HIST-330 Antiquities, Exploration, and Empire: From Pompeii to the Moon (3)

This course presents a broad survey of the history of archaeological exploration during the height of Euro-American imperial expansion in the modern world. It examines famous digs, discoveries, and expeditions for what they can tell us about the ideological, political, economic, and cultural conditions of the world from which the explorers emerged. Usually Offered: every two years.