Unless otherwise noted, all of the following are free and open to the public and will be held on the Southern Methodist University campus. [Map]
Events are usually on Saturdays and begin at 7:30pm.
Topics and speakers are subject to change.
January 19, 2008
Dr. Robert Ritner, Oriental Institute, University of Chicago "The Restless Western Front: Libyan Interactions"
February 16, 2008
Dr. Sarah Parcak, University of Alabama at Birmingham "High-Tech Archaeology: Google Earth and Ancient Egypt"
March 29, 2008
Dr. Nigel Strudwick, The British Museum and the University of Memphis, "Use and Re-use of Tombs in Thebes: Patterns and Explanations"
April 18, 2008
Dr. Aidan Dodson, The University of Bristol, U.K.
Friday Night "The Memphite Necropolis: Beyond the Pyramids"
April 19, 2008
Dr. Aidan Dodson, The University of Bristol, U.K.
Saturday Seminar "Tutankhamun: From the Cradle to the Grave"
May 31, 2008
Dr. Nancy Lovell, University of Alberta, Canada
"CSI: Ancient Egypt: What Skeletal Remains Can Tell Us"
June 21, 2008
"Stump the Champs"
July 19, 2008
Dr. Cheryl Ward, Florida State University
"Constructing and Sailing an Ancient Egyptian Ship in the Twenty-First Century"
August ?, 2008
TBA
September 5, 2008
Dr. Hourig Sourouzian and Dr. Rainer Stadelmann,
"The Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project"
September 20, 2008
Dr. Melissa Dowling, Southern Methodist University "Water Clocks and the Concept of Time in Ancient Egypt"
October ?, 2008
TBA
November ?, 2008
Dr. Kara Cooney, Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, "The Tutankhamun Exhibit Experience" (or, "Tales of Tut")
Dr. Salima Ikram answers questions
at our April 2006 meeting. You may have seen Dr. Ikram in the Discovery Channel's
recent special on KV 63, the newly discovered tomb in the Valley of the Kings.
(Photo by Guillaume.)