Mt Nemrut
Giant sculptures of Mt. Nemrut

Treasures of Turkey: The Lost Worlds of AnatoliaFeaturing Cappadocia

Explore Turkey's fascinating sites, from Istanbul and Mt. Nemrut to surreal Cappadocia on this small-group tour
Starting at $4,794
Including airfare, airline taxes & departure fees
Call 855-330-1542
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 Jackie Maxwell
Jaclyn Maxwell earned her Ph.D. in History and the Program in the Ancient World at Princeton University, and her B.A. in History and Classics at Tulane University. She is currently Associate Professor in the Departments of History and Classics/World Religions at Ohio University (Athens, OH). Her research focuses on the social, intellectual and religious changes during the Late Roman Empire (~300-500 CE), with a particular interest in areas that are today Turkey and Syria. Her first book, Christianization and communication in Late Antiquity: John Chrysostom and his Congregation in Antioch (Cambridge University Press in 2006) examined the social context of Christian preaching in the Roman Empire. Her teaching ranges from ancient Greece and Rome to thematic courses on World Religions that include contemporary events and problems. Dr. Maxwell will lead the September 2013 departure.

Stephanie Larson
Stephanie Larson is an associate professor of classics at Bucknell University who received her Ph.D in classics from the University of Texas at Austin. She has great interests in the modern histories of both Greece and Turkey, particularly in the rise of the nationstate and its use of the past in creating the present, and currently codirects a new archaeological excavation in Thebes, Greece, at the sanctuary of Apollo. Stephanie will be leading the May 2014 departure.

Bob Stieglitz
Robert R. Stieglitz, professor emeritus at Rutgers University, is an archaeologist of Biblical and Mediterranean Studies, with a research focus on cultural diffusion via Greek and Phoenician seafaring. Professor Stieglitz has taught at universities in Greece and Israel, has excavated for many years at several harbor sites therein, and was formerly curator of the National Maritime Museum, Haifa. He received his B.A. in Classics/Linguistics from City College of New York, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Mediterranean Studies from Brandeis University. He is the author of over 100 articles on assorted Mediterranean Studies, and recipient of numerous awards. His book Tel Tanninim: Excavations at Krokodeilon Polis 1996-1999 was published in 2006. Professor Stieglitz has taught undergraduate courses on Greek and Roman history, biblical archaeology, the Bible as literature, law in the Ancient Near East, Jewish civilization, and graduate seminars on Bronze Age seafaring. Stieglitz has surveyed along the southern coast of Turkey, lectured extensively on the Sea Peoples linked to that region, and taught courses on the subjects of religion and science in light of pre-Socratic philosophies that originated in western Anatolia. He has presented papers in numerous international meetings, and lectured on many study tours of mainland Greece, Crete and Thera, Cyprus, Malta, Sardinia, Corsica, and maritime Turkey. Bob will lead the September 2014 departure.