Event: The Gods of Urartu: The Religious beliefs of the Urartian Empire
Date & Time
October 23, 2020 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm
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Contact Information
Michelle Jacobsonmjacobson@ioa.ucla.edu
Location
onlineEvent Type
Cotsen Public LectureEvent Details
Miqayel Badalyan
Director of the “Erebuni” Historical & Archaeological Museum-Reserve, Yerevan, Republic of Armenia.
Friday, October 23, 2020 – 12:00pm PT (contingent on the developing situation in Armenia)
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Based on archaeological data, as well as philological and visual art sources, the presentation focuses on the religious beliefs of the Urartian kingdom. In this regard, the role of religion in Urartian royal ideology, the cultic activities, symbols, and iconography of the gods of the Urartian pantheon will be discussed as well.
