Duke’s BS in Ancient Religion and Society immerses students in the intertwined worlds of archaeology, philology, digital humanities, and comparative theology. Over four years you will decode sacred texts in their original languages, map temple complexes with LiDAR surveys, and examine how ritual life shaped law, economy, and social hierarchy from Mesopotamia to Mesoamerica. Field schools in the Mediterranean introduce stratigraphic excavation and ceramic analysis, while on-campus labs apply isotopic science to ancient skeletal remains, revealing diet and migration patterns. Close faculty mentoring culminates in a capstone research project that integrates empirical evidence with critical theory, preparing graduates for museum curation, heritage conservation, or advanced study in classics and religious studies.
3-D photogrammetric reconstruction of a collapsed Roman basilica
Isotopic study of Nile Delta burial goods to trace trade routes
Geo-mapping temple orientations relative to solstice alignments
Digital curation of Babylonian hymn tablets for public outreach
Comparative analysis of purity laws in Levantine and Vedic traditions
VR walk-through narrating daily ritual in Classical Athens
Pollen analysis of amphorae to infer ancient perfume composition
Blockchain registry for repatriated artifacts provenance
Podcast series on women priests in Pharaonic Egypt
Network graph of patron-client ties in early Christian Rome
Machine-learning classification of Greco-Roman coin iconography
Augmented-reality guide for Duke’s antiquities teaching collection
Ethnographic film on contemporary festival revivals of Mithraism
Critical edition of untranslated Ugaritic liturgical hymns
Spatial statistics of sacrificial altars along the Cursus Publicus
Analysis of agricultural metaphor in Dead Sea Scrolls poetry
Exhibit design contrasting Aztec and Yoruba cosmologies
Game-based learning module on Hammurabi’s legal code
Sensor-based micro-climate monitoring for artifact storage
Open-access database of ancient pilgrimage itineraries
Unearth sacred traditions and their lasting influence through Duke’s field-intensive Ancient Religion and Society major.
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