Arkhaios Film Festival
Friday, October 18 at 7 PM
Saturday, October 19 at 3 PM
Breasted Hall, ISAC
Free!
Experience the cutting edge in archaeology from around the world as we host exclusive premieres during one of two archaeological film festivals held in the United States. ISAC is excided to partner with Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival to screen 4 of the festival’s finalists in Chicago!
On Friday, October 18 at 7 PM we will screen:
NEANDERTHAL: THE FIRST ARTIST – 52 mins.
It was 30,000 years ago that art was born, from the mind and hands of our ancestor Homo Sapiens. But in Touraine, a recent discovery could shake theses certainties. At the bottom of an unknown cave, La Roche Cotard, prehistorians have identified surprising engravings. When do these unique lines date from? Are they the work of Homo Sapiens? Or could they have been made by another, more ancient human species, Neanderthals?
MESOPOTAMIA, THE RISE OF THE CITIES – 52 mins.
After an absence of 50 years, and in a context of postwar reconstruction, the return of archaeologists to the major sites of Iraq is ushering in a new era in the archaeology of Mesopotamia. The technical resources and new approaches available to this generation of researchers enable them to shed new light on the emergence and development of the first cities, while at the same time working to preserve the region’s heritage.
