Event Details
Monday, Nov 25, 2013
SAAA Lecture: The Landscape of the Assyrian Heartland
Time: 7:00 pm til 8:00 pm
Location: Flagler Room, Flagler College
Description: In August 2012 a new Harvard University archaeological research project began in the Kurdistan Region of northern Iraq. This area was the core of the great Assyrian empire (ca. 900-600 BC), which at its greatest stretched from Egypt to Iran. It marks the return of Harvard to Kurdistan after an absence of over 80 years, and also the return of American archaeology to Iraq. This presentation describes the results, including its use of declassified spy satellite photographs to find ancient towns and cities. It will also describe the social and logistical challenges of field research in a country with a troubled recent history.
FPAN is co-hosting this event.
