Submitted by the Washington Center for the Performing Arts
The Washington Center welcomes Fred Hiebert, archaeologist and Co-Principal Investigator on the Genghis Khan project, as our speaker for the January 25th National Geographic presentation. Previously scheduled speaker, Albert Yu-Min Lin, will not be able to join us that evening due to the imminent arrival of his newest family member! While we are sad that Albert will not be able to join us, we are thrilled to have his colleague provide a unique perspective on the same project.
From National Geographic:
“Archaeologist Fredrik Hiebert has searched for human history in some of the world’s most remote and romantic places for more than 20 years. An expert on the ancient Silk Road, he has excavated sites along this millennia-old path between Europe and Asia. His findings in a 4,000-year-old city in Turkmenistan made headlines around the world. In 2004 Hiebert rediscovered, catalogued, and returned to the National Museum in Kabul, Afghanistan the treasure trove of 20,000 Bactrian gold pieces that had gone missing during that country’s decades of war and upheaval. He went on to serve as curator of National Geographic’s touring exhibition Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures. He has also searched for submerged civilizations underwater in the Black Sea with Dr. Robert Ballard, in South America’s highest body of water, Lake Titicaca, and off the coast of Cuba.
Hiebert completed his doctoral dissertation at Harvard University in 1992. He joined the National Geographic Society as its Archaeology Fellow in 2003. He also holds active positions with the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, the Institute for Nautical Archaeology, and Robert Ballard’s Institute for Exploration.”
Tickets for the original speaker are still valid on January 25th, 2013. Patrons who wish to change their tickets are asked to contact the Washington Center Box Office at 360-753-8586.
