A 1,300-year-old bathhouse with wall paintings of what she described as "sublime and shocking beauty" will be the center of an interdisciplinary study by Olivia Price '13, who will meet history Prof. Karen Pinto in Jordan for a 10-day examination of the Qusayr Amra site. Price, who plans to probe questions in both esthetics and the philosophy of technology, will also work with philosophy Prof. Lisa Portmess. Price is double-majoring in history and philosophy.

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