Treasures from the Palaces of Biblical Kings
With Liat Naeh
Join Liat Naeh as we explore some of the most arresting treasures from the palaces of kings and queens known from the Hebrew Bible. Excavated in archaeological digs throughout ancient Judah and Israel - and also found as either tribute or war loot in the Assyrian Empire - these were once the prized possessions of monarchs, including King Hezekiah and Queen Atalyah. Together, we will get to know the royal seals, furniture pieces, cosmetic containers and jewelry of the Iron Age, employing a range a critical tools from the fields of Archaeology, Art History, and Culture Studies. What did these treasures mean at the time, and what do they mean to us today?
July 2025, Thursdays @ 12pm-2pm, Toronto Time (EDT) * Cost: $280 CAD
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Liat Naeh is the founder of The Suzannah Institute, and also teaches at the University of Toronto, where she was the recipient of both the 2023 and 2024 Sessional Instructor Award for Excellence in Art History, given by the Department of Visual Studies, University of Toronto, Mississauga. She is also a museum professional with extensive experience in museums in New York and Israel.
Following her PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (2018), in 2018-2019, Liat held an Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Bard Graduate Center, both in New York.
At The Suzanna, Liat teaches about the art and archaeology of the ancient East during the Bronze and Iron Ages, specializing in the ancient Levant during the Bronze and Iron Ages, the time of the biblical Canaanites and Israelites.
Her award-winning research, popular writing, op-eds, award-winning literary work, and professional interviews have been published or featured on such platforms as American Journal of Archaeology, Live Science, Smithsonian Magazine, Granta, Haaretz, YNET, and Bryn Mawr Classical Review, among others. Professor Naeh is also a published, award-winning poet in her native language of Hebrew.