The Australian Institute of Archaeology was founded in 1946 as an organisation to facilitate and monitor the scientific study of the Biblical period. To assist in this process the Institute has developed a significant archaeological library and a noteworthy museum collection comprising Near Eastern artefacts.

The Institute also arranges public lectures, sponsors exhibitions, promotes research and produces occasional publications. It also publishes a journal, Buried History containing papers that utilize the results of historical research shedding light on the ancient Near East for a general readership.

The Institute was established with a conservative tradition illustrated by such people as William Ramsay and Flinders Petrie. It aims to draw upon all means of study, geographical, epigraphical, geological, ethnographical and archaeological, to encourage an informed understanding of the Biblical story, which is integral to many aspects of civilisation as we know it, and more generally to promote a credible view of history.

Revealing the Past, Knowing the Present, and Grounding the Future.

 

Location

The Institute is situated in the Mont Park complex near La Trobe University. Our building is adjacent to the National Centre for Hellenic Studies and is currently under renovation. The new home of the Institute is large enough to house the artefact collection and to allow for the re-establishment of the museum. The Institute library has been unavailable while the move is undertaken however, from February 2006 it has been open to researchers and students.

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Membership

Join the Institute today and become part of an archaeological community. Members receive regular Newsletters and invitations to events, plus a copy of our annual journal, Buried History.


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