# SoHP: Ancient Empires, Ancient DNA: Connecting Classical Civilization and the Near East with the Science of the Human Past #### calendar\_today Date and Time **February 24, 2026** 05:30PM - 07:00PM EST #### pin\_drop Location **Belfer Case Study Room # S020** [CGIS South 1730 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02138 United States ]() Science of the Human Past Presents Ancient Empires, Ancient DNA: Connecting Classical Civilization and the Near East with the Science of the Human Past Unable attend in person? [Register for Livestream](https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8eWIK1F5SImHqeWKWKenUg) 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 Share on:- [ Facebook ](#) - [ Twitter ](#) - [ Linkedin ](#) Save: [ Add to calendar calendar\_today ](https://history.fas.harvard.edu/node/1894506/event-feed.ics) Copy link link