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Lecture Videos

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The Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East offers a free annual lecture series open to the public. This series showcases new research presented by world-renowned scholars of the ancient world. Below you will find several of our most recent lectures...

Magic and Demonology in Ancient Egypt

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Free Public Lecture Rita Lucarelli, Associate Professor of Egyptology, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Faculty Curator of Egyptology, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley Ancient Egyptian texts and objects...

Ancient Brews Rediscovered and Re-Created

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Patrick E. McGovern, Scientific Director, Biomolecular Archaeology Project for Cuisine, Fermented Beverages, and Health, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology; Adjunct Professor of Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania The...

Breaking the Noses on Egyptian Statues

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Free Public Lecture Edward Bleiberg, Senior Curator, Egyptian, Classical, and Ancient Near Eastern Art, Brooklyn Museum Why are the noses broken on Egyptian statues? Why were other sculpted body parts, including eyes, mouths, arms, and feet, purposely...

Human Sacrifice and Power in the Kerma Kingdom

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Free Public Lecture Elizabeth Minor, Visiting Assistant Professor in Anthropology, Wellesley College The Kerma Kingdom was an ancient Nubian civilization located in present-day Sudan. Its capital, the city of Kerma, had monumental architecture and...

Tutankhaten, Prince and King

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Lecture with Marianne Eaton-Krauss, Egyptologist and Author The “boy king” Tutankhamun is known the world over, but what of Tutankhaten, as he was originally called and was known for a time, even after his accession to the throne of Egypt?Specialists...

Cancelled: Ancient Egyptian Gardens

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This event is cancelled. Free Public Lecture Christian E. Loeben, Egyptologist and Keeper of Egyptian and Islamic Arts, Museum August Kestner, Hanover, Germany The oldest documented gardens in the world are from ancient Egypt. Gardens were described in...

Collectors and Dealers: The Trade of Egyptian Antiquities

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Lecture with Kim Ryholt, Professor of Egyptology and Director, The Papyrus Carlsberg Collection and Project, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Many of the Egyptian objects in Western museums were acquired during the heyday of the antiquities trade market...

Egypt’s Old Kingdom: The Latest Discoveries at Abusir South

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This program will be live streamed on Facebook. Miroslav Bárta, Professor, Czech Institute of Egyptology Abusir, the “Place of Osiris,” is a necropolis (burial site) near the Old Kingdom’s city of Memphis, known for its pyramids and sun temples. In this...

Ancient Egyptian Culture and Its Continuity in Modern Egypt

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Free Public Lecture Fayza Haikal , Professor of Egyptology, The American University in Cairo Egypt’s recorded history spans six thousand years and is therefore one of the longest and best known in the world. Today, Egyptians practice several religious...

New Discoveries at Wadi al-Jarf

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Free Public Lecture Gregory Marouard, Research Associate in Egyptian Archaeology Oriental Institute, University of Chicago Located along the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea, Wadi al-Jarf is considered the oldest known harbor in the world. This exceptional 4...