Underwater Archaeology Lecture

September 18, 7:30pm - 8:45pm
Doris Duke Theatre, Honolulu Museum of Art Add to Calendar

"In Search of the Age of Titans: Recent Underwater Discoveries in Northern Israel"
Professor Bridget Buxton University of Rhode Island

From the death of Alexander the Great to the fall of Cleopatra VII, the course of Mediterranean civilization was decided at the helms of gigantic warships, unrivalled in size and power by anything built in Europe until the modern age. This illustrated lecture presents recent archaeological explorations by the Maritime Unit of the Israel Antiquities Authority in and around the ancient port of Akko (Acre-Ptolemais) which are bringing us closer to the elusive goal of capturing a 'big ship', learning the long-lost secrets of their design, and understanding the critical role they played in the Great Power contests of the Hellenistic Age.


Ticket Information
free

Event Sponsor
LLEA, Archaeological Institute of America, Mānoa Campus

More Information
Robert Littman, (808) 956-4173, littman@hawaii.edu, http://PO Box 10850

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