Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

This lecture will take place online. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. Zoom information will be provided via confirmation email to registered participants.

Published 07/06/2022 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2021-2022

This lecture will explore the place of the site of Babylon in scholarship and the public imagination in the years leading up to the German excavations, and the cultural context within which the project came into being.

Published 10/21/2019 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2019-2020

Published 11/06/2019 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2019-2020

This conversation will introduce new discoveries and recent research related to the production technologies around the facades highlighting our current understanding of production organization and process, iconography and legacy of the grand and fascinating glazed architectures of the ancient world. *Please note Registration will open on November 12th.

Published 11/06/2019 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2019-2020

Part of a series of lunchtime gallery talks: Wednesdays, November 13–May 20, 12:00–12:20pm Join us in the galleries for a 20-minute in-depth discussion of a single object from A Wonder to Behold: The Power of Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon’s Ishtar Gate.

Published 11/06/2019 — filed under: exhibition-event Located in Events Events Archive Academic Year 2019-2020

Part of our Free Friday Evening Exhibition tour series. Join us in the galleries for an in-depth discussion of the exhibition A Wonder to Behold: Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon’s Ishtar Gate. In this tour, participants will engage in a guided conversation exploring the specific history, iconography, and transformative power of ancient Near Eastern craftsmanship as it relates to the creation of Babylon's Ishtar Gate and Processional Way.