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Synopses of Past Lectures & Events

Please note Egyptology is an ever evolving process; new discoveries and insights often invalidate older held beliefs; many of these lectures were given years ago and may no longer represent the current views held by the lecturers.

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Dr. Ronald Wells

IT'S LATER THAN YOU THINK: The Origins of Egyptian Calendars and Their Modern Legacy

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Dr. Pat Podzorski

WHAT PREDYNASTIC CERAMICS TELL US ABOUT PREHISTORIC EGYPT

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Dr. Daniel Polz

BEFORE THE VALLEY OF THE KINGS: New Discoveries from the Dra Abu'l-Naga Cemetery at Thebes

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Dr. Susan Tower Hollis

GODDESSES AND SOVEREIGNTY IN THE 3RD MILLENIUM

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Dr. Maury Morgenstein

CORING IN THE EASTERN DELTA: The Life and Death of Tell el Muqdam (Leontopolis)

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Dr. Antonio Loprieno

THE EGYPTIAN KING IN NARRATIVE TEXTS

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Dr. Terry Walz

AN UPDATE OF PROGRESS ON THE EGYPT ANTIQUITIES PROJECT

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Patrick Houlihan

BIRDS AND BEAST IN THE DAILY LIVES OF ANCIENT EGYPTIANS

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Dr. Gary Lease

EXPOSED AT LAST: The Alan Rowe Expedition to Meidum, 1929-1932

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Dr. Marian Feldman

TUTANKHAMEN: International Man of Mystery

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Dr. Nigel Strudwick

THE TOMB OF SENNEFERI: Theban Tomb 99

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Greg Reeder, Contributing Editor KMT Magazine

SAME SEX DESIRE, CONJUGAL CONSTRUCTS AND THE TOMB OF NI-ANKH-KHNUM AND KHNUM-HOTEP

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Dr. Anthony Spalinger

THE BATTLE OF KADESH

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Dr. Zahi Hawass

RECENT DISCOVERIES AT GIZA

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Al Berens, Editor Cartouche

TWO TEMPLES OF MONTU: Medamud and Tod

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Dr. Jay Enoch

REMARKABLE OLD KINGDOM LENSES

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Dr. Aidan Dodson

HOW TO BURY A PHARAOH: Beyond the Pyramids

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Dr. Margaret Larkin

NEGLECTED VOICES IN ARABIC POETRY

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Dr. Candy Keller

THE TEMPLES OF LAKE NASSER

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Gary Parks, ARCE/NC Member

PHARAOH COMES TO MAIN STREET: American Movie Palaces in the Egyptian Style

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Glenn Meyer, ARCE/NC Member

FAVORITE SLIDES OF EGYPT

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Dr. Virginia Danielson

THE REAL MUSIC OF EGYPT: Sayyid Darwish and His Artistic Heirs

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Mark Pettigrew, Graduate Student, U.C. Berkeley

HOW TO SEARCH FOR BURIED TREASURE IN EGYPT

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Dr. Patrick Hunt

EGYPTIAN GENIUS: Stoneworking for Eternity

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Dr. Terry Moore

HISTORY UNDER A MICROSCOPE: What Egyptian Graffiti Tells Us About the Past

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Dr. Edna (Ann) Russman

AVANT GARDE IN ANCIENT EGYPTIAN ART: Innovative Painters of the 18th Dynasty

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Dr. Emily Teeter

FEMALE FIGURINES FROM EGYPT

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Dr. Carol Redmount

ARCHAEOLOGIST SEEKS SITE: Finding a Place to Dig in Egypt

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Dr. Carol Redmount and Joan Knudsen

THE 2003 FIELD SEASON AT EL HIBEH

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Dr. Bob Brier

EGYPTOMANIA: FROM CLEOPATRA TO HOLLYWOOD  

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Barbara Mendoza, Doctoral Candidate U.C Berkeley

OSIRIS CAN YOU HEAR ME?: Egyptian Bronze Sculpture

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Dr. Peter der Manuelian

GEORGE REISNER AND THE GIZA PYRAMIDS  

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Dr. Josef Wegner

THE MAGIC OF CHILDBIRTH IN MIDDLE KINGDOM EGYPT 

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Dr. Carol Andrews
Ancient Egyptian Jewelry and Jewelry Making

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Dr. Lawrence Berman
Hetepheres and Company: A New Installation at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Dr. Aidan Dodson
The Role of the Royal Family in Ancient Egypt

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Dr. Aidan Dodson
Of Bulls and Princes of the Serapeum at Saqqara

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Dr. Lyn Green
Nourishment for the Heart: Ancient Egyptian Music and Dance

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Dr. Nicole Hansen
Feasting with the Pharaohs and Fellahs: Cooking and Dining in Egypt Across the Ages

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Ms. Debbie Schorsch (Metropolitan Museum of Art Conservator)
Egyptian Bronzes and Conservation of Ancient Egyptian Metals

Dr. Marcia Hill
The Manufacture of Metal Statuary in Egypt in the 1st Millennium BC

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Dr. Antonio Loprieno
The Geography of Ancient Egyptian Literature

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Dr. Joe Manning
Twilight of the Gods: Economic Power in Ptolemaic Egypt

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Dr. Carol Meyer
Gold, Granite and Water:

Mining in the Egyptian Desert

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Dr. Scott Noegel
Scorpion Charms and Hippo Tusks: The Power of "Magic" in Ancient Egypt

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Ms. Elizabeth O'Connell (Doctoral Candidate, U.C. Berkeley)
A Late Antique Monastery in Upper Egypt at Naga ed-Deir

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Dr. Stephen Quirke
Breaking all Barriers: The Petrie Museum: Egyptian Antiquities in a University Museum in the 21st Century

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Dr. Donald Redford
Akhenaten's Early Years at Karnak

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Dr. Carol Redmount
Report on the U.C. Berkeley El Hibeh Project: Field Seasons 2001 and 2002

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Ms. Heidi Saleh (Doctoral Candidate, U.C. Berkeley)
An Update on Excavations at the Giza Workmen's Cemetery

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Mr. Grant Schar (former director of the Rosicruician Egyptian Museum, San Jose, CA)
Stone Dressing and Relief Carving in Ancient Egypt

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Dr. Mervat Seif El-Din
Alexandrian Art in Egypt in the Graeco-Roman Period

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Dr. Nancy Serwint
Across the Wine Dark Sea: Egyptian Influence in Cyprus

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Dr. David Silverman
Explorations in the Middle Kingdom Teti Cemetery

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Dr. Willeke Windrich
"A Passage to India": Excavations at Berenike on the Egyptian Red Sea Coast, 1994-2001

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Dr. Arelene Wolinski
Ancient Egyptian Ceremonial Masks

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Dr. Cindy Ausec

Gods Who Hear Prayers; Personal Piety in Ancient Egypt

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Dr. Miroslav Barta

Czech exCavations at South Abu sir

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Al Berens, Independent Scholar

Sex. Lies and Ostraca: A New Look at the Foreman of the Gang Paneb

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Dr. Eugene Cruz-Uribe

Christians Lost in the Desert? Work at Kharga Oasis

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Dr. Craig Smith

Stair Steps to the Gods: Building the Great Pyramid At Giza

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Dr. Aidan Dodson

Sunset: the End of the Amarna Period

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Kathy Hansen, Independent Scholar

Ancient Egyptian Chariots and Harnesses

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Dr. Salima Ikram

Beloved Beasts: Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies

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Ms. Jessica Kaiser

Human Remains from the Workmen's Cemetery at Giza

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Ms. Elizabeth Minor

Egyptian Objects and Style in a Kerman Burial Community: Adaptation, Not Imitation

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Dr. Susanne Onstine

Recent Work in the Tomb of The Overseer of Chanters Panhesy TT16

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Dr. Diana Craig Patch

The Joint Expedition to Malqata, the Palace-City of Amenhotep III

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Dr. Patricia Podzorski

The Unification of Egypt: A View from a Backwater Town

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Ms. Barbara Richter

The Book of the Amduat and its Relationship to the Architecture of Early 18th Dynasty Tombs

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Dr. J. J. Shirley

The Politics of Placement: The Development of the New Kingdom Theban Necropolis

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Dr. Hourig Sourouzian

Excavations at Kom el Hetan

 

Dr. Rainer Stadlemann

Foreign Folks and New Place Names in the Temple of Amenhotep III

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Dr. Nigel Strudwick

Final Report on the Tomb of Senneferi at Thebes TT99

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Consul Abderahman Salaheldin

U.S.-Egyptian Relations: Cooperation and Challenges

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Dr. Kathleen Keller

Old Themes and New Dreams: Egyptian Statuary in the Early Dynasty 18

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Dr. Renee Friedman

Excavations at Hierakonpolis

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Dr. Peter Piccione

A Satellite Survey of the Theban Tombs: A Horus-Eye View

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