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It is where civilization started. It is where the first book was written. It is where three major religions were born. And is has riveted the world's attention for millenia. It is the Near East, an area of profound influence throughout history and today.
Our Discovery Forum Lecture Series broadens our understanding of this vital part of our world. We tell the stories that illuminate, sharpen perspective, and bring the ancients to life.
Gods, Priests, and Warrior Kings: The Sumerian World of Gilgamesh
Marathon Reading - Gilgamesh, the First Superhero
Dr. Gil Stein, Director of Oriental Institute
Dr. Jim Hollister, Director of the Jung Center
Thursday, October 25, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
Rothko Chapel, 1409 Sul Ross
Desert Queen - Gertrude Bell, the Creator of Iraq
Dr. Alexis Castor, Franklin & Marshall University
Thursday, November 8, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
Rice University, Sewell Hall, Room #301
Archaeology of the Sacred Series I - Islam
Transforming the Sacred - Archaeology and Monuments if Islamic Syria
Dr. Ian Straughn, Brown University
Thursday, December 6, 2007, 7:00 p.m.
Christ Church Cathedral, 1117 Texas
Saturday, December 8, 2007, Tour of Mosque
The Looting of the Baghdad Museum - A Loss of a Nation's Memory
Dr. Donna George Youkhanna, Former Director of the Baghdad Museum
Thursday, February 14, 2008
AIA Members: $10.00 General Public: $20.00 Students with picture ID - FREE
Archaeology of the Sacred Series II - Jewish/Christian
Reconstructing an Ancient Papyri Book - How the Gospel of Judas was Restored and the Questions It Raises
National Geographic Restoration Team - Dr. Marvin Meyer and Dr. Gregor Wurst
Tuesday, March 13, 2008, 7:00 p.m.
Rice University, Herring Hall, Room 100
Lust in the Dust! Excavations at the Petra Great Temple - Dinner Lecture
Martha Sharp Joukowsky, Diroctor of the Joukowsky Institute, Brown University
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Tickets: $35.00 - dinner & lecture, AIA members $40.00 - dinner & lecture, general public
Lecture ONLY: FREE
