Penn Museum Event: The Trojan War, December 5, 2012
Last night the Archaeology Wife and I attended a lecture on the Trojan War at the Penn Museum. It's the first lecture I've been to since the baby, and if I had to pick one lecture to go all year, this was the perfect one. The speaker was our favorite archaeologist, C. Brian Rose, who gave the very first lecture that AW and I attended back in 2010 and started this whole thing. Dr. Rose is totally adorbs and we kind of want to squee like teenage girls at a Twilight preview when we see him. Here's the lecture description:
Was there a Trojan War?: Assessing the Evidence from the Most Recent Excavations at Troy
C. Brian Rose
In the course of the latest campaign of excavations at Troy, in northwestern Turkey, archaeologists have uncovered a wealth of evidence that enables us to situate the site within the political and military history of the late Bronze Age (14th/13th centuries BCE). The recent discovery of a large defensive ditch cut from the bedrock needs to be considered with the monumental fortification walls around the citadel, both of which shed new light on the history of warfare at the site.
The lecture was excellent: Dr. Rose is a very good speaker, owing to his natural enthusiasm and personability, plus his extensive knowledge of his topic (he's been excavating at Troy for 25 years). Other than the fact that people are apparently still sacrificing sheep over new excavation equipment in Turkey in the present day, I don't know that I learned much that I'll retain, but the lecture itself was really enjoyable and fun.
Since the train is still at 7:11, we didn't get to stay for the Q&A, but it was a good compromise considering that I abandoned F for the evening with the baby. As it was, I got home just in time to help out with the bedtime routine and the lunch-making.
Was there a Trojan War?: Assessing the Evidence from the Most Recent Excavations at Troy
C. Brian Rose
In the course of the latest campaign of excavations at Troy, in northwestern Turkey, archaeologists have uncovered a wealth of evidence that enables us to situate the site within the political and military history of the late Bronze Age (14th/13th centuries BCE). The recent discovery of a large defensive ditch cut from the bedrock needs to be considered with the monumental fortification walls around the citadel, both of which shed new light on the history of warfare at the site.
The lecture was excellent: Dr. Rose is a very good speaker, owing to his natural enthusiasm and personability, plus his extensive knowledge of his topic (he's been excavating at Troy for 25 years). Other than the fact that people are apparently still sacrificing sheep over new excavation equipment in Turkey in the present day, I don't know that I learned much that I'll retain, but the lecture itself was really enjoyable and fun.
Since the train is still at 7:11, we didn't get to stay for the Q&A, but it was a good compromise considering that I abandoned F for the evening with the baby. As it was, I got home just in time to help out with the bedtime routine and the lunch-making.