September 15, 1999  —  “Greeks and the Near East” by Dr. Michael Bennett (Cleveland Museum of Art)

October 6, 1999  —  “Archaeological Science in Reconstructing the Past, Uses and Abuses (Knossos, Crete)” by Dr. Halford W. Haskell (Southwestern University)*

November 3, 1999  —  “Recent Fieldwork at Sardis, the City of Croesus (where “currency” first appeared)” by  Dr. Nicholas Cahill (University of Wisconsin, Madison)*

February 16, 2000 — “Byzantine Monasteries in Greece and the Near East” by Dr. Alice Mary Talbot (Director of Byzantine Studies, Dumbarton Oaks)

March 8, 2000  —  “Artifacts from the Royal Tombs of Ur” by Dr. Irene Winter (Harvard University)

April 5, 2000  —  “Roman Skeletons, Baths, and Kilns: Excavations in the Port City of Leptiminus,Tunisia” by   Dr. Lea Stirling (University of Manitoba)*

May 3, 2000  —  “Cuneiform Tablets: Translation and Preservation” by Dr. Gary Oller (University of Akron)