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Malaria, Witchcraft, Infant Cemeteries and the Fall of Rome

This lecture examines evidence from an ancient Roman infant cemetery recently discovered at Lugnano in Teverina (Umbria). The cemetery contained forty-eight bodies. DNA testing techniques recently developed by Robert Sallares […]

The Zookeeper’s Wife: A War Story

Diane Ackerman, author of the bestselling A Natural History of the Senses and An Alchemy of Mind, will discuss and sign copies of her latest book, The Zookeeper's Wife: A […]

Ionian Topography and the Spartan Attack on Sardis, 395 B.C.

This talk examines the literary and archaeological/topographical evidence for Agesilaos' campaign against Sardis in 395 B.C. By reading the conflicting accounts of Xenophon, the Oxyrhynchus Historian, and Diodorus Siculus in […]

In Cod We Trust

Was John Cabot the first European after the Norse to set foot in North America? Brian Fagan takes us on a fascinating 1,500-year archaeological and historical journey in search of […]