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The Umm el-Marra Mortuary World: Memory and Elite Ideology in Early Bronze Age Syria
26 April 2023, 1:00 pm–2:00 pm
Glenn M. Schwartz (Whiting Professor of Archaeology, Johns Hopkins University, USA) will give a seminar at the UCL Institute of Archaeology on 26 April.
This event is free.
Event Information
Open to
- All
Availability
- Yes
Cost
- Free
Organiser
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Prof Mark Altaweel
Location
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209UCL Institute of Archaeology31-34 Gordon SquareLondonWC1H 0PYUnited Kingdom
The seminar will cover elite mortuary practices at this well-known Bronze Age Syrian site. Tell Umm el-Marra is an early city in northern Syria with unique burials of elites.
This seminar is an in-person event only.
About the Speaker
Dr Glenn M. Schwartz
Whiting Professor of Archaeology at Department of Near Eastern Studies, Johns Hopkins University
Glenn Schwartz is a Near Eastern archaeologist whose research focuses on the emergence and early history of urban societies in Syria and Mesopotamia.
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