# Event Details

- **Event Name**: The Landscape of the Assyrian Heartland with Dr. Jason Ur
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 01:30 pm – Sat, 11 Apr, 2026 at 02:30 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: The Landscape of the Assyrian Heartland with Dr. Jason Ur
SATURDAY | APRIL 11 | 1:30 – 2:30 PM
NORMA KERSHAW AUDITORIUM | DISTINGUISHED LECTURE

Dr. Jason Ur studies the Neo-Assyrian empire (ca. 900–612 BCE), which dominated much of the ancient Middle East from its heartland along the Tigris River, in today’s northern Iraq and Kurdistan Region. Its kings celebrated conquest, deporting millions of captives, as recorded in inscriptions and reflected in biblical texts. Since 2012, a Harvard-led project has traced these deportees and the empire’s landscape footprint using field survey, declassified spy satellite imagery, and drones—showing that Assyrian imperial influence was vast, transformative, but surprisingly short-lived, and leaving traces that can still be detected nearly 3,000 years later.

This lecture is part of the Archaeology of the Biblical Lands Distinguished Lecture Series, made possible through a generous bequest by Norma Kershaw (1924-2020).

Ticketed Event: Members $15 | General $20

Recorded Online Screening: Members $5 | General $10 | A link containing the video recording will be emailed to ticketholders one week after the onsite event. 

Questions? Email programs@bowers.org or call 714.567.3677. Proceeds benefit Bowers Museum Education Programs. Tickets are non-refundable.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/santa-ana/the-landscape-of-the-assyrian-heartland-with-dr-jason-ur/200029847798117
- **Event Categories**: Nonprofit
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 3

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- **city**: Santa Ana
- **state**: CA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Bowers Museum
- **lat**: 33.763354
- **long**: -117.86807
- **full address**: Bowers Museum, 2002 N Main St,Santa Ana, California, United States

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