Having just returned from the Dura-Europos conference in New Haven, I am now preparing for my next one, in Toronto on Saturday, where I and the other participants will be present in spirit but not in body. It is the Third Annual Debates in Archaeology Symposium, hosted by the Archaeology Centre, on The Archaeology of Captivating Technology: Making, Wonder, and Power in Material Perspective. My talk is entitled “Imperial Captivation: Seals, Coins and Power in the Achaemenid Empire.” As preview, I give you one of my more visually compelling slides:
