Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
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David Levene
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No publisher2017/08/15 14:57:46 GMT-4ProfileJ. Andrew Dufton
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No publisher2017/08/15 14:57:37 GMT-4ProfileMarta Ameri
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No publisher2017/08/15 14:57:28 GMT-4ProfileNYU Global Research Initiatives
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No publisherfaculty2016/09/13 15:35:00 GMT-4PageRostovtzeff Lecture Series
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The final lecture in the Rostovtzeff series takes the audience along the Steppe Roads from China to Mongolia to investigate another recently discovered tomb and epitaph. The history of Mongolia is little known between the First Türk (552–630) and Second Türk (682–742) Empires. Chinese historical records claim that the Tang Dynasty exerted suzerainty over Mongolia during the interregnum through vassal rulers, but offer few details after 660. Likewise, Uighur Empire (744-840) inscriptions assert an earlier period of rule over Mongolia in alliance with the Tang. The recent excavation of Pugu Yitu’s tomb and Chinese-language epitaph shows that an alliance endured through the 670s and throws new light on cultural connections between China and Mongolia.No publishervideo2016/01/27 15:55:00 GMT-5EventOffice of Global Services
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No publisherstudents2017/07/14 15:19:51 GMT-4PageYitzchak Jaffe
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No publisher2016/08/24 15:45:00 GMT-4ProfileA Paradise in the Caucasus
https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/archive/2016/paradise-in-the-caucasus
Contrary to its immense historical impact on the cultures of the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean, the Achaemenid Empire has been difficult to grasp archaeologically outside its centres, the impressive monumental complexes of Persepolis, Susa and Pasargadae. This is particularly surprising given the historic and epigraphic evidence for the existence of a very tight‐knit, efficiently organized administration. During the past 20 years, excavations led to new archaeological discoveries that have changed this picture. In a peripheral corner of the empire, the Southern Caucasus, administrative complexes were found which bear all hallmarks of ‘Iranian Achaemenid’ monumental architecture, from building standards to the physical organization of the landscape. This suggests that the Achaemenids did create and export within their realm a fundamentally new way of representing rulership, by managing space on an unprecedented scale and creating new imperial landscapes. Their ‘paradises’ were at the same time luxurious residences with spacious gardens and administrative centres, playing an important role for the control of the dependent territories.No publisher2016/12/08 14:15:00 GMT-5EventARCE Lecture: Enigmatic Sites and Headless Nubians
https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/archive/2016/copy_of_enigmatic-sites-and-headless-nubians
Scattered throughout the southeastern desert of Egypt are several late Roman sites, comprising clusters of dry-stone structures (often including more than a hundred separate buildings). Similarities in architecture and ceramic material reveal a connection between these settlements, all of which appear to have flourished between 400 and 600 CE. Often termed "enigmatic sites," the purpose or even the ethnic affiliations of their inhabitants remain sources of speculation. New archaeological work and survey over the past seven years has revealed not only new examples of these settlements, but also exciting information about why these sites were built, and who might have built them. No publishervideo2017/01/20 11:45:00 GMT-5EventNew Term Excavations at Kültepe
https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/archive/2016/anatolia-before-assyrians
The recent findings and the information from Kültepe over the last decade will be presented in this talk. Kültepe or the capital city of the ancient Kanesh Kingdom consists of a 21-meter high mound, mostly occupied by official and religious monumental buildings including palaces and temples, and a lower town settlement known as the “karum of Kaneš”. The mound exhibits a long cultural sequence of 18 building levels from the Early Bronze Age until the late Roman period, whereas the lower town contains four well-defined levels.No publishervideo2016/12/08 14:20:00 GMT-5EventARCE Lecture: Enigmatic Sites and Headless Nubians
https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/archive/2016/enigmatic-sites-and-headless-nubians
Scattered throughout the southeastern desert of Egypt are several late Roman sites, comprising clusters of dry-stone structures (often including more than a hundred separate buildings). Similarities in architecture and ceramic material reveal a connection between these settlements, all of which appear to have flourished between 400 and 600 CE. Often termed "enigmatic sites," the purpose or even the ethnic affiliations of their inhabitants remain sources of speculation. New archaeological work and survey over the past seven years has revealed not only new examples of these settlements, but also exciting information about why these sites were built, and who might have built them. No publishervideo2017/01/20 11:45:00 GMT-5EventFantastical Space and Heroic Journeys in Mesopotamian Literature
https://isaw.nyu.edu/events/archive/2016/fantastical-space-heroic-journeys
Sumerian literary texts from the Old Babylonian period (ca. 1800 BCE) are often stories with larger-than-life protagonists, featuring warriors, heroes, and kings – and occasionally individuals who manage to be all three at once. While many texts, such as those concerning the warrior Gilgamesh, are centered around a climatic battle or other martial events, they also incorporate a journey into the structure of the narrative. These journeys, a common feature of both literary texts and royal inscriptions, allow the narrative to transition to a more fantastical setting, and thus better accommodate the expanded heroic actions of the narrative. The distant and faraway nature of these spaces, however, is more complicated, as the more fantastical depictions of these locations must also exist within the framework of the real interactions that are also depicted within the cuneiform record.No publisher2016/12/08 13:35:00 GMT-5Event