SoHP: Ancient Empires, Ancient DNA: Connecting Classical Civilization and the Near East with the Science of the Human Past

Date and Time

February 24, 2026
05:30PM - 07:00PM EST

Location

Belfer Case Study Room # S020

Science of the Human Past Presents

Ancient Empires, Ancient DNA: Connecting Classical Civilization and the Near East with the Science of the Human Past

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Come and learn how archaeology and genetics with support from the Getty and SoHP/MHAAM have combined to shed new light on ancient empires of the Classical world, the Near East, and the peoples who embodied them.

Speakers:
Peter van Dommelen
Joukowsky Family Professor of Archaeology and Professor of Anthropology, Brown University

 

Victoria Moses
Postdoctoral Research Associate in Archaeology and the Ancient World, Brown University
Getty Postdoctoral Fellow, SoHP/MHAAM

 

Alison Barton
Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard
Getty Postdoctoral Fellow, SoHP/MHAAM