Global Antiquity

Drs. Mileto and Vegas are Professors of Architecture and Historic Preservation at the Universitat Politècnica de Valencia, and directors of the research group Res-Arquitectura: Research, Conservation, and Dissemination of Architectural Heritage. They are also current Getty Scholars, housed in the Getty Conservation Institute. Focusing on earthen materials in the built environment, like the use of rammed...

Who wrote the Bible? Its books have no bylines. Tradition long identified Moses as the author of the Pentateuch, with Ezra as editor. Ancient readers also suggested that David wrote the psalms and Solomon wrote Proverbs and Qohelet. Although the Hebrew Bible rarely speaks of its authors, people have been fascinated by the question of...

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology invites you to the last Wednesday Talk of fall quarter. On Wednesday, December 4 at 12:00 pm, UCLA graduate students Mary Anastasi (Department of Classics), Lucha Martinez de Luna (Archaeology IDP), and Maryan Ragheb (Archaeology IDP) will speak on A New Path for Cultural Objects: Three Case Studies from the...

The Andean Working Group invites you to its next event on Wednesday, December 4 at 2:00 pm Pacific Time / 5:00 pm Peru Standard Time on Zoom. Dr. Vladimir R. Gil Ramón will speak on Andean Environmental Conflicts, Risks, Disaster, and Development in the Anthropocene. Dr. Gil Ramón is a faculty member in the Department...

The departments of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Art History invite you to a talk by Professor Serdar Yalçin (Getty Villa Scholar/Art History, Macalester College) titled From One Hand to Another: Turbulent Lives of Cylinder Seals from Ancient Western Asia. The event will take place on Wednesday, December 4 at 4:00 pm in Kaplan...

The Cotsen Institute of Archaeology invites you to a talk by UCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology Press author Camilla Norman on the statue-stelae of Daunia in northern Apulia, Italy. These are unique artifacts with complex and rich imagery, created by a society that remains largely enigmatic. These stelae, though depicting an agrarian and seemingly egalitarian...

The UCLA Humanities Division and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures invites you to the next meeting of its After Antiquity Graduate Colloquium. On Thursday, December 5 at 12:30 pm in Kaplan 365, Dima el-Mouallem will speak on Beyond the Bloodline: Divine Legacy in Islamic Thought. Please RSVP here. Questions may be directed...

Taming the Desert: Resilience, Religion, and Ancestors in Ancient Peru With Luis Muro Ynoñán Friday, December 6, 2024 11:00 a.m. PT Live streaming via Zoom Luis A. Muro Ynoñán will discuss the exhibition Taming the Desert: Resilience, Religion, and Ancestors in Ancient Peru, which features Moche and Nasca ceramics and textiles from the collections of...