• The Treaty of Ramesses II with Hattusili III: Peace-making in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean

    Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    In-person lecture Saturday, October 12, 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom 2 Speaker: Dr. Camilla Di-Biase-Dyson Title: The Treaty of Ramesses II with Hattusili III: Peace-making in the Late Bronze Age Mediterranean Abstract: This paper gives background to the first attested peace treaty in world history, between Ramses II of Egypt and Hattusili III of […]

  • 1177 BC and After: The Collapse and Survival of Civilizations

    Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    In-person lecture Saturday, September 21 at 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Rainey Auditorium In collaboration with the Dept. of Art and Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, UPenn A short reception […]

  • From the Green Sahara to Kushite Pharaohs: Common origins, differentiation, and the long term entanglements of Nubians and Egyptians

    Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    In-person Lecture Saturday, May 11 at 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom L2 Speaker: Dr. Stuart Tyson Smith Lecture Topic: From the Green Sahara to Kushite Pharaohs: Common origins, differentiation, and the long term entanglements of Nubians and Egyptians Abstract: Egyptologists have for a long time seen Egypt as isolated along the Nile and a […]

  • Gordion: Recent Work and Unknotting Old Questions

    Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Recent Field Work at Gordion C. Brian Rose, James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology, Curator-in-Charge Penn Museum, Mediterranean Section & Director of Excavations at Gordion Recent 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 […]

  • DOUBLE-HEADER: The Serapeum at Saqqara & Moo-ving Along: Cattle Mummies in Ancient Egypt

    Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    In-Person Lecture Saturday, April 13 at 1:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom L2 Speakers: Dr. Aidan Dodson & Dr. Salima Ikram Lecture Topics & Abstracts: The Serapeum at Saqqara This 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 […]

  • “The View from “Harvard Camp:” George Reisner and the Giza Pyramids then and now

    Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    ANNUAL KORSYN LECTURE In-Person Lecture Saturday, March 23 at 3:30 pm EST Penn Museum, Classroom L2 Speaker: Dr. Peter Der Manuelian Lecture Topic: “The View from “Harvard Camp:” George Reisner and the Giza Pyramids then and now” Abstract: Leading the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, George Reisner (1867–1942) put American Egyptology on the […]

  • Dressing for Death: How to make and wear ancient Egyptian flint bangles

    Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    In-Person Lecture Saturday, November 11 at 3:30pm Penn Museum, Classroom L2 Speaker: Dr. Elizabeth Hart, Lithic Specialist, University of Vienna Middle Egypt Project; Kom el-Hisn Provincialism Project Lecture Topic: Dressing for Death: How to make and wear ancient Egyptian flint bangles Abstract: Ancient Egyptian flint bangles are practically unique in the world, and they are […]

  • Reconstructing Osiris: Dismemberment, Decapitation, and Mummification in Predynastic Egypt

    Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    In-Person Lecture Saturday, October 21 at 3:30pm Penn Museum, Anthro Classroom 345 Speaker: Dr. Jane Hill, Asst. Prof. of Anthropology, Rowan University Lecture Topic: Reconstructing Osiris: Dismemberment, Decapitation, and Mummification in Predynastic Egypt Abstract: Cases of well provisioned Predynastic graves containing both disarticulated skeletons and plentiful and costly burial goods have invited various interpretations since […]

  • The Life Cycle of Theban Tomb 16 in Luxor, Egypt

    Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    In-Person Lecture Saturday, September 16 at 3:30pm Penn Museum, Classroom L2 Speaker: Dr. Suzanne Onstine, Associate Professor of History, University of Memphis Lecture Topic: The Life Cycle of Theban Tomb […]

  • Great Lecture: Saving the Archaeology and Monuments of Lower Nubia

    Penn Museum 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    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 […]