Jodi Magness of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, will focus on “The Archaeology of Qumran and the Dead Sea Scrolls,” on Friday, Jan. 29. The specific location of her presentation at UCF has not been set. Magness’ research has focused on the archaeology of ancient Palestine and the study of the Dead Sea Scrolls. She is currently co-director of an excavation site of the Roman fort in Yotvata, Israel.

The Archaeological Institute of America is a nonprofit cultural and educational organization chartered by the U.S. Congress. It is the oldest and largest archaeological organization in North America, with more than 11,000 members worldwide.

For more information on the lecture series, contact Tosha Dupras in the UCF Anthropology Department at 407-823-6725 or tdupras@mail.ucf.edu.