Event Details
Saturday, Nov 16, 2019
AIA Lecture: The Rise and Fall of Kerkenes
Time: 12:00 pm til 1:00 pm
Location: UNF Archaeology Lab
Description: The Rise and Fall of Kerkenes: New Technologies for Exploring Ancient Cities
Presented by Dr. Scott Branting, UCF
For almost one hundred years the immense metropolis at Kerkenes in central Turkey has lain shrouded in mystery. Scholars have puzzled over this large pre-planned city apparently built and occupied by the Phrygians, of King Midas fame, for a brief period of time between the fall of the Assyrian Empire and rise of the Persian Empire around 550 BC. Over the past twenty-seven years, the site has been a showcase of new technologies being used alongside active excavation, useful in reconstructing the plan of the buried city and the activities and interactions of the people who inhabited it. Together, the latest excavations and technologies are shedding new light on what transpired in this ancient city in the years prior to its fiery destruction.
The lecture is free and open to the public, and complimentary refreshments will be served afterwards in the Archaeology Lab.
On Saturdays, parking is free, and the faculty/staff/vendor spaces are open to everyone. For more information, contact Melva Price at (904)241-9411 or aiajaxsoc@gmail.com.
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