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Photo courtesy of Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival
The Kimbell Art Museum is partnering with the Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival to present the Arkhaios Film Festival, featuring recent documentary films that preserve cultural heritage and promote understanding through ethnological and archaeological research.
Schedule of events
Saturday, October 19
- Mesopotamia, The Rise of the Cities (2 p.m., 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.
- Mission: Mediterranean - The Museum of the Abyss (3:15 pm, 56 mins.) - In the heart of the Mediterranean, between the Tunisian and Italian coasts, lies a formidable underwater museum, the Esquerquis Bank. It preserves the traces of more than 2000 years of Mediterranean navigation history. Under the aegis of UNESCO, an archaeological mission bringing together 8 Mediterranean countries will try to save this endangered heritage.
Sunday, October 20
- Diving into History (2 p.m., 33 mins.) - The United Kingdom’s Protected Wrecks Act of 1973 that was introduced to protect historically important shipwrecks from plunders and unwarranted salvage is of huge importance to the nation's maritime heritage. Diving into History celebrates the work of maritime archaeologists, the licensees, and volunteers that help enforce the act around the coastal waters of England.
- Diving in Aegean History (2:35 p.m., 12 mins.) - The film follows the first systematic underwater archaeological survey around Kasos Island, a location with maritime activity dating back to Homeric times. Maritime archaeologist Xanthi Argyris leads a team of archaeologists, scientists, and technicians who are completing the fourth year of maritime archaeological survey of this area. After scanning 60 km of shoreline, they have discovered ten shipwrecks covering all periods from ancient times to the present.
- Fall of the Maya Kings (3 p.m., 52 mins.) - One of the great mysteries of history is how the ancient Maya built such an incredible society in a tropical rainforest over two thousand years - and then vanished. How? Why? New discoveries and new science can now tell the story. Hidden deep in sacred caves lies evidence of when the rains stopped coming—and for how long. Advanced bone analysis from hundreds of graves tells us what the Maya ate, where they came from, and what changed in their lives. Lidar strips away the jungle and CGI shows their world in a way never seen before, revealing the incredible geo-engineering and complexity that allowed cities to grow to immense size - perhaps too big.
The Kimbell Art Museum is partnering with the Arkhaios Cultural Heritage and Archaeology Film Festival to present the Arkhaios Film Festival, featuring recent documentary films that preserve cultural heritage and promote understanding through ethnological and archaeological research.
Schedule of events
Saturday, October 19
- Mesopotamia, The Rise of the Cities (2 p.m., 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.
- Mission: Mediterranean - The Museum of the Abyss (3:15 pm, 56 mins.) - In the heart of the Mediterranean, between the Tunisian and Italian coasts, lies a formidable underwater museum, the Esquerquis Bank. It preserves the traces of more than 2000 years of Mediterranean navigation history. Under the aegis of UNESCO, an archaeological mission bringing together 8 Mediterranean countries will try to save this endangered heritage.
Sunday, October 20
- Diving into History (2 p.m., 33 mins.) - The United Kingdom’s Protected Wrecks Act of 1973 that was introduced to protect historically important shipwrecks from plunders and unwarranted salvage is of huge importance to the nation's maritime heritage. Diving into History celebrates the work of maritime archaeologists, the licensees, and volunteers that help enforce the act around the coastal waters of England.
- Diving in Aegean History (2:35 p.m., 12 mins.) - The film follows the first systematic underwater archaeological survey around Kasos Island, a location with maritime activity dating back to Homeric times. Maritime archaeologist Xanthi Argyris leads a team of archaeologists, scientists, and technicians who are completing the fourth year of maritime archaeological survey of this area. After scanning 60 km of shoreline, they have discovered ten shipwrecks covering all periods from ancient times to the present.
- Fall of the Maya Kings (3 p.m., 52 mins.) - One of the great mysteries of history is how the ancient Maya built such an incredible society in a tropical rainforest over two thousand years - and then vanished. How? Why? New discoveries and new science can now tell the story. Hidden deep in sacred caves lies evidence of when the rains stopped coming—and for how long. Advanced bone analysis from hundreds of graves tells us what the Maya ate, where they came from, and what changed in their lives. Lidar strips away the jungle and CGI shows their world in a way never seen before, revealing the incredible geo-engineering and complexity that allowed cities to grow to immense size - perhaps too big.
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Kimbell Art Museum
3333 Camp Bowie Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76107, USA
https://kimbellart.org/calendar?series%5B0%5D=454
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