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

Presented by Dr. Peter Lacovara ARCE-PA Lecture, UPenn Museum, Classroom 2 Dr. Peter Lacovara, Director, The Ancient Egyptian Archaeology and Heritage Fund “The Egyptian Empire Strikes Back:  Deir el-Ballas and the Hyksos Expulsion” Long ignored, the important site of Deir el-Ballas was originally excavated by the Phoebe A. Hearst Expedition of the University of California under the […]

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