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Full Schedule for the 2008-09 Archaeology Lecture Series

Fall 2008
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Stephen Harvey, Stony Brook University (AIA National)
Before the Valley of the Kings: Egypt’s Last Royal Pyramids
6:00 PM, Pillsbury Auditorium, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Donny George, Stony Brook University
Looting of the Iraq Museum: The Loss of a Nation’s Memory
6:00 PM, Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota
Co-sponsored by Weisman Art Museum; Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP; the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield; and the Maya Society

Thursday, November 20, 2008
Winston Kyan, Macalester College
Unearthing the Emperor: Person, Personality and the Terracotta Army of China’s First Sovereign Ruler
6:00 PM, John B. Davis Lecture Hall, Macalester College

Spring 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Mark Schuler, Concordia University
Glory and Decline of a Roman/Byzantine Urban Center:
The 10-year International Excavation at Hippos of the Decapolis, Jordan Valley, Israel
6:00 PM, E.M. Pearson Theatre, Concordia University

Thursday, March 5, 2009
Barbara Tsakirgis, Vanderbilt University (AIA National)
To Honor the Gods: Greek Domestic Religion
6:00 PM, Pillsbury Auditorium, Minneapolis Institute of Arts

Wednesday, April 8, 2009
David Mattingly, University of Leicester (AIA National)
Mystery to History: The Garamantes of the Libyan Sahara
6:00 PM, John B. Davis Lecture Hall, Macalester College

Friday, April 10, 2009
Cori Wegener, U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield
Cultural Property at War: Lessons from the Iraq Museum Looting
Followed by Candlelight Vigil
6:00 PM, John B. Davis Lecture Hall, Macalester College