Dr. Senta German

About Dr. Senta German

Dr. Senta German is an associate professor, department of Classics and Humanities, at Montclair University. She was at the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, University of Oxford, and took her Ph.D. at Columbia University in Aegean, Greek, and Ancient Near Eastern archaeology and art. She explores the intersection of art and ancient Greek society with specific attention to performance, gender and the impacts of the illicit antiquities trade and forgery. She has taught at Columbia University, New York University, and Rutgers University.
Warka (Uruk) Vase, Uruk, Late Uruk period, c. 3500-3000 B.C.E., 105 cm high (National Museum of Iraq)
One of the most precious artifacts from Sumer, the Warka Vase was looted and almost lost forever.

Warka Vase

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Ziggurat of Ur, c. 2100 B.C.E. mud brick and baked brick, Tell el-Mukayyar, Iraq (largely reconstructed)
The great Ziggurat of Ur has been reconstructed twice, in antiquity and in the 1980s—what’s left of the original?

Ziggurat of Ur

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Stonehenge
Recognized worldwide, Stonehenge seems an impossible task: how, and why, did prehistoric people build it?

Stonehenge

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Catalhoyuk
The city of Çatalhöyük points to one of man's most important transformations, from nomad to settled farmer.

Çatalhöyük

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Jericho
Mentioned in the Bible, Jericho is one of the oldest continuously-occupied sites in the world.

Jericho

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