Prof. Peter Der Manuelian
Tues. 12:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Emerson Hall 318
Mysterious pyramids, colossal royal statues, tiny gold jewelry, decorated tomb chapels, temples, settlements, fortresses, and hieroglyphic inscriptions. This was the excavation legacy in Egypt and Sudan of the Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) Expedition. Led by Egyptologist George Reisner (1867–1942; new biography just published), this expedition revolutionized archaeological method, and put Harvard Egyptology on the world stage, all during British control of the Egyptian...
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