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SUMMARY:From the Nile to the New World: Pharaohs\, Founding Fathers\, and Egypt’s Influence on America’s Pursuit of Identity\, Liberty\, and Legacy
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 18\n3:30 pm EST\nIn-person only at the Penn Museum\, Anthro Classroom 345\nNo registration required \nSpeaker: Mena Melad\, Founder and Editor of Luxor Times \nTitle: From the Nile to the New World: Pharaohs\, Founding Fathers\, and Egypt’s Influence on America’s Pursuit of Identity\, Liberty\, and Legacy \nAbstract:\nOn the occasion of the United States’ semiquincentennial\, America 250\, this lecture explores the enduring presence of Egypt in the American imagination and its influence on the symbolic language of the American republic. \nFrom the founding era\, ancient Egypt occupied a notable place in the intellectual and cultural landscape of the early United States. Egyptian imagery and ideas associated with antiquity\, permanence\, and authority appeared in the symbolic vocabulary of the new nation. Over the past 250 years\, Egypt has continued to appear in American cultural expression in diverse and evolving forms. This lecture traces how Egypt has been interpreted\, integrated\, and reimagined throughout American history\, from the ideological world of the Founding Fathers to modern popular culture\, including film\, music\, and visual media. Egyptian themes and symbols have repeatedly appeared in American public space and collective memory. Even in the emotional narratives of immigrants arriving in the “New World\,” Egypt often stood visibly within the American landscape through monumental antiquities such as Cleopatra’s Needle in New York and the Temple of Dendur at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. These ancient monuments became part of the American cultural environment\, linking the civilization of the Nile with the identity of a modern republic. The lecture concludes by shifting perspective to Egypt itself through the theme “Saving Nubia\, Saving Egypt: Through Egyptian Eyes.” It examines how Egyptians experienced and interpreted the international campaign to rescue the Nubian monuments during the construction of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s. By exploring Egyptian media outlets\, public discourse\, and the socioeconomic and political atmosphere of the time\, the lecture highlights how this global heritage effort was perceived within Egypt and how it shaped modern understandings of heritage\, identity\, and international cooperation. \nThrough these interconnected themes\, the lecture reveals a long and complex dialogue between Egypt and the United States that spans symbolism\, cultural imagination\, archaeology\, and global heritage preservation. \nSpeaker Bio:\nMena Melad is an historian\, Egyptology researcher\, and cultural heritage communicator whose work bridges academic research\, journalism\, and public history. Melad is the founder and editor of Luxor Times Magazine\, an international publication dedicated to archaeology\, Egyptology\, and cultural heritage in Egypt. \nMelad has worked extensively in the field of public Egyptology and heritage interpretation. He served as a historical consultant for the preservation and restoration of Howard Carter’s House in Luxor\, a project led by ARCE as a part of the centennial commemoration of the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun in 1922. He has also curated exhibitions and public programs exploring the history of archaeology\, Egyptomania\, and the global reception of ancient Egyptian culture. Through Luxor Times\, Melad established a digital partnership with Google Arts & Culture to present Egyptian archaeological discoveries\, historical archives\, and cultural heritage stories to global audiences through online exhibitions and digital storytelling. \nMelad’s research interests include Egyptian media archives as historical sources for Egyptology\, the politics of archaeological discovery\, heritage interpretation\, and the influence of ancient Egypt on global cultural identity. Through his work\, he continues to promote dialogue between scholars\, institutions\, and the wider public about Egypt’s past and its global cultural legacy. \n******************\nLectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nLight refreshments served starting at 3pm. \n******************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/from-the-nile-to-the-new-world-pharaohs-founding-fathers-and-egypts-influence-on-americas-pursuit-of-identity-liberty-and-legacy/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Re-Encountering Egypt: Museums and the Human Experience in the Age of AI
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, March 7\n3:30 pm EST\nIn-person only at the Penn Museum\, Classroom L2\nNo registration required\nSpecial Event: Annual Korsyn Lecture in honor of Felix J. Korsyn \nSpeaker: Prof. Rita Lucarelli\, Associate Professor of Egyptology\, Faculty Curator of Egyptology at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology\, University of California Berkeley \nTitle: Re-Encountering Egypt: Museums and the Human Experience in the Age of AI \nAbstract:\nIn an age increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence\, where images\, texts\, and even ancient cultures can be generated instantly\, what role do museums still play in helping us understand the past? This lecture revisits Egypt as a case study to explore the enduring human value of museum experiences in a digital and AI-driven world. \nDrawing on examples from Egyptian collections and exhibitions\, the speaker’s own 3D and VR projects and student engagement with the ancient Egyptian collection of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology of UC Berkeley\, the talk examines how museums create forms of knowledge and emotional connection that cannot be reduced to data or algorithms alone. While AI offers powerful new tools for access\, reconstruction\, and interpretation\, it also raises important questions about authenticity\, presence\, and the meaning of cultural encounter. \nBy re-encountering Egypt through the physical\, sensory\, and social space of the museum\, this lecture argues that museums remain vital sites where history is not only learned\, but felt\, questioned\, and shared. \nSpeaker Bio:\nProf. Rita Lucarelli studied at the University of Naples “L’Orientale\,” Italy\, where she received her MA degree in Egyptology. She holds her Ph.D. from Leiden University\, the Netherlands. Her Ph.D. thesis was published as The Book of the Dead of Gatseshen: Ancient Egyptian Funerary Religion in the 10th Century BC. She worked as a Research Scholar and a Lecturer at the Department of Egyptology of Bonn University\, where she was part of the team of the “Book of the Dead Project”. She is currently an Associate Professor of Egyptology at UC Berkeley and Faculty Curator of Egyptology at the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology of the University of California\, Berkeley and Fellow of the Digital Humanities in Berkeley. Her specialty is the study of the ancient Egyptian magic and religion\, and the reception history of ancient Egypt\, in particular in Black Visual Arts and music. \nShe is presently working at a project aiming at realizing 3D models of ancient Egyptian coffins\, the “Book of the Dead in 3D” and a VR App\, “Return to the Tomb”\, which recreate the tomb space where an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus is brought back\, from the museum to the tomb. She is also completing a monograph on demonology in ancient Egypt entitled “Agents of punishment and protection: ancient Egyptian Demonology in the First Millenium BCE”. Rita Lucarelli is also involved in a teaching Higher Education in the San Quentin State Prison\, in California. \n******************\nLectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nLight refreshments served starting at 3pm. \n******************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/re-encountering-egypt-museums-and-the-human-experience-in-the-age-of-ai/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:More Than a Cosmetic Fix:  How Experimental Archaeology Can Address the Issue of Burial Goods in the Museum Setting.  Talk and Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, December 13\n2:30 pm EST\nPenn Museum\, Classroom L2\nIn-person; RSVP required for workshop: https://forms.gle/FTwpThdMhwV7gPhS6\nTalk and Hands-on Workshop\nHoliday Party to follow! \nSpeakers: Isabella Pilla and Dr. Jane Hill \nTitle: More Than a Cosmetic Fix: How Experimental Archaeology Can Address the Issue of Burial Goods in the Museum Setting. Talk and Workshop \nAbstract:\nThe Egyptian mummy as a cultural artifact has for more than a century been a focal point of interest within the Egyptological community and the museum-going public. In more recent years\, however\, the public has begun to raise concerns over the display of human bodies as museum objects. Is there another way to share with the public the richness of Egyptian funerary belief and tradition without invading the bodies of the individuals who were at the center of these practices? In this talk and workshop the authors will argue that by using the imaging\, scanning\, and 3-D printing technologies available to us today\, it is possible to both scientifically study Egyptian mummification practices and share those findings with the public while still respecting the humans who provide us that information. \nLecture attendees will be invited to create their own Predynastic Egyptian style cosmetic palette. All the necessary tools and materials will be provided\, but we ask that you RSVP (https://forms.gle/FTwpThdMhwV7gPhS6) for this event to be sure we have enough materials! \nSpeaker Bios:\nDr. Jane Hill\nDr. Jane Hill holds a doctorate in Egyptian Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. She also holds masters degrees in anthropology and art history/Egyptology from the University of Memphis. She has excavated and done epigraphic work on archaeological projects at the sites of Giza\, Abydos\, el-Amra\, Saqqara\, and Karnak Temple in Luxor Egypt. At el-Amra she discovered evidence of a Predynastic Egyptian town and cult center. In the U.S.\, Dr. Hill has excavated Native American sites of the Mississippian Period in the southeast region. Currently Dr. Hill teaches anthropology\, archaeology and Egyptian Archaeology at Rowan University where she serves as curator of the Museum of Anthropology at Rowan University (MARU). Her research interests include co-development of major elite cemeteries and urbanism in Upper Egypt’s formative period\, and the development of Egyptian administrative and writing systems. \nIsabella Pilla\nIsabella is an emerging museum professional and recent graduate from Rowan University\, where she earned a dual degree in Anthropology and Psychology. During her time as a research assistant at Rowan’s Museum of Anthropology\, she curated a project to explore the ancient Egyptian material culture and public engagement through archaeology. Her research focuses on the ethical concerns of ancient mummified displays and the application of experimental archaeological to research ancient artifacts in a non-invasive manner. Isabella currently works at Edelman Fossil Park and Museum where she continues to support educational programming and visitor engagement. \n******************\nRefreshments are served beginning at 2pm. The ARCE-PA Holiday Party will follow the workshop. You do not have to attend the workshop or party to attend the lecture. \nLectures are FREE to ARCE-PA chapter members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public. \n******************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/more-than-a-cosmetic-fix-how-experimental-archaeology-can-address-the-issue-of-burial-goods-in-the-museum-setting-talk-and-workshop/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:A monumental undertaking: conservation for the Penn Museum’s new Ancient Egypt and Nubia Galleries
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, Oct. 11\n3:30 PM EST\nPenn Museum\, Classroom 2\nIn-person; no registration required\nInternational Archaeology Day Lecture!! \nSpeaker: Molly Gleeson\, Head Conservator\, Penn Museum \nTitle: A monumental undertaking: conservation for the Penn Museum’s new Ancient Egypt and Nubia Galleries \nAbstract:\nIn 2018\, the Penn Museum began planning for the renovation of its signature Ancient Egypt galleries. The ambitious plans include reconstructing components of an Old Kingdom funerary chapel and an 18th Dynasty palace complex and displaying thousands of artifacts from the Penn Museum’s collections. While many of the objects are well preserved\, all of them require conservation treatment\, which is taking place at the Museum and at an off-site purpose-built conservation lab by a large team of conservators. In this lecture\, conservator Molly Gleeson will discuss the range of preservation challenges and innovative conservation approaches that conservation team has developed to make this monumental project possible\, as well as the discoveries they have made along the way. \nSpeaker Bio:\nMolly Gleeson is the Head of Conservation at the Penn Museum. Molly’s career in conservation began at the University of Delaware as an Art Conservation undergraduate student. She continued her studies as a graduate student in the UCLA/Getty Program in the Conservation of Cultural Heritage. As a Professional Associate of the American Institute for Conservation with over 20 years of experience in the field\, Molly has worked in museums and archaeological sites in the United States\, Chile\, Easter Island\, and Egypt. Molly is currently pursuing a PhD in the Preservation Studies Program at the University of Delaware. \n******************\nLectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nLight refreshments served starting at 3pm. \n******************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/a-monumental-undertaking-conservation-for-the-penn-museums-new-ancient-egypt-and-nubia-galleries/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day
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SUMMARY:Politics of Placement: The Development of the 18th Dynasty Theban Necropolis
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, Sept. 27\n3:30 PM EST\nPenn Museum\, Anthro Classroom 345\nIn-person; no registration required \nSpeaker: Dr. JJ Shirley\, Managing Editor\, Journal of Egyptian History; Director\, TT110 Project; ARCE-PA Vice President \nTitle: Politics of Placement: The Development of the 18th Dynasty Theban Necropolis \nAbstract:\nIn the 18th Dynasty the Theban Necropolis became a preferred location for elite burials\, witnessing an explosion of tomb construction. But how did officials decide where to place their tombs? What were the determining factors? Rock quality\, location on the mountain\, spatial relationship to royal mortuary temples\, status\, some combination of these? \nThis talk focuses on the development of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna during the 18th Dynasty to examine the changes and shifts that took place both in tomb location and in which officials were able to build tombs. Certainly\, a major purpose of a tomb was to enhance one’s afterlife\, and thus having a good view to the royal mortuary temples and access to royal and sacred festival processions would have played a role in where a tomb was placed. However\, there are also clear indications that a tomb served as a reflection of one’s place in the living world. As such\, a tomb owner’s family and career could help to determine a tomb’s location in the necropolis. By examining the tombs from the perspective of the officials’ lives\, it becomes clear that who one was\, both in terms of family and career – which after all is how an ancient Egyptian defined himself – seems to have been a dominating factor in tomb placement within Sheikh Abd el-Qurna\, but likely carried through into other parts of the necropolis as well. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. JJ Shirley received her PhD from The Johns Hopkins University\, and has taught Egyptian Art\, Archaeology and Language at the University of Michigan\, University of Wales\, Swansea\, and as a Visiting Assistant Professor at Bryn Mawr College. Since 2007 she has been the Managing Editor for the Journal of Egyptian History\, published by Brill. She has been ARCE-PA’s Vice President for many years\, and also serves on several ARCE National committees. In 2014 Dr. Shirley founded the TT110 Field School\, which focuses on epigraphic\, illustration\, and research training for Egyptian Ministry officials\, and for which she has received three Antiquities Endowment Fund grants from the American Research Center in Egypt. \nDr. Shirley’s research interests include Late Second Intermediate Period and Early New Kingdom socio-political history and administration\, power dynamics in the ancient world\, manifestations of social status in art and architecture\, Theban Tombs\, and landscape archaeology. Her published work to date has largely focused on the intersection of prosopography and the socio-political history of Dynasty 18. She is currently working on a full publication of TT110 utilizing the new drawings produced by the field school students. \n******************\nLectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nLight refreshments served starting at 3pm. \n******************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/politics-of-placement-the-development-of-the-18th-dynasty-theban-necropolis/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The cemeteries of Deir el-Bahari and Asasif in the early Middle Kingdom: Recent work by the University of Alcalá expedition to Luxor
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 10\n3:30 pm EST\nPenn Museum\, Classroom L2\nIn-person; no registration required \nSpeaker: Dr. Antonio Morales\, Associate Professor of Egyptology\, University of Alcala \nTitle: The cemeteries of Deir el-Bahari and Asasif in the early Middle Kingdom: Recent work by the University of Alcalá expedition to Luxor \nAbstract:\nThe reunification achieved during the reign of king Nebhepetre Mentuhotep II signified the emergence of a pristine Egyptian state built upon a culture of traditions and transformations centralized at Thebes. The city became a melting-pot of political\, religious\, and cultural decisions\, mostly aiming at the reconstruction of the administrative system\, the control of the land and its resources\, and –more importantly– the boosting of kingship and the new dynasty. In this setting\, the role of the high officials became pivotal. \nIn the last ten years\, the University of Alcalá Expedition and its Middle Kingdom Theban Project (thebanproject.com/en/) have set up a multidisciplinary and international team of experts that is conducting archaeological excavation\, epigraphic work\, and conservation in the tombs of some of these officials from the late Eleventh and early Twelfth dynasties. The documentation and study of the tombs of the viziers Dagi (TT 103) and Ipi (TT 315)\, the hight steward Henenu (TT 313)\, and the overseer of prisons Djari (TT 366)\, among others\, will no doubt allow scholars to have a better understanding of the role of Thebes in the construction of the classical age in pharaonic history: the Middle Kingdom. The ARCE-PA lecture will cover the major questions posed by this research\, the major lines of investigation of the project\, and the results of this expedition after ten years working in the areas of Asasif and Deir el-Bahari (2014-2024). \nSpeaker Bio:\nAntonio Morales is Associate Professor in Egyptology in the Seminar of Ancient History at the University of Alcalá (UAH). This past January\, he joined the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Yale University as Fulbright Visiting Scholar for one semester. In 2022\, he was visiting professor at the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at Harvard University. Previously\, he was Research Associate in Egyptology at Freie Universität Berlin\, postdoctoral researcher at Heidelberg Universität\, and research collaborator at the Department of Egypt and Sudan in the British Museum (London). He obtained his PhD in Egyptology from the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia 2013) with a dissertation dealing with the transmission of the Pyramid Texts from the Old to the Middle Kingdoms. Antonio Morales has participated in various expeditions to Egypt (Abydos\, Dra Abu el-Naga\, El-Amra\, Qaw el-Kebir\, Qubbet el-Hawa\, Saqqara)\, and is currently the director of The Middle Kingdom Theban Project. He has published multiple articles in scientific journals and contributions to books\, including a recent co-edition (with Alejandro Jiménez-Serrano) on Middle Kingdom archaeology and history in the Harvard Egyptological Studies (Brill 2022)\, and a monograph on the transmission of Pyramid Texts of Nut (Hamburg\, Buske Verlag\, 2019). \n******************\nLectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nLight refreshments served starting at 3pm. \n******************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
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SUMMARY:Amelia Edwards’ United States Lecture Tour and the Beginnings of American Egyptology
DESCRIPTION:ANNUAL KORSYN LECTURE\nIn-Person Lecture\nSaturday\, March 29 at 3:30 pm EST\nPenn Museum\, Classroom L2 \nSpeaker: Dr. Kathleen Sheppard \nLecture Topic: Amelia Edwards’ United States Lecture Tour and the Beginnings of American Egyptology \nAbstract:\nOn a cold November evening in 1889\, Amelia Edwards took the stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn\, New York. The lecture she gave to 2\,400 people that night\, entitled “The buried cities of Ancient Egypt\,” was a success. Over the next four months\, Edwards gave over 100 lectures all over the northeastern US\, and as far West as Chicago and Minneapolis\, exciting interest in Egypt everywhere she went. Alongside her every step of the way was her secretary\, assistant\, hair and makeup artist\, and friend\, Kate Bradbury. \nOften we talk about Egyptology in the US beginning in Chicago with the Cairo exhibit on the Midway at the World Columbian Exhibition in 1892. Or we say interest in Egypt began when the University of Chicago was founded\, with a department and a museum dedicated to the subject\, in 1895. Others place importance in the earlier collections\, like the Abbott Collection in New York as early as the 1860s. However\, using Bradbury’s letters home during the tour\, newspaper reports\, Edwards’ lectures\, and other contemporaneous materials\, I argue that it wasn’t wealthy men who started building Egyptological institutions in the US. Instead\, the catalyst for widespread public interest in Egyptology in the United States was the initial encounters with ancient Egypt made possible by a women-led lecture tour in the winter of 1889-90. \nObviously these women did not travel a thousand miles on the Hudson River\, but they easily traversed that distance in the time they were in the US\, speaking to and meeting with influential people across the country. This presentation will outline the journey of Amelia Edwards and Kate Bradbury and the impact they had on the Egyptology in the US. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Kathleen Sheppard is a Professor in the History and Political Science department at Missouri S&T in Rolla\, Missouri. She earned her MA in Egyptian Archaeology at University College London in 2002\, and her PhD in History of Science from the University of Oklahoma in 2010. Her first book was a scientific biography of Margaret Alice Murray (2013) that focused on Murray’s life and career\, both in and out of Egyptology. She has spent her whole career telling the stories of women in Egyptology. Her most recent book\, Women in the Valley of the Kings: The Untold Story of Women Egyptologists in the Gilded Age (St. Martins Press\, 2024) is a grand retelling of the history of Egyptology through the work that women did. \n******************\nLectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nLight refreshments served starting at 3pm. \n******************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/amelia-edwards-united-states-lecture-tour-and-the-beginnings-of-american-egyptology/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Out from Shadows: Painting the Human Face in Classical Greece
DESCRIPTION:Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship \nPenn Museum
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/out-from-shadows-painting-the-human-face-in-classical-greece/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Researching in the arc-“hives”: Ancient Egyptian honey and beekeeping
DESCRIPTION:In-person lecture\nSaturday\, December 14\, 3:30 pm EST\nPenn Museum\, Classroom 2\nA holiday party will follow the lecture \nSpeaker: Dr. Shelby Justl \nTitle: Researching in the arc-“hives”: Ancient Egyptian honey and beekeeping \nAbstract:\nWith no sugarcane until 710 AD\, honey was the major sweetener for ancient Egyptian food and wines\, an important ingredient in medicine\, and a valuable tribute commodity. Illustrations of apiculture are surprisingly rare and a lack of representation may indicate honey was a royal prerogative at least in the Old and Middle Kingdoms. However\, honey production appears to be a more expansive industry from the New Kingdom onwards. \nThis talk assesses the extent of royal and temple control over beekeeping from the New Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Period through beekeeping titles\, New Kingdom letters\, the Wilbour Papyrus\, Abydos Stela of Sheshonq\, and Zenon archives. Location and size of beekeepers’ land-holdings and hives\, productivity levels\, and evidence of honey grading\, transport\, and the taxation of beekeepers may suggest honey production as a larger scale industry than previously thought. A snapshot of the archaeological site of Abydos and excavated honey pots may also indicate the extent of state level production facilities and the industrial scale of honey gathering\, storage\, and use. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Shelby Justl is a lecturer in the Critical Writing Program here at UPenn. Her courses focus on archaeology and the ancient Egyptian world including such topics as Egyptomania\, pseudo-archaeology\, and world mythology. She has a PhD in NELC from UPenn and a MA with distinction in Egyptology from the University of Liverpool. After researching and publishing an ostracon from Penn excavations in Abydos that discussed trade of semiprecious stones\, her PhD dissertation concentrated on the administration and control of the ancient Egyptian semiprecious stone industry; in acquisition\, quarrying\, processing\, and distribution. She is currently editing this to be published as a book. Dr. Justl also is deeply interested in another “luxury” product for the ancient Egyptians\, honey! Still in the research stages\, she intends to publish a book on Egyptian honey\, beekeeping\, and the administration/operation of the industry. \n******************\nLectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nLight refreshments served starting at 3pm.\n****************** \nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/researching-in-the-arc-hives-ancient-egyptian-honey-and-beekeeping/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:No Ordinary Dogs: Canine Behavior in Theban Tombs
DESCRIPTION:In-person lecture\nSaturday\, November 9\, 3:30 pm EST\nPenn Museum\, Classroom 2 \nSpeaker: Dr. Chelsea Kaufman \nTitle: No Ordinary Dogs: Canine Behavior in Theban Tombs \nAbstract:\nThe wall scenes of the rock-cut Theban tombs of the New Kingdom are filled with richly painted imagery that captures the lives and beliefs of the people who built them\, offering modern viewers a window through which to recognize and relate to a distant past. Depictions of familiar animals abound in tomb scenes\, but perhaps no animal is more familiar to a modern viewer than the domestic dog. Scholars have long been drawn to and commented on canine imagery in Egyptian tombs\, often remarking on their proficiency as hunting hounds and their status as beloved companions\, many of which were endearingly named and shown alongside the tomb owner receiving offerings. But is there more to the icon than a testament to a cherished pet? Past approaches to dogs in Egyptian art have taken an anthropocentric view\, focusing on what dogs tell us about the lives of people while ignoring the animal’s unique ethology. As this talk will show\, applying an ethological approach to the images of dogs in tomb scenes can offer a nuanced understanding of the dog’s role within the scenes and the scene itself. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Chelsea L. Kaufman recently received her Ph.D in Near Eastern Studies from Johns Hopkins University. Her dissertation research centered on representations of domestic dogs in 18th Dynasty Theban tombs\, applying an ethological approach to better understand the role that dogs played both in funerary art and society. Kaufman holds a master’s degree in archaeology from Yale and a bachelor’s degree in art from Moravian University\, focusing on studio art\, art history\, and archaeology. She has 10 years of archaeological survey\, excavation\, and illustration experience within and outside of Egypt including the Mut Temple Precinct in Karnak\, Deir el-Medina\, the Outer Hebrides\, and various historic and prehistoric sites throughout northeastern Pennsylvania and Alabama. Kaufman’s interests are varied\, being involved in an ongoing experimental Egyptian metalworking project both before and during her dissertation research. Kaufman is currently working on publishing her dissertation and expanding on topics within it through a series of upcoming articles. \n***************************\nRegistration is NOT required. Lectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nLight refreshments served starting at 3pm.\n****************************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/no-ordinary-dogs-canine-behavior-in-theban-tombs/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Of Cities and Landscapes: Results from the Polatlı (Türkiye) Landscape Archaeology and Survey Project (PLAS)
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Asst. Prof. Müge Durusu-Tanriover\, Temple University \nPolatlı Landscape Archaeology and Survey Project (PLAS) is a regional survey covering the district of Polatlı in Ankara (the capital of Türkiye)\, primarily known for its first millennium BCE archaeological heritage featuring the Phrygian capital\, Gordion. Since its inception in 2019\, PLAS has aimed to shed light on the relatively under-studied Bronze Age in this region\, with a particular focus on investigating the Hittite Empire’s imperial strategies along its western border. In this talk\, I will present the results of four seasons of fieldwork conducted between 2019 and 2023.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/of-cities-and-landscapes-results-from-the-polatli-turkiye-landscape-archaeology-and-survey-project-plas/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:The Treaty of Ramesses II with Hattusili III: Peace-making in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:In-person lecture\nSaturday\, October 12\, 3:30 pm EST\nPenn Museum\, Classroom 2 \nSpeaker: Dr. Camilla Di-Biase-Dyson \nTitle: The Treaty of Ramesses II with Hattusili III: Peace-making in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean \nAbstract:\nThis paper gives background to the first attested peace treaty in world history\, between Ramses II of Egypt and Hattusili III of Hatti (now Türkiye). This treaty survives in several copies\, in two languages (Ancient Egyptian and Akkadian) and in two countries (Egypt and Turkey). This paper will explain some of the provisions of the treaty and also examine some of the treaty’s more unusual aspects\, for instance\, that its formation was not a direct consequence of conflict\, and that not all of its articles are bilateral. It will also make some suggestions about under what conditions and in what location the treaty might have been forged. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Camilla Di Biase-Dyson is a Sydneysider with a passion for Ancient Egypt since childhood. After graduating with BA(Hons) and PhD degrees in Ancient History from Macquarie University (2000–2008) she moved to Berlin to conduct postdoctoral research in Egyptology and linguistics\, first as a Fellow of the Excellence Cluster ‘Topoi: The Formation and Transformation of Space and Knowledge in Ancient Civilizations’ (2009–2010) and then with the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2010–2012). Following this\, she was Junior Professor for Egyptology at the Georg-August University in Göttingen\, Germany (2012–2019)\, then a Research Fellow at the University of Vienna (2019–2020). In April 2020 she moved back to Sydney to take up a Lectureship in Egyptology at Macquarie University. \nDr. Di-Biase Dyson is passionate about exploring how ancient texts and languages help us access ancient ways of thinking. Her current research focuses on metaphor in Ancient Egyptian language\, as well as ancient medicine and manuscript studies and takes in object studies and body ontologies. Her approaches range from linguistics and cognitive science to literary analysis and anthropology and she is committed to utilising and expanding the tools of digital corpus analysis for ancient languages. Her case studies mainly focus on texts and materials from the Ramesside Period of Egyptian history\, in the Late Bronze Age. \n***************************\nRegistration is NOT required. Lectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nLight refreshments served starting at 3pm.\n****************************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-treaty-of-ramesses-ii-with-hattusili-iii-peace-making-in-the-late-bronze-age-mediterranean/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:1177 BC and After: The Collapse and Survival of Civilizations
DESCRIPTION:In-person lecture\nSaturday\, September 21 at 3:30 pm EST\nPenn Museum\, Rainey Auditorium \nIn collaboration with the Dept. of Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World\, UPenn\nA short reception will follow the lecture \nSpeaker: Dr. Eric Cline \nLecture Topic: 1177 BC and After: The Collapse and Survival of Civilizations \nAbstract:\nFor more than three hundred years during the Late Bronze Age\, from about 1500 BC to 1200 BC\, the Mediterranean region played host to a complex international world in which Egyptians\, Mycenaeans\, Minoans\, Hittites\, Assyrians\, Babylonians\, Cypriots\, and Canaanites all interacted\, creating a cosmopolitan and globalized world-system such as has only rarely been seen before the current day. It may have been this very internationalism that contributed to the apocalyptic disaster that ended the Bronze Age. When the end came\, as it did after centuries of cultural and technological evolution\, the civilized and international world of the Mediterranean regions came to a dramatic halt in a vast area stretching from Greece and Italy in the west to Egypt\, Canaan\, and Mesopotamia in the east. Large empires and small kingdoms\, that had taken centuries to evolve\, collapsed rapidly. \nWhile the centuries following the Late Bronze Age Collapse in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean were a time of catastrophe\, they were also a time of rebirth and resilience — it was less of a Dark Age and more of a reboot for many of the societies which were affected. While there are examples of failure to thrive or even to survive in some cases\, others managed to adapt and transform. In effect\, we have eight case studies of what to do (and what not to do) in the event of a systems collapse\, ranging from the Assyrians to the Egyptians to the Mycenaeans and others in between. We will focus on the people and places that emerged from the ashes\, highlighting some of the events and developments that took place in Greece\, Egypt\, Mesopotamia\, Anatolia\, and the Levant. We will also consider whether there are any relevant lessons to be learned from this dramatic story of resurgence and revival\, especially considering what is going on in our world today. \nSpeaker Bio:\nEric H. Cline is Professor of Classics\, History\, and Anthropology\, the former Chair of the Department of Classical and Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations\, and the current Director of the Capitol Archaeological Institute at George Washington University\, in Washington DC. A National Geographic Explorer\, NEH Public Scholar\, Getty Scholar\, and Fulbright Scholar with degrees from Dartmouth\, Yale\, and the University of Pennsylvania\, he is an active field archaeologist with more than 30 seasons of excavation and survey experience in Israel\, Egypt\, Jordan\, Cyprus\, Greece\, Crete\, and the United States\, including ten seasons at Megiddo (1994-2014)\, where he served as co-director before retiring from the project in 2014\, and another ten seasons at Tel Kabri\, where he currently serves as Co-Director. He is the author or editor of 20 books and nearly 100 articles; translations of his books have appeared in nineteen different languages. Among them are Three Stones Make a Wall: The Story of Archaeology; Digging Deeper: How Archaeology Works; 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed and (with Glynnis Fawkes) 1177 BC: A Graphic History of the Year Civilization Collapsed; and After 1177 BC: The Survival of Civilizations (all Princeton). He is a member of the Washington DC chapter of ARCE. \n***************************\nRegistration is NOT required. Lectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nLight refreshments served starting at 3pm.\n****************************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/1177-bc-and-after-the-collapse-and-survival-of-civilizations/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:From the Green Sahara to Kushite Pharaohs: Common origins\, differentiation\, and the long term entanglements of Nubians and Egyptians
DESCRIPTION:In-person Lecture\nSaturday\, May 11 at 3:30 pm EST\nPenn Museum\, Classroom L2 \nSpeaker: Dr. Stuart Tyson Smith \nLecture Topic: From the Green Sahara to Kushite Pharaohs: Common origins\, differentiation\, and the long term entanglements of Nubians and Egyptians \nAbstract:\nEgyptologists have for a long time seen Egypt as isolated along the Nile and a “civilizing” force that drove developments in Nubia. The archaeological evidence for the “green Sahara” (c. 12\,000-3500 BCE) has led to an increasing realization that ancient Nubia and Egypt have common origins in a pastoral complex that thrived in what is today barren desert across a wide swath of northeast Africa. People and cultures entangled\, creating related but still distinctive groups who shared sets of symbolic resources and cultural practices across the region in the grasslands that are now desert and along the Nile. Two great African traditions\, Nubian and Egyptian\, began to differentiate with the formation of the Pharaonic and early Kushite states as the rains marched southwards into the Sahel\, but Nubians and Egyptians remained in constant contact\, sometimes as rivals\, sometimes as partners or allies. These entanglements and mutual influence deepened during the New Kingdom Egyptian empire and in its aftermath with the rise of the Kushite Dynasty. This presentation will discuss this changing picture of Nubian and Egyptian origins and long history of intercultural exchange using evidence from archaeological work at Tombos and other sites at the Third and Fourth Cataracts. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Stuart Tyson Smith is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Institute for Social\, Behavioral\, and Economic Research at the University of California\, Santa Barbara. He has published on the dynamics of Egyptian imperialism and royal ideology\, the use of sealings in administration\, death and burial\, and the ethnic\, social and economic dynamics of interaction between ancient Egypt and Nubia. He recently co-edited Origins and Afterlives of Kush\, a special issue of the Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections (2022). He co-directs the UCSB-Purdue-Africa International University Tombos expedition to the third cataract of the Nile. In a new line of research\, Smith applies a postcolonial critique to modern views of ancient Egypt as not truly African and Nubia as its subordinate. He served as Egyptological Consultant for the hit MGM movie ‘Stargate\,’ recreating spoken ancient Egyptian for the film\, and returned to Hollywood consulting for the Universal remake of ‘The Mummy\,’ its sequel\, ‘The Mummy Returns\,’ and most recently for MGM’s 2018’s ‘Stargate Origins: Catherine.’ \n******************\nLectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nLight refreshments served starting at 3pm.\n****************** \nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/from-the-green-sahara-to-kushite-pharaohs-common-origins-differentiation-and-the-long-term-entanglements-of-nubians-and-egyptians/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Gordion: Recent Work and Unknotting Old Questions
DESCRIPTION:Recent Field Work at Gordion\nC. Brian Rose\, James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology\, Curator-in-Charge Penn Museum\, Mediterranean Section & Director of Excavations at Gordion\nRecent work has focused primarily on architectural conservation\, research on tumuli\, and remote sensing. On the south side of the Citadel Mound\, the newly discovered city gate appears to have been in use for over 1200 years\, from the 9th century BCE. to the 4th century CE\, It features an approach road nearly 100 m long. The discoveries within the Mosaic Building include the only stone omphalos to have been found in Asia Minor and a gilded ivory sphinx that probably adorned a throne. The 8th century Tumulus 52 included over 3\,000 beads of amber imported from the Baltic\, and the 8-10 year old child found within the wooden chamber may have been a member of the family of Midas. Gordion was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site List in 2023\, the 20th site in Türkiye to be so honored. \nFrom Legend to Reality: Ancient Vehicles from the City of Gordion\nGareth Darbyshire\, Gordion Project Archivist and a Penn Museum Research Associate\nThe fabled\, prophetic Gordian Knot was associated with a cart or wagon that was linked in legend with Phrygian kingship\, and this vehicle was reportedly dedicated to a divine power at the citadel of Gordion. Recently\, the actual building in which this vehicle was housed has perhaps now been identified. More tangibly\, archaeological evidence for a number of ancient vehicles — seldom found anywhere — has been revealed by the Penn Museum’s longstanding excavations at Gordion. \nSome Ivory\, Bone and Horn Puzzles\nPhoebe Sheftel\, PhD\nAmong the nearly 1\,000 objects of bone\, ivory\, antler\, horn and shell recovered at Gordion between 1950 and 2005\, are three groups of pieces that still provoke puzzled interpretation. Thirty-nine bone objects found in Hellenistic contexts have a distinct rectangular shape\, often with pronged ends. Various interpretations have labeled them as handles or containers of some sort. A dozen examples of ivory attachments with cylinders engaged on flat or curved strips and found in Middle and Late Phrygian contexts have eluded explanation. Finally\, two horn pieces with three attachment holes have been compared to other objects dating from the 2nd millennium BCE to the Carolingian period (8th-9th CE).
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/gordion-recent-work-and-unknotting-old-questions/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:DOUBLE-HEADER:  The Serapeum at Saqqara & Moo-ving Along: Cattle Mummies in Ancient Egypt
DESCRIPTION:In-Person Lecture\nSaturday\, April 13 at 1:30 pm EST\nPenn Museum\, Classroom L2 \nSpeakers: Dr. Aidan Dodson & Dr. Salima Ikram \nLecture Topics & Abstracts:\nThe Serapeum at Saqqara\nThis afternoon we will explore the history of the catacombs of the sacred Apis bull at Saqqara. We will trace its story from the first known burial under Amenhotep III to the end of the employment of the complex following the demise of Cleopatra VII. \nMoo-ving Along: Cattle Mummies in Ancient Egypt\nCattle have been central to many cultures over the millennia\, and this is also true for that of ancient Egypt. On a practical level they provide food\, clothing\, shelter\, tools\, jewellery\, and are a measure of wealth; on a sacred level \,they are the focus of cultic activity\, with many deities\, both female and male\, manifesting as cows and bulls.  This lecture will briefly discuss the main cattle cults of ancient Egypt and then present the different types of cattle mummies that are known. Their purpose\, mummification process\, and histories will be featured. \nSpeaker Bios:\nDr. Aidan Dodson is honorary full Professor of Egyptology at the University of Bristol\, UK\, where he has taught for over 25 years. He studied at Durham\, Liverpool and Cambridge Universities\, and was Simpson Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo for the spring of 2013\, and Chairman of the Egypt Exploration Society from 2011 to 2016. He is the author of some thirty books\, most recently The Nubian Pharaohs of Egypt (American University in Cairo Press\, 2023). \nDr. Salima Ikram is Distinguished University Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo and Professor Extraordinary at Stellenbosch University. She studied at Bryn Mawr College (AB) and Cambridge University (MPhil and PhD). She has worked throughout Egypt\, and has directed the North Kharga Darb Ain Amur Survey\, the Amenmesses Project KV10-KV63\, and the Egyptian Museum Animal Mummy Project and has published extensively for both scholars and the general public. \n******************\nLectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $10 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $7 for Students with ID\, and $15 for the general public. Light refreshments served starting at 1:00pm. \n******************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties.  The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution.  We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries.  For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/double-header-the-serapeum-at-saqqara-moo-ving-along-cattle-mummies-in-ancient-egypt/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
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SUMMARY:“The View from “Harvard Camp:” George Reisner and the Giza Pyramids then and now
DESCRIPTION:ANNUAL KORSYN LECTURE\nIn-Person Lecture\nSaturday\, March 23 at 3:30 pm EST\nPenn Museum\, Classroom L2 \nSpeaker: Dr. Peter Der Manuelian \nLecture Topic: “The View from “Harvard Camp:” George Reisner and the Giza Pyramids then and now” \nAbstract:\nLeading the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition\, George Reisner (1867–1942) put American Egyptology on the world stage with forty-three years of breathtakingly successful excavations at twenty-three different archaeological sites in Egypt and Sudan. His uniquely American success story unfolded despite British control of Egyptian politics\, French control of Egyptian antiquities\, and an Egyptian yearning for independence\, all while his Egyptian teams achieved the fieldwork results and mastered the arts of recording and documentation. Reisner’s lifespan covers the birth of modern archaeology\, aspects of colonialism\, racism\, and nationalism\, the history of Harvard and of the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston (MFA)\, and the issues of repatriation and cultural patrimony long before they became the “hot topics” they are today. In an illustrated lecture\, Harvard University’s Peter Der Manuelian will recount the life of this uniquely successful\, but also controversial\, archaeologist and Egyptologist\, as he lived and dug at the famous Giza Pyramids (and at many other sites) for more than four decades. This talk will summarize some of the great discoveries\, their archaeological significance\, and some of the fascinating personalities behind the Expedition working at the tombs and temples at Giza. Manuelian will also present virtual and immersive technological experiments for bringing old digs back to life for collaborative research and teaching. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Peter Der Manuelian is Barbara Bell Professor of Egyptology in both the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and the Anthropology Departments at Harvard University\, and director of the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East. He was previously on the curatorial staff of the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston. His Giza Project at Harvard (http://giza.fas.harvard.edu) aims to collect and present online all past\, present\, and future archaeological activity at the Giza Pyramids. His research and teaching interests include visualization and digital humanities approaches to the ancient world. Among his publications are Walking Among Pharaohs. George Reisner and The Dawn of Modern Egyptology; Digital Giza. Visualizing the Pyramids; 30 Second Ancient Egypt; Mastabas of Nucleus Cemetery G 2100; Slab Stelae of the Giza Necropolis; Living in the Past: Studies in Archaism of the Egyptian Twenty-sixth Dynasty; and Studies in the Reign of Amenophis II. He has also written a number of childrens’ books. \n******************\nLectures are FREE to ARCE Members\, $7 for University of Pennsylvania Museum Members and UPenn Staff and Faculty\, $5 for Students with ID\, and $10 for the general public.\nCoffee\, tea\, and cookies served starting at 3pm. \n******************\nThe American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) is a private\, nonprofit organization founded in 1948 by a consortium of educational and cultural institutions to support research on all aspects of Egyptian history and culture\, foster broader knowledge among the general public\, and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. The ARCE Pennsylvania Chapter (ARCE-PA) is the local branch of the national institution. We host monthly events including scholarly lectures\, Egyptian-themed workshops\, social events\, and guided tours of the Penn Museum’s Egyptian galleries. For more information or to learn about the perks of membership\, please send an e-mail to info@arce-pa.org\, or visit our website at www.arce-pa.org.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-view-from-harvard-camp-george-reisner-and-the-giza-pyramids-then-and-now/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Dressing for Death: How to make and wear ancient Egyptian flint bangles
DESCRIPTION:In-Person Lecture\nSaturday\, November 11 at 3:30pm\nPenn Museum\, Classroom L2 \nSpeaker: Dr. Elizabeth Hart\, Lithic Specialist\, University of Vienna Middle Egypt Project; Kom el-Hisn Provincialism Project \nLecture Topic: Dressing for Death: How to make and wear ancient Egyptian flint bangles \nAbstract:\nAncient Egyptian flint bangles are practically unique in the world\, and they are significant for being an undeniable example of flaked-stone items made for symbolic uses. This paper explores how these bangles were made\, and their use as jewelry. Drawing on observations of ten examples from the Metropolitan Museum\, new data from the flint-mining site of Wadi el-Sheikh\, and an inventory of published examples\, this talk will consider their chronology\, how they were made\, and possible meanings of the bangles. Outlining the steps of bangle production highlights the skill of ancient Egyptian craftsmen. Furthermore\, an analysis of the find contexts and properties of the bangles forms the basis on an argument that the bangles were made specifically for the afterlife. Context data also provides insight into how they were worn\, and who wore them in terms of sex\, age\, and status. Finally\, this study suggests possible meanings of these delicate items that are a testament to the creativity and skill of Early Dynastic flaked-stone craftsmen. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Elizabeth Hart’s research focuses on understanding ancient economies. Looking beyond the grand temples and tombs of Ancient Egypt\, she became especially interested in settlement sites\, and what they can tell us about how ordinary ancient Egyptians lived their lives. She studies stone tools because they are particularly good at answering these questions about daily life along with broad questions about ancient economic change. Dr. Hart earned her PhD in Anthropological archaeology from the University of Virginia in 2017. She is the lithic specialist for a number of ongoing field projects in Egypt and has worked as an archaeologist in Egypt yearly since 2004\, at sites including Giza\, Abydos\, and the Valley of the Kings. Her research has been supported by grants from the University of Virginia\, the American Research Center in Egypt\, and the National Science Foundation. She has shared Egypt’s cultural heritage by teaching courses on Ancient Egypt at the University of Virginia and University of Michigan\, as a research fellow at the Metropolitan Museum of Art\, as a Research Affiliate at the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology\, by working for the non-profit organization the American Research Center in Egypt\, and through talks and publications for both academic and general audiences. \nLectures are FREE for ARCE members. For non-ARCE members admission is as follows: $10 general admissions; $7 for Penn Museum members\, Faculty & Staff; $5 for Students with ID (12 and under FREE).
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/dressing-for-death-how-to-make-and-wear-ancient-egyptian-flint-bangles-2/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:New Light on King Herod’s Harbor (6:15pm start time)
DESCRIPTION:McCann/Taggart lecture \nNote: This lecture’s start time is 6:15pm Eastern time.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/new-light-on-king-herods-harbor-615pm/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:AIA Lecture Program,Lecture
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SUMMARY:Reconstructing Osiris: Dismemberment\, Decapitation\, and Mummification in Predynastic Egypt
DESCRIPTION:In-Person Lecture\nSaturday\, October 21 at 3:30pm\nPenn Museum\, Anthro Classroom 345 \nSpeaker: Dr. Jane Hill\, Asst. Prof. of Anthropology\, Rowan University \nLecture Topic: Reconstructing Osiris: Dismemberment\, Decapitation\, and Mummification in Predynastic Egypt \nAbstract:\nCases of well provisioned Predynastic graves containing both disarticulated skeletons and plentiful and costly burial goods have invited various interpretations since their earliest documentation by W.M.F. Petrie and James Quibell in their publications of the excavation of the great Predynastic cemeteries of Naqada and Ballas. While Petrie’s initial interpretation of cannibalism is not supported by the surviving osteological or material records\, the presentation of these burials nevertheless raises interesting questions about the beliefs and ritual behind these postmortem skeletal arrangements. More recent discovery of a collection of disembodied skulls at the site of el-Adaima seems to indicate a more sinister practice. Evidence suggests that while the dissolution of the body in death was to be carefully avoided in some cases\, it was actively sought in others\, depending on the social role that each of these individuals inhabited. How may we understand decapitation\, dismemberment\, and re-articulation within the developing religious practice of Predynastic Egypt? Using the Predynastic mummy of a mature male in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology collections as a lens through which to analyze these burials\, the author will discuss the possible religious and ecological reasons for the treatment of these bodies. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Jane Hill holds a doctorate in Egyptian Archaeology from the University of Pennsylvania’s Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. She also holds masters degrees in anthropology and art history/Egyptology from the University of Memphis. She has excavated and done epigraphic work on archaeological projects at the sites of Giza\, Abydos\, el-Amra\, Saqqara\, and Karnak Temple in Luxor Egypt. At her project site of el-Amra she discovered evidence of a Predynastic Egyptian town. In the United States\, Dr. Hill has excavated Native American sites of the Mississippian Period in the southeast. Currently Dr. Hill teaches anthropology\, archaeology and Egyptian Archaeology at Rowan University where she serves as co-curator of the Museum of Anthropology at Rowan University (MARU). Her research interests include co-development of major elite cemeteries and urbanism in Upper Egypt’s formative period\, and the development of Egyptian administrative and writing systems. Most recently she participated in the analysis of human remains found in the Second Intermediate Period royal cemetery at Abydos under the direction of Dr. Josef Wegner. \nLectures are FREE for ARCE members. For non-ARCE members admission is as follows: $10 general admissions; $7 for Penn Museum members\, Faculty & Staff; $5 for Students with ID (12 and under FREE).
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/dressing-for-death-how-to-make-and-wear-ancient-egyptian-flint-bangles/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:International Archaeology Day,Lecture
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SUMMARY:The Life Cycle of Theban Tomb 16 in Luxor\, Egypt
DESCRIPTION:In-Person Lecture\nSaturday\, September 16 at 3:30pm\nPenn Museum\, Classroom L2 \nSpeaker: Dr. Suzanne Onstine\, Associate Professor of History\, University of Memphis \nLecture Topic: The Life Cycle of Theban Tomb 16 in Luxor\, Egypt \nAbstract:\nSince 2008\, the University of Memphis mission to Theban Tomb 16 has been documenting\, clearing\, and studying this non-royal monument located on the west bank of the Nile near Luxor\, Egypt in the so-called “Valley of the Nobles”. It was originally built for a priest named Panehsy and his wife Tarenu who lived during the time of Ramesses II (ca. 1250 BCE). Their beautifully painted tomb contains interesting details related to the posthumous cult of the deified Amenhotep I and Ahmose Nefertari\, as well as funerary motifs and “daily life” scenes. The tomb was also reused for nearly 1000 years by later pharaonic-era Egyptians as their tomb. Their looted remains have provided many insights in health and mummification practices in post-New Kingdom Egypt. In this lecture we will explore Panehsy and his life\, based on what is in his tomb\, and the lives of the 100+ individuals who were also buried there. As part of the life cycle of the tomb\, we will touch on issues such as the re-use of tombs\, modern looting\, and how our modern investigations can create a more holistic view of this monument. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Suzanne Onstine is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the University of Memphis. She received her B.A in Anthropology at the University of Arizona and her M.A and Ph.D. in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations at the University of Toronto. In addition to being a co-PI for the National Science Foundation funded project “Methodology for Reconstructing Prior River Flow”\, she currently directs the University of Memphis mission to Theban Tomb 16\, the tomb of Panehsy in Dra abu el-Naga\, Luxor and has done archaeology in Egypt for more than 25 years. She has published many works on religion and gender in addition to various aspects of work in TT16. \nLectures are FREE for ARCE members. For non-ARCE members admission is as follows: $10 general admissions; $7 for Penn Museum members\, Faculty & Staff; $5 for Students with ID (12 and under FREE).
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/the-life-cycle-of-theban-tomb-16-in-luxor-egypt/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:ARCE-PA Symposium in Honor of Dr. David B. O'Connor: Abydos Through the Ages
DESCRIPTION:ARCE-PA Symposium in Honor of Dr. David B. O’Connor\nSaturday\, June 10\, 9am-5pm\nHybrid Event: Penn Museum\, Rainey Auditorium & Webinar \nLecture is FREE to attend\, but requires registration for in-person and virtual options. Register here: https://www.penn.museum/calendar/1584/arce-pa-symposium \nSymposium Topic: Abydos Through the Ages \nAbstract:\nARCE-PA’s June 10 2023 symposium on the archaeology of Abydos will honor the legacy of Dr. David B. O’Connor. In 1967 O’Connor\, then Curator of the University Museum’s Egyptian Section\, started the Pennsylvania-Yale Expedition to Abydos. During the 1960s-1990s his research at Abydos focused on North Abydos with its cemeteries and temples linked with the cult of the Egyptian funerary god Osiris. Over the course of his later career\, both at Penn and then at the Institute of Fine Arts\, New York University\, O’Connor was instrumental in fostering a broadening range of intensive archaeological activity at Abydos. New archaeological research occurred in numerous areas such as the late Old Kingdom to Middle Kingdom mortuary landscape of the Middle Cemetery\, the royal funerary complexes of Kings Senwosret III and Ahmose at South Abydos\, and the memorial temples of Kings Thutmose III and Ramses II. In 2009 O’Connor published Abydos: Egypt’s First Pharaohs and the Cult of Osiris\, a book that examined the rich and ever-changing archaeological picture of ancient Abydos. With the continued sponsorship of the Penn Museum\, Institute of Fine Arts/New York University\, University of Michigan\, and other institutions\, the program of North American and Egyptian archaeologists working at Abydos\, and in Egypt\, has grown and prospered thanks to the foundation provided by O’Connor’s long dedication to Egyptian archaeology and the site of Abydos. The symposium will include lectures by scholars who started their careers under David O’Connor\, examining past discoveries\, their most recent archaeological research at Abydos\, and the ways in which O’Connor shaped their own careers. \nAbydos Symposium Speakers:\nDr. Matthew D. Adams\, Senior Research Scholar\, Institute of Fine Arts\, NYU\nDr. Janet Richards\, Professor of Egyptology in the Department of Middle East Studies\, Univ. of Michigan and Curator of Dynastic Egyptian Collections at the Kelsey Museum\nDr. Josef Wegner\, Professor of Egyptian Archaeology in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Curator in the Egyptian Section of the Penn Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology\nDr. Stephen Harvey\, Director of the Ahmose and Tetisheri Project\nDr. Michelle Marlar\, Director of Egyptian Archaeological Missions at the Houston Museum of Natural Science\nMr. Hazem Salah Abdullah\, Senior Inspector\, Sohag Antiquities Office\, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities\, EGYPT\nMr. Mohamed Abu El-Yazid\, Senior Inspector\, Sohag Antiquities Office\, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities\, EGYPT\nMr. Ayman Damarany\, Inspector\, Sohag Antiquities Office\, Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities\, EGYPT\nDr. Sameh Iskander\, Research Associate\, Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW)\nDr. Diana Craig Patch\, Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge\, Dept. of Egyptian Art\, Metropolitan Museum \nCoffee & Tea will be available starting at 8:30am. There will be a 1.5 hour break for lunch.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/arce-pa-symposium-in-honor-of-dr-david-b-oconnor-abydos-through-the-ages/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:Great Lecture: Saving the Archaeology and Monuments of Lower Nubia
DESCRIPTION:Beginning in 1902\, the archaeological sites and monuments of Lower Nubia were increasingly threatened by the construction of the series of dams on the Nile River at Aswan. By the early 1960s\, the ancient land of Lower Nubia had vanished forever beneath the waters of Lake Nasser. Through international efforts\, some of the cultural heritage of Lower Nubia was saved (including monuments like the temples of Abu Simbel and Philae); most other sites\, such as the fortress of Buhen\, a focus of work for the Penn Museum\, were destroyed. This talk will examine these sites\, the program of rescue archaeology\, and the role of the Penn Museum in rescuing the archaeological heritage of Lower Nubia. \nSpeaker: Josef Wegner\, Associate Professor of Egyptian Archaeology\, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Curator\, Egyptian Section\, Penn Museum
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/great-lecture-saving-the-archaeology-and-monuments-of-lower-nubia/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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SUMMARY:ARCE-PA Lecture by Dr. Jessica Tomkins\, Wofford College
DESCRIPTION:ARCE-PA Lecture\nSunday\, May 7 at 3:30pm\nPenn Museum\, Classroom L2 \nSpeaker: Dr. Jessica Tomkins\, Assistant Professor of History\, Wofford College \nLecture Topic: Rethinking Old Kingdom Kingship \nAbstract:\nFollowing Champollion’s decipherment of hieroglyphs\, our understanding of Egyptian society advanced at lightning speed with every new text published. However\, this rapid pace of scholarship also caused certain early ideas to become engrained in the field as facts rather than interpretations or opinions. In recent decades\, scholars have begun to question and break down some of these perceived “truths” such as that of a highly centralized government and the redistributive economy model for early Egyptian society. In doing so\, it became clear that these earlier interpretations were based on Eurocentric understandings of the monarchy model of government. This lecture traces how and why the nascent Egyptian state was understood through this Eurocentric lens and the subsequent impact such modes of thinking have had in understanding the Egyptian political state\, from the period of state formation through the Old Kingdom. This paper will contribute to the dialog on replacing our Eurocentric understanding of early ancient Egyptian kingship\, statehood\, and government with one based on African models\, with an aim to place our interpretation of ancient Egypt back into its original African context. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Jessica Tomkins is Assistant Professor of History at Wofford College. She was previously the Terrace Research Associate in Egyptian Art at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston and was the inaugural W. Benson Harer Egyptology Scholar in Residence at California State University\, San Bernardino. Jessica was awarded a PhD in Egyptology from Brown in 2019 with a dissertation that examined the display and negotiation of power between the central and provincial governments as seen through Old Kingdom provincial mastabas at Dendera and El Kab. Her current research questions the model of government and modes of power in Old Kingdom Egypt. \nLectures are FREE for ARCE members. For non-ARCE members admission is as follows: $10 general admissions; $7 for Penn Museum members\, Faculty & Staff; $5 for Students with ID (12 and under FREE).
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/arce-pa-lecture-by-dr-jessica-tomkins-wofford-college/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230503T180000
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SUMMARY:Great Lecture: Marshland of Cities: Lagash and its Neighbors ca. 2500 BCE
DESCRIPTION:The earliest cities in the world arose in a dynamic wetland environment at the intersection of the Tigris-Euphrates delta and the shore of the Persian Gulf during the 4th- and 3rd-millennia BCE. Recent work at the site of Lagash\, led by the Penn Museum\, in collaboration with the University of Pisa and Cambridge University\, focuses on reconstructing the ancient environment of southern Iraq through remote sensing\, geological coring\, and excavation. This illustrated lecture will bring this formative chapter of human history to life through an overview of this work to date\, including geological\, ethnographic\, and archaeological evidence. \nSpeakers: Holly Pittman\, Bok Family Professor in the Humanities; Professor\, History of Art; Director\, Lagash Archaeological Project and Curator\, Near East Section\, Penn Museum and Reed C Goodman\, Ph.D. Candidate in the Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/great-lecture-marshland-of-cities-lagash-and-its-neighbors-ca-2500-bce/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230415T170000
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SUMMARY:ARCE-PA Lecture by Dr. Ellen Morris\, Barnard College
DESCRIPTION:ARCE-PA Lecture\nSaturday April 15 at 3:30pm\nPenn Museum\, Classroom L2 \nSpeaker: Dr. Ellen Morris\, Associate Professor of Ancient Studies\, Barnard College\, Columbia University \nLecture Topic: Famine and Festival in Ancient Egypt \nAbstract:\nIn pharaonic and Greco-Roman Egypt\, two occurrences had the power to radically transform the status quo: revolts and episodes of mass mortality. When the two co-occurred\, they destabilized a rigid social hierarchy. Such moments – at which underlings threatened to gain the upper hand or at least exhibited a marked reluctance to return to their former subservience – caused an immense degree of anxiety among Egypt’s elites. Extremely severe famines and the plagues that often engendered this destabilization occurred infrequently. The magnitude of the upheavals and social transformations that happened in their wake\, however\, ensured that their memory was passed down (and needed to be passed down) through generations as a caution. For people who knew only strong kings and times of plenty\, it was necessary to “remember” hunger\, suffering\, and terror in order that warning signs be taken seriously. Although written testimony and prophesy helped keep such memories alive\, echoes of social upheavals incorporated into festivities surrounding the Egyptian New Year may have been far more effective agents of intergenerational transmission. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Ellen Morris\, an Associate Professor of Ancient Studies at Barnard College\, Columbia University\, writes on imperialism\, political fragmentation\, state formation\, sexuality and sacred performance\, retainer sacrifice\, landscape theory\, and divine kingship in Egypt’s social history. Since receiving her Ph.D. in Egyptology at the (esteemed) University of Pennsylvania\, she has published a great many articles (most of which are freely available on academia.edu) and two books: The Architecture of Imperialism: Military Bases and the Evolution of Foreign Policy in Egypt’s New Kingdom (Brill\, 2005)\, Ancient Egyptian Imperialism (Wiley-Blackwell\, 2018). A Cambridge Element titled Famine and Feast in Ancient Egypt is forthcoming in 2023. She has also excavated at Abydos\, Mendes\, Deir el-Ballas and Amheida at Dakhleh Oasis. \nLectures are FREE for ARCE members. For non-ARCE members admission is as follows: $10 general admissions; $7 for Penn Museum members\, Faculty & Staff; $5 for Students with ID (12 and under FREE).
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/arce-pa-lecture-by-dr-ellen-morris-barnard-college/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230412T193000
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SUMMARY:Great Lecture: North American Mounds as World Heritage
DESCRIPTION:A millennium ago\, Native people constructed over 120 earthen mounds at the site of Cahokia\, a World Heritage site in Illinois. Built entirely by hand\, the largest of these constructions towered 100 feet over a city that was more densely populated than the contemporary medieval city of London. Over two thousand years before Cahokia’s construction\, Native people in Louisiana built Poverty Point\, another World Heritage site\, and one of the only earthwork complexes that rivals Cahokia’s size and complexity–and they did so without agriculture or permanent settlements. These sites highlight the incredible engineering ability of ancient Americans\, and remind us that we don’t need a passport to visit sites of outstanding universal value. \nSpeaker: Megan C. Kassabaum\, Associate Professor\, Department of Anthropology\, UPenn
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/great-lecture-north-american-mounds-as-world-heritage/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230331T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230331T220000
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SUMMARY:Up Late with the Sphinx
DESCRIPTION:Calling all kids and families! Have you ever wanted to explore the museum galleries after dark? Join us during Up Late with the Sphinx for an evening filled with games and gallery activities. Drop into a hands-on workshop and make something special to take home\, then finish your evening with a flashlight tour through the museum. Each ticket includes a special Penn Museum patch.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/up-late-with-the-sphinx-2/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Other Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230318T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230318T170000
DTSTAMP:20260421T060613
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SUMMARY:ARCE-PA Lecture by Dr. Rune Nyord\, Emory University
DESCRIPTION:ARCE-PA Annual Felix Korsyn Lecture\nSaturday March 18 at 3:30pm\nPenn Museum\, Classroom L2 \nSpeaker: Dr. Rune Nyord\, Assistant Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art at Emory University and Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellow (2022/23) at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts in Washington\, D.C.\nLecture Topic: “No other satisfactory reason can be given”: The European discovery of the ancient Egyptian afterlife \nAbstract:\nThe modern understanding of the ancient Egyptians as bent on a quest for eternal life is the result of a long history of Western engagements with ancient Egypt. Associations like the preservation of bodies for eternity and initiation into religious mysteries interacted with textual sources of the Biblical and Classical traditions to shape images of the ancient culture that could be deployed in a variety of contexts for theological\, philosophical\, colonial\, and other purposes. This lecture examines some key formative moments in this tradition\, suggesting that many aspects of the modern understanding of Egyptian afterlife beliefs owe as much to the contemporary concerns of the milieus that helped shape them as to the ancient Egyptian sources that were only gradually becoming known as these ideas were crystalizing. \nSpeaker Bio:\nDr. Rune Nyord is Assistant Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art at Emory University in Atlanta\, GA\, and Samuel H. Kress Senior Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (2022/23) in Washington\, D.C. His research focuses on conceptions and experiences of representation\, ontology\, and personhood in ancient Egypt\, especially as evidenced in ancient Egyptian funerary culture\, as well as the history of Western engagements with ancient Egypt. He is the author of Breathing Flesh: Conceptions of the Body in the Ancient Egyptian Coffin Texts (Museum Tusculanum Press 2009) and Seeing perfection: Ancient Egyptian images beyond representation (Cambridge University Press 2020)\, and has edited and co-edited of several volumes\, the most recent being Concepts in Middle Kingdom Funerary Culture (Brill 2019). \nLectures are FREE for ARCE members. For non-ARCE members admission is as follows: $10 general admissions; $7 for Penn Museum members\, Faculty & Staff; $5 for Students with ID (12 and under FREE).
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/arce-pa-lecture-by-dr-rune-nyord-emory-university/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T183000
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SUMMARY:Lenapehoking: Archaeology\, Heritage\, and the Power of Place for Descendant Local Nation
DESCRIPTION:This panel discussion highlights tribal relationships to Lenapehoking\, the ancestral and spiritual homeland of the Lenni-Lenape and Delaware peoples of the Delaware Valley. Archaeologists and tribal cultural specialists will bring the site-specific landscape and histories to life\, illuminating once-vibrant places that remain important to tribal Nations today. \nJeremy Johnson\n(Delaware)\, Director of Cultural Education\, Delaware Tribe of Indians\, Oklahoma\nJeremy Johnson is the Cultural Education Director of the Delaware Tribe of Indians based in Bartlesville\, Oklahoma. He is Lenape\, Absentee Shawnee and Peoria. Before his current role\, he served as Assistant Chief of the Delaware Tribe. Jeremy is a lifelong educator who worked for over eighteen years as a middle school and high school English teacher and coach. He is committed to preserving and revitalizing Lenape culture and language for the future generations of his tribe. Jeremy currently resides in Noble\, Oklahoma with his wife\, Anpetu Luta Wi\, and two children\, Marian and Jennings. \nGregory D. Lattanzi\nCurator and State Archaeologist\, New Jersey State Museum\nGregory D. Lattanzi is Curator for the Bureau of Archaeology & Ethnography at the New Jersey State Museum and the New Jersey State Archaeologist. He attended the State University of New York at Binghamton\, then earned his M.A. in Anthropology from the City University of New York\, Hunter College. Dr. Lattanzi was employed at a number of contract archaeological firms in the northeast\, participating in excavations in New Jersey\, New York\, and Pennsylvania. He worked on all types of cultural resource management projects\, from archaeological excavations to state and national register nominations. In the fall of 2001\, Dr. Lattanzi started his career at the New Jersey State Museum as Registrar\, working his way up to become Curator and State Archaeologist. In 2013\, while at the New Jersey State Museum\, Dr. Lattanzi received his Ph.D. from Temple University. He published a book on his work with copper artifacts in 2022\, and is currently continuing his research on Middle Atlantic archaeology\, social complexity\, pottery analysis and\, of course\, copper use. He has published numerous articles and given public presentations at national\, state\, and local venues. \nCurtis Zunigha\n(Lenape/Delaware)\, Co-Founder and Co-Director\, The Lenape Center\nCurtis Zunigha is an enrolled member of the Delaware Tribe of Indians in Oklahoma. He has over thirty-five years of experience in tribal government and administration\, community development\, telecommunications\, and cultural preservation. He is an acknowledged expert on Delaware/Lenape culture\, language\, and traditional practices\, and is Co-Founder and Co-Director of The Lenape Center\, based in New York City. The Lenape Center promotes the history and culture of the Lenape people through the arts\, environmental activism\, social justice\, and agricultural practices. The Lenape Center’s work represents the return of the original Indigenous people to their homeland of Lenapehoking (New York\, New Jersey\, and Pennsylvania). \nMr. Zunigha is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
URL:https://www.archaeological.org/event/lenapehoking-archaeology-heritage-and-the-power-of-place-for-descendant-local-nation/
LOCATION:Penn Museum\, 3260 South Street\, Philadelphia\, PA\, 19104\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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