Please join us for brief presentations and casual conversation about interdisciplinary archaeological research projects in Croatia. Topics that students and professors have worked on include fresco analysis, geological core sampling and cultural heritage management in touristic island environments.
This talk considers the following: What can Roman toilets teach us about daily life in ancient Rome? What does the archaeology of these structures reveal about Roman hygiene, public sanitation, customs related to purity or cleanliness? In a talk that investigates and illustrates some key examples of public and private Roman toilets from Rome, Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Ostia, we take a trip down into the black holes of ancient space for some answers.
Monday, May 9, 6:00 pm CT on Zoom
image: Weary Herakles, MFA Boston repatriated to Turkey
Current events in Ukraine and Afghanistan have drawn attention to to the need to protect cultural property, as an essential element of human rights and identity, during wartime. Please join us for what promises to be a fascinating and timely and timely conversation.
About the speaker:
Brian Daniels is director of research and programs for the Penn Cultural Heritage Center at the University of Pennsylvania Museum, adjunct assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania anthropology graduate group, visiting professor in the Sustainable Cultural Heritage Graduate Program at the American University of Rome, research associate at the Smithsonian Institution and VP for Cultural Heritage at the Archaeological Institute of America
Description:
The exhibition of archaeological artifacts from the “Holy Land”, specifically the Dead Sea Scrolls on display at the Museum of the Bible, offers a compelling case study. The Dead Sea Scrolls as contact zone for the consideration of curatorial decision-making, visitor engagement, honesty, untold stories, and the potential for redemption at the Museum of the Bible.
