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Chicago July Meeting
Date:
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Time: 5:00 pm
Place: The Oriental Institute, LaSalle Bank Room.
1155 East 58th Street, Chicago, 60637
Title of Lecture: George Andrew Reisner and
American Archeology in Egypt
Speaker: Peter Lacovara
Title/Position of Lecturer:
Curator of Ancient Art, the Michael C. Carlos Museum,
Emory University, Atlanta
Abstract or Summary of Presentation:
With the exception of Sir Flinders Petrie, no other
archeologist working in the Nile Valley has contributed
so much to our picture of the past than “Indiana George”
Reisner. Born in Indianapolis in 1867, Reisner went to
study Semitic Languages as an advanced divinity student
in 1889. He left to continue his studies in Germany but
became fascinated with Egyptology. In 1897 he went to
Cairo to work on a number of volumes of the great Cairo
Catalog. He then began excavations first, for the
University of California through the generosity of
Phoebe A. Hearst.
After a few
years Reisner left Mrs. Hearst’s sponsorship and
continued working under a joint appointment at the
Museum of Fine Arts Boston and Harvard University. He
also participated in the First Archaeological Survey of
Nubia. The Survey gave Reisner a life long interest in
the civilizations of the Middle Nile and thereafter he
would divide his time between working in the Sudan in
the winter and Egypt in the summer.
He made many important discoveries at Giza and the
cemeteries of Naga ed Deir and excavated many of the
most important sites in the Sudan. He died at Giza in
1942 and his faithful assistant Dows Dunham was inspired
to create the American Research Center in Egypt to carry
on his work.
Dr. Lacovara will recount the illustrious career of
Reisner and the many contributions that he made to
Egyptian archaeology and Egyptology.
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Chicago Upcoming Events
Mark your
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web site
and your email for speakers and topics:
Saturday, June 13
Saturday, July 11
Saturday, August 1
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Saturday, October 3
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