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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Village Life of Royal Tomb Builders: The Latest French Excavations at Deir el-Medina, Egypt
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SUMMARY:Village Life of Royal Tomb Builders: The Latest French Excavations at Deir el-Medina, Egypt
DESCRIPTION:<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"><drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="81b5c462-d846-46b9-9540-0c05f43ac3da" data-view-mode="hwp_medium"></drupal-media></span></strong></p><p><strong><span style="font-size: large;">Anne-Claire Salmas, Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Egyptology and Assyriology, Brown University and member of the French Archaeological Mission in Deir el-Medina</span></strong></p><p></p><p>Located in ancient Thebes (modern Luxor), the site of Deir el-Medina was home to a community of artisans responsible for constructing the tombs of Egyptian royalty in both the Valley of the Kings and the Valley of the Queens during the New Kingdom period (<em>ca.</em> 1550–1069 BC). French Egyptologist Bernard Bruyère studied this site between 1921 and 1952 and made important discoveries about the lives of the non-elite in ancient Egypt. The site received little attention for several decades, until 2012, when the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology resumed excavations at Deir el-Medina. Anne-Claire Salmas will discuss the most recent discoveries, highlighting new avenues of scientific research and an extensive program of heritage conservation.</p><p><a href="http://semiticmuseum.fas.harvard.edu/files/semitic/files/salmas_e-poster.jpg?m=1454948704" data-fid="584651">View and share the lecture poster</a></p><p class="p1">Free parking is available at the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%20Oxford%20St,%20Harvard%20University,%20Cambridge,%20MA%2002138/@42.3801645,-71.1153057,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e37740a3c56959:0xe17bf20973449411">52 Oxford Street Garage</a></p><p class="p1">Free and open to the public.</p>
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