The Messiness of Animal Domestication  Greger Larson, Professor of Evolutionary Genomics, School of Archaeology, University of Oxford   We are all intuitively familiar with domestic plants and animals. We understand a great deal less about the origins and evolutionary history of domestication, and the stories we tell ourselves about the emergence of domestic species tend to […]

An Egyptian Temple in First Millennium BCE Kush: Moving Beyond Ethnic Identity as a Model of Ancient Intercultural Interaction Kathryn Howley, Lila Acheson Wallace Assistant Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art, IFA The Kingdom of Kush flourished in the first millennium BCE in the area of northern Sudan known as Nubia. This complex culture with archaeologically […]

The NYU Center for Ancient Studies presents the Ranieri Colloquium on Ancient Studies Reimagining Ancient Worlds: New Stories of the Distant Past Thursday, April 3, 2025 - Friday, April 4, 2025 NYU Silver Center for Arts & Science, Jurow Lecture Hall 100 Washington Square East, New York, NY 10003 This event will be held in-person […]