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Archaeologist to discuss excavations in Iraq |
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Vicki L. Kroll |
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Oct 4, 2005 |
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| Dr. Paul Zimansky |
For four years, Dr. Paul Zimansky worked on a dig south of Baghdad, Iraq, where the ancient city of Mashkan-shapir was located during the second millennium B.C.
Just as the Boston University archaeology professor and others were uncovering a city, their excavation was halted by the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Zimansky will give an illustrated lecture, “City of Mesopotamia’s Grim Reaper — Mashkan-shapir, Iraq,” Thursday, Oct. 6, at 7:30 p.m. in The University of Toledo’s Center for the Visual Arts Haigh Auditorium.
From 1986 to 1990, Zimansky surveyed and excavated the ruins of the city dedicated to the Mesopotamian god of death and destruction, Nergal. He will review the history of this site, highlight what it contributes to the knowledge of early cities, and bring the story up to date in light of recent events in Iraq.
Zimansky and his wife, Elizabeth Stone, co-wrote The Anatomy of a Mesopotamian City: Survey and Soundings at Mashkan-shapir (2004).
The free, public lecture is sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America — Toledo Society.
For more information, contact Dr. James A. Harrell, UT professor of archaeological geology in the earth, ecological and environmental sciences department, at 419.530.2193 or e-mail james.harrell@utoledo.edu.
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