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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.

>>Next Meeting & Lecture Saturday, June 28, 2008 The Field Museum, Lecture Hall 2 12th Street and Lake Shore Drive   Note: This is a different time and location than normal ARCE meetings. For this event the lecture will be at 3:00 p.m. in classroom 2, lower level of the Field Museum.  You should park in the Soldier Field lot.  The lecture is free, you will have to pay the normal entrance fee for the museum. We suggest that you come early and visit the Field's Egypt exhibit and/or other new exhibits at the museum. Pearce Paul Creasman, Texas A&M "Ancient Egyptian Ships and Seafaring: What Do We Know?" In this illustrated talk, Mr. Creasman will discuss the primary evidence for Egypt's place in the larger history of seafaring including types of ships and their construction. Pearce Paul Creasman is a doctoral candidate in the Nautical Archaeology Program at Texas A&M University and has directed research in Egypt and the Mediterranean for the last five years. For his Master's thesis, he recorded and analyzed the nearly 4000 year old Cairo Dahshur boats, two Middle Kingdom vessels in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Pearce Paul's research interests include maritime archaeology, the Middle East, and cultural diffusion. Here are links to more Information on Pearce Paul Creasman, Dahsure Boats of The Egyptian Museum or Nautical Archeology Program at Texas A&M.