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Anatolia Research Interest Group

What Friday Seminar
When May 01, 2009
from 04:00 pm to 06:00 pm
Where Cotsen Seminar Room (Fowler A222)
Contact Name Seppi Lehner
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Excavating Hattuša: Results and Perspectives of Recent Research in the Capital of the Hittite Empire

Dr. Andreas Schachner, German Archaeological Institute Istanbul

 

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Dr. Schachner's lecture is sponsored by the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology, the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, and the Program in Indo-European Studies. Please join us for a reception after the lecture.

The Anatolia Research Interest Group will be hosting lectures by local and visiting scholars throughout the 2008-2009 school year. These lectures are open to the Cotsen Institute community, although directed towards other members of the interest group.

 

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