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>>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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