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

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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 Come and learn how archaeology and genetics with...

Semitic Museum: Divine Creatures Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt

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Salima Ikram, Visiting Professor, Yale University; Distinguished University Professor, Department of Sociology, Egyptology and Anthropology, The American University in Cairo The relationship between humans and animals is complex, with mutual dependencies...

Semitic Museum: Inside the Tombs of Saqqara: The Ancient Egyptian Burial Site Revealed

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Free Public Lecture Ramadan B. Hussein, Director, Saqqara Saite Tombs Project, Institute for Ancient Near Eastern Studies (IANES), University of Tübingen, Germany The pyramids and tombs of Saqqara served as the cemetery for the ancient Egyptian capital...

Romance Languages & Literatures: "Waiting for the Ancient Mariner: A Theater of Immanence" K. David Jackson

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K. David Jackson, Yale University , “Waiting for the Ancient Mariner: A Theater of Immanence” - - Sponsored by the Portuguese Section of the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures http://rll.fas.harvard.edu/event/%E2%80%9Cwaiting-ancient-mariner...

Mahindra Humanities: "Ludic Music in Ancient Greek and Roman Theater"

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Timothy Moore, Washington University in St. Louis Synopsis Theater in ancient Greece and Rome was emphatically musical: extensive parts of almost all plays were performed to the accompaniment of a wind instrument called the aulos in Greek, tibia in Latin...

Lecture: Christian E. Loeben, "Ancient Egyptian Gardens"

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Free Public Lecture Christian E. Loeben, Egyptologist and Keeper of Egyptian and Islamic Arts, Museum August Kestner, Hanover, Germany The oldest documented gardens in the world are from ancient Egypt. Gardens were described in hieroglyphic texts and...

SoHP: “What’s New in Genomic Archaeology? The Peopling of Europe from ancient and modern DNA”

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The Initiative for the Science of the Human Past at Harvard invites you to this exciting talk and discussion: “What’s New in Genomic Archaeology? The Peopling of Europe from ancient and modern DNA” By Nick Patterson, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard...

“Ancient Jews in and against Empires” | A Symposium by this year’s Harry Starr Fellows in Judaica

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The 2024-2025 Harry Starr Fellowship in Judaica is centered around the theme of Ancient Jews in and against Empires. Join the Harry Starr Fellows and Visiting Scholars for a discussion about their research.

Early Modern Workshop - "Bible Exegesis, the Ancient Israelites, and the Early Modern Question of Usury”

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Presentation Title: "Bible Exegesis, the Ancient Israelites, and the Early Modern Question of Usury” (with comment by Sophus Reinert, HBS) Speaker: Avinoam Naeh (Hebrew University; Harvard)

Ctr. for African Studies: Ancient Egypt in Africa: New Excavations at the Island Fortress of Uronarti

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Free Public Lecture Laurel Bestock, Associate Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World, Egyptology and Assyriology, and the History of Art and Architecture, Brown University Ancient Egyptian kings conquered Lower Nubia—today northern Sudan—nearly 4...

Science of the Human Past: "Breakthrough: Ancient DNA Illuminates Malaria's Impact Across Human History"

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Dr. Megan Michel, “Breakthrough: Ancient DNA Illuminates Malaria’s Impact on Human History” Wednesday, November 20 th 4:15pm Tsai Auditorium, Harvard University A reception will follow this event!

“Marriage, mobility and households in Bronze Age Germany: integrating ancient DNA, isotopes and archaeology”

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On Tuesday, October 15 th, Dr. Alissa Mittnik, Department of Genetics (Reich Lab) at Harvard Medical School, will speak on her remarkable research: “Marriage, mobility and households in Bronze Age Germany: integrating ancient DNA, isotopes and archaeology...