:: 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.
 
 

The next ARCE Chicago meeting is Saturday. July 11, 2009 @ 5PM in the LaSalle Bank Room of the Oriental Institute.
 

:: Board Members

The officers of this chapter presently are:

President:
Steve Bono

Vice President:
Dennis Kelley

Treasurer:
Jim Ringenoldus

Secretary:
Bob Andresen

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.

>>ARCE 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.


>>ARCE Chicago Upcoming Events

Mark your calendars for the next meetings in 2009 and watch our web site
and your email for speakers and topics:

Saturday, June 13
Saturday, July 11
Saturday, August 1
Saturday, September 12
Saturday, October 3

 

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