:: MEMBERSHIP DRIVE ::

Our chapter is growing quickly but we are always looking for more members if you can think of anyone that might be interested in joining our chapter send them to this website or request some print brochures from Dennis Kelley, Chapter Vice President.
 
:: Board Members

The officers of this chapter presently are:

President:
Bob Andresen

Vice President:
Dennis Kelley

Treasurer:
Norene Jamieson

Secretary:
Cathy Moore

Board Members:
Gabriele Correa da Silva
Jim Stola
Rebecca Binkley
(Alternate)

Adviser to the Board and OI Representative:
Emily Teeter

Ex Officio Webmaster:
Sandy Polley

To email all chapter board members at once click here.
 

Welcome
This web site has been designed and created to share information on our local chapter for the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).  Chicago has always been important to the archeological and cultural preservation of Egypt. Due in large part to The University of Chicago's Oriental Institute.

>>Update on Chicago ARCE programs:

All programs, unless otherwise stated, are presented at the Oriental Institute 1155 East 58th Street, Chicago.  For further information contact Emily Teeter 773-702-1062.

January 5, 2013 5:00 pm
Wace's Alexandria Excavations

LaSalle Bank Room, the Oriental Institute
1155 East 58th Street

Presentation By: Tasha Vorderstrasse of University of Chicago

This will look at Wace's excavations in Alexandria in the 1940s, providing a detailed discussion of the site and connect it with more recent excavations in the area done by the Poles. Therefore, I would discuss the excavations, what was found, and its connection to current excavations as well as to what this tells us about Alexandria in general.

 


February 2, 2013 5:00 pm
All in the Family: the Royal Family of Ramesses II

LaSalle Bank Room, the Oriental Institute
1155 East 58th Street

Presentation By: Peter Brand of University of Memphis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


March 2, 2013 5:00 pm
Harbor of the Pharaohs to the Land of Punt: Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis 2001-2011

LaSalle Bank Room, the Oriental Institute
1155 East 58th Street

Presentation By: Kathryn Bard of Boston University

Excavations at the Middle Kingdom harbor at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, on the Red Sea, have uncovered evidence of shrines aligned along the sea shore and harbor facilities farther inland, including eight man-made caves located above an ancient lagoon that extended considerably inland from the present-day shoreline. The harbor was used for seafaring expeditions to Punt and Bia-Punt, located somewhere in the southern Red Sea region. Hieroglyphic and hieratic texts on stelae, seal impressions and ostraca, along with associated pottery have aided in dating the use of different features at the site, mainly in the early and later 12th Dynasty.


 

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