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Ancient Art Council

Ancient Art Department

Ancient Art Council
Legion of Honor

100 34th Avenue, Lincoln Park
San Francisco, CA 94121

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Can archaeologists recognize prehistoric religious belief and practice? This lecture examines elaborate new rituals surrounding death and the disposal of the human body during the Chalcolithic period (ca. 4500─3600 BC). This era of dramatic change offers insights into the profound ritual intensification, demographic expansion, increased craft production, and new technology, most notably metallurgy, in the southern Levant.


This lecture is supported by a grant from the Helen Diller Family Foundation, a Supporting Foundation of the Jewish Endowment Fund, and by the Israel Antiquities Authority.

About Programs at the Ancient Art Council

Programs are varied and include such activities as lectures by noted archaeologists, museum curators, and ancient art historians; exclusive tours of the Museum’s permanent collection and special exhibitions; fund-raising events; and travel programs to ancient sites and other museums. Members also receive invitations from related organizations to attend lectures ad exhibition openings. Your annual membership dues and contributions will assist in furthering the Ancient Art collection at the Fine Arts Museums.

PROGRAM

November 1, 2014 at 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM

New Rituals, New Religion? Death's Dominion during the Copper Age of the Southern Levant

Florence Gould Theater, Legion of Honor

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Presented by Yorke Rowan Research Associate, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago

Admission:

Free and open to the public


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Excavating Mycenaean Burials: the TAPHOS project

Thank you for helping us acquire our first Egyptian royal portrait—a carved limestone relief of Ptolemy I Soter

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Ancient Art Council supports Antiquities at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

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