Several of our members will be speaking in the “Lunch Break Science” series at the Science Museum of Virginia this summer, in connection with the special exhibition of Pompeii: The Immortal City (on view through Sept. 3):

Wed., July 10 – “Roman Dining, from Eggs to Apples” (Dr. Elizabeth Baughan, University of Richmond)

Wed., July 31 – “Making the Old New Again: New Technologies to Understand Ancient Art” (Dr. Peter Schertz, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts”)

Wed., August 7 – “Health and Disease in Pompeii” (Dr. Julie Laskaris, University of Richmond)

The lectures are free, noon – 1 pm. For more information and the full schedule (including several other archaeological topics), click here.