Our next MAES meeting will be on 14^th April with the welcome return of Eric Cline who will be exploring what happened following the Late Bronze Age collapse.

Doors open 7:30pm (GMT+1)and the lecture begins at 8pm.

All welcome! Free to MAES members. Guests welcome £5 via Eventbrite here:

The centuries following the Late Bronze Age Collapse, from 1176 to 776 BCE, was a time of rebirth and resilience — less of a Dark Age and more of a reboot for many of the civilizations in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean. There are stories of resilience and transformation, but also of failure to thrive or even survive. In this lecture, we will focus on the people and places that emerged from the ashes, highlighting some of the events and developments that took place in Greece, Egypt, Mesopotamia, Anatolia, and the Levant, including the establishment of the kingdoms of Israel and Judah. We will end at the time of the first Olympic Games, one of the signs marking the date of the recovery of Greece. We will also consider whether there are any relevant lessons to be learned from this dramatic story of resurgence and revival, especially considering what is going on in our world today.

Eric H. Cline is Professor of Classics, History, and Anthropology, the former Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, and the current Director of the Capitol Archaeological Institute at George Washington University, in Washington DC. He has more than 30 seasons of excavation and survey experience in Egypt and the wider Mediterranean area, and the author or editor of more than twenty books, including ‘1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed’ and ‘After 1177 BC: The Survival of Civilizations’.