Dr. Peter van Minnen, Professor of Classics, Classics Dept., University of Cincinnati Abstract No papyri were ever found in Alexandria itself, but a stack of ca. 100 Greek papyri from Augustan Alexandria was found elsewhere recycled as mummy “cartonnage” (covers). These papyri are mostly concerned with agreements between individual Alexandrians, including Jews, women, freedmen, and […]

Abstract:   During the late Old Kingdom, six different pharaohs erected nearly life-size, limestone statues of kneeling, bound captives inside their pyramid complexes.  These statues, which are commonly known as prisoner statues, were clearly an important part of the monument’s decoration.  Yet, scholars still struggle to understand many issues concerning the statues, including exactly how […]

The Amarna period has long been a black hole in the typology of New Kingdom private coffins. Given Akhenaten's religious revolution, one would expect that a new decorative program for private coffins would have been developed.  Until now, no such coffins have been identified with certainty or have been available for study. However, recent excavations […]

ARCE-PA Lecture Nov. 17, UPenn Museum, Philadelphia. Anthropology Classroom 345, 3:30pm Dr. John Baines, Emeritus Professor, Oxford University Watery Landscapes of Ancient Egypt, Their Depiction, and Why They Mattered Abstract:  Discussions of ancient Egyptian landscapes focus on Upper Egypt, with its narrow Nile valley and background of the desert and the escarpment. Patterns of preservation […]

ARCE-PA Lecture & Holiday Party Dr. Steve Harvey, Director, Ahmose and Tetisheri Project, Abydos, EGYPT Understanding Ancient Egyptian Comics: Conversations, Quarrels, and Songs in Ancient Egyptian Tombs ABSTRACT Since Egyptian hieroglyphs could first be read again in the modern era, it has been recognized that texts recorded on tomb walls include conversations, speeches, songs, and […]

ARCE-PA FREE LECTURE UPenn Museum, Philadelphia, Classroom 2, 3:30pm Prof Dr. Mohamed AbdelHady, Professor, Conservation and Rehabilitation of Historical Buildings and Sites, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt; Chairman, Antiquities Committee, Supreme Council of Culture, Ministry of Culture Abstract In recent decades, there has been an increasing international interest and focus on all areas of […]

ARCE-PA Annual Korsyn Lecture Saturday, March 9, UPenn Museum, Nevil Classroom, 3:30pm Dr. Betsy Bryan, Johns Hopkins University We don't often think about how similar or different ancient Egypt and its religion and politics may have been from our own world today. Yet frequently the strategies and tactics used by authoritarian rulers in ancient history […]

"Recent Excavation at Arab El-Hisn" Prof. Dr. Mamdouh El-Damaty, Ain Shams University, Former Ministry of Antiquities, EGYPT Saturday, May 4, 3:30pm UPenn Museum, Philadelphia, Anthropology Classroom 345 This talk will provide information about the work conducted by the Ain Shams University mission, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Mamdouh Eldamaty, at ancient Heliopolis, modern Arab […]