #anthropology #history #culturalheritage #strataportraitsofhumanity #culture #film #documentary

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ), or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of December 16, 2024, new films include: “The Shadows of Loneliness,” “The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke, Season 1, Episode 4: The Heart of Chinatown,” and “Strata: Portraits of Humanity Season 11, Episode 03.” Check out these films and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice #film #documentary

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ), or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of December 2, 2024, new films include: ““Lost and Hungry in the Amazon: A Yanomami Story,” “The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke, Season 1, Episode 3: Spoken Word in the Village,” and “Humanity’s Footsteps, Season 1, Episode 11: The Frankish Warrior.” Check out these films and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice #film #documentary

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ), or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of November 15, 2024, new films include: “Ancient Sea Peoples of the North Atlantic,” “The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke, Season 1, Episode 2: Harlem Renaissance Revisited,” and “Strata: Portraits of Humanity Season 11, Episode 2." Check out these films and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice #film #documentary

Season 11 Episode 2 Strata: Portraits of Humanity, November 2024 (Sweat lodge ceremony; Native American and White pioneer descendants share close family histories) (1) “Sweat”: A sweat lodge ceremony cannot be documented. This is a re-enactment of the director’s journey to the sweat lodge ceremony through sound, image and narration. (2) “Two Way Seeing”: In 1849, the Kalapuya Chief Camafeema and his tribe welcomed new neighbors, Charles and Melinda Applegate, into the Yoncalla Valley, beginning a long-lasting relationship that would continue into modern day. Their direct descendants, Kalapuya elder Esther Stutzman and historian and author Shannon Applegate now share their family histories while archaeologists explore the homestead, providing a different way of understanding the complex relationship between Native Americans and settlers. #heritage #strata #archaeology #archeology #anthropology #history #culturalheritage #strataportraitsofhumanity #culture #film

In each episode of The Poet Speaks series, host Amanda Eke embarks on a poetic journey, diving deep into the local culture and uncovering the rich history of oral traditions. From the bustling streets of New York City to the vibrant neighborhoods of Rio de Janeiro, Amanda explores how words have shaped and preserved cultures, rituals and societies throughout history. Amanda meets with local poets, people and cultural experts, bringing to life the dynamic world of spoken word poetry today. She reveals the timeless power of poetry in connecting humanity across ages and continents, showcasing the enduring influence of poetic expression on our collective consciousness. Join Amanda as she travels the globe, from iconic urban centers to hidden gems, discovering the stories that have shaped our world and the poets who continue to inspire us. New episodes available on Heritage Broadcasting Service (heritagetac.org) beginning October 28.

Heritage Broadcasting Service ( https://www.heritagetac.org ), or just plain Heritage, launched on January 1, 2021. Developed by the nonprofit Archaeological Legacy Institute (that’s us, the people who created The Archaeology Channel at archaeologychannel.org), Heritage features more than 300 outstanding film titles from many countries on familiar subjects. As of October 28, 2024, new films include: “The Battle of Lake George,” “The Poet Speaks with Amanda Eke, Season 1, Episode 1: Subway Chronicles,” and “Humanity's Footsteps, Season 1, Episode 10: The Gallic Banquet.” Check out these films and more, only on Heritage! https://www.heritagetac.org/ #archaeology #archeology #heritage #anthropology #history #culture #heritagebroadcastingservice #film #documentary

Dr. Bob Cargill and Jordan Jones respond to your comments and the recent discussion between Mel Gibson and Joe Rogan about the Shroud of Turin. Become a Bible & Archaeology patron: http://www.patreon.com/bibleandarch Send us your questions: bible-archaeology@uiowa.edu Visit the Bible & Archaeology website: http://www.uiowa.edu/bam Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bible-and-archaeology/id1753393688 Find us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3tbe91wqMwkHcudArRi1ue?si=d483a9f54bf94753 Hosted by Robert Cargill and Jordan Jones Produced and edited by Jordan Jones Additional Contributors: Mary Kathryn Lichty Referenced articles: "X-ray Dating of a Turin Shroud’s Linen Sample," De Caro et al.: https://www.mdpi.com/2571-9408/5/2/47 "A burial textile from the first century CE in Jerusalem compared to roman textiles in the land of Israel and the Turin Shroud," Orit Shamir: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/A-burial-textile-from-the-first-century-CE-in-to-in-Shamir/2c5dcae69c45b2951414ea268f49c537763250da

Check out our podcast "Why John is Synoptic" with Mark Goodacre for the full conversation.

This week, Dr. Mark Goodacre, Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University, joins Bible & Archaeology for a discussion about the gospel of John! In this podcast, we take a dive into Mark's forthcoming book about the gospel of John and the possibility that John is more of a synoptic gospel than it gets credit for. Dr. Mark Goodacre: Professor of Religious Studies at Duke University Mark's Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nt-pod/id319974061 Join Biblical Studies Academy: https://bibleandarch--ehrman.thrivecart.com/the-biblical-studies-academy/ Affiliate Disclosure: As an affiliate for Bart Ehrman Courses, we may earn a commission (at no additional cost to you) if you sign up for the Biblical Studies Academy Become a Bible & Archaeology patron: http://www.patreon.com/bibleandarch Send us your questions: bible-archaeology@uiowa.edu Visit the Bible & Archaeology website: http://www.uiowa.edu/bam Find us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bible-and-archaeology/id1753393688 Find us on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3tbe91wqMwkHcudArRi1ue?si=d483a9f54bf94753 Guest: Mark Goodacre Hosted by Bob Cargill Produced and Edited by Jordan Jones Additional Contributions by Mary Kathryn Lichty

Archaeologists believe a series of eight rooms located outside the walls of the old city of Jerusalem form a rare cultic complex first created in the Bronze Age but which functioned through the 8th c BCE.

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