Something our Archaeology students may be interested in? Please note that you must contact the embassy at the email provided below to RSVP.

 

TURKISH EMBASSY LECTURE SERIES

The Embassy of Turkey and the American Friends of Turkey
cordially invite you to

“Tracking the Frontiers of the Hittite Empire”
A Lecture by Dr. Ann Gunter

October 10, 2007 at 6.30 p.m.
Embassy of the Republic of Turkey
2525 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
Washington, DC

-PLEASE NOTE: This event will be followed by a reception –

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A century ago, excavations at Boðazköy, northeast of Ankara, uncovered cuneiform tablets and architectural remains that identified the site as ancient Hattusha, capital of the Hittite Empire. From about 1400 to 1200 BCE, the Hittites ruled over a large empire extending from western Turkey to northern Syria, and conducted wars as well as diplomacy with the other great powers of Egypt and Babylonia. Recent archaeological investigations over a wide area of Turkey have uncovered significant new information about the empire and its material culture, and dramatic new discoveries have been made at the site of Boðazköy itself. This lecture explores ongoing archaeological investigation of the empire’s frontiers, which shed light on art and architecture as well as imperial administration, trade, and international relations.

Dr. Ann Gunter is Head of Scholarly Publications and Programs and former Curator of ancient Near Eastern art at the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.  She received her A.B. from Bryn Mawr College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University. Her research specialties include ancient Near Eastern art, Anatolian archaeology, and artistic relationships between ancient Greece and the Near East, and she has published numerous books and articles on these subjects.


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