Dr. Maura Heyn

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Dr. Maura Heyn

Archaeology and Classics

Dr. Maura Heyn teaches archaeology, Latin, and Classical Civilization courses. Maura is a native of southern California, but she has loved living in North Carolina since moving here in 2004. She specializes in the archaeology of the Roman empire, and most of her publications focus on the funerary sculpture from Palmyra, an oasis city in the Syrian desert. She has worked on a number of excavations in Europe, including an excavation in the Roman Forum, but is really more of an “armchair archaeologist”. Together with Dr. Zarecki, she takes students on a faculty-led trip to Rome every other summer, and would be happy to share the enrollment details, if you’re interested.