RAMSES THE GREAT – THE LECTURE SERIES

THE PHARAOH SERIES

The following four lectures will be held in McFarlin Auditorium on the SMU campus. The lectures begin at 8:00 pm. Individual tickets are $15.00: all four lectures are $40.00.

THE GREAT KINGS – March 6

A deseriptive account of ancient Egypt, as exemplified by the achievements of divine pharaohs, including Ramses the Great.

Lecturer: Dr. Zahi Hawass, General Director of the Great Pyramids complex at Giza and Saqqara

EVERYDAY LIFE IN THE RAMESSIDE AGE – April 3

A descriptive account of ancient Egypt, as exemplified by the common Working man. Lecturer: Dr. Edward Brovarski, Research Curator for the Department of Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts.

UNDERWATER ARCHEOLOGY-INTERNATIONAL TRADE & THE GOLDEN AGE OF ANCIENT EGYPT-May 1

A descriptive account of ancient Egypt, as exemplified by the import and export with other major civilizations. Lecturer: Dr. Faith Hentschel. Central Connecticut State College

TEMPLES AND ROYAL TOMBS IN EGYPT – May 22

A descriptive account of ancient Egypt, as exemplified by its monumental architecture.

Leclurer: Dr. David O’Connor, associate professor of Egyptology at the University of Pennsylvania

THE EGYPT SERIES

The following lectures will be held twice. Once in the Ramses Theater in the Fair Park Automobile Building (sponsored by J .C. Penney) and once at a Dounty Community College. All lectures begin 7:30 pm. Individual tickets are $6.00 a one month series is $15.00.

MARCH – THE GREAT KINGS

March 13 – THE WORLD’S FIRST KINGS

Lecturer. Bruce Williams, research associate with Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago

March 20 – THE GREAT KINGS OF EGYPT

Lecturer. John Baines, professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford

March 27 – SCULPTURE OF RAMSES THE GREAT

Lecturer: Alan May, member of the International Association of Egyptologists

APRIL – PARADISE OR PURGATORY

April 10 – MUMMIES: WHAT THEY CAN TELL US

Lecturer: Jim Harris, paleopathological researcher with doctoral degrees in orthodontics and genetics.

April 17 – THE EXODUS

Lecturer: John Holbert. professor of Old Testament Studies for the Perkins School of Theology at SMU.

April 24 – SHATTERED DOLLS AND THE ANGRY DEAD: CURSES & LOVE CHARMS OF ANCIENT EGYPT

Lecturer: Robert Ritner of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago

MAY – DISCOVERY

May 8 – BSCOYERING THE PAST

Lecturer:Done Connor who received his Ph. D in archaeology from SMU

May 29 – THE PREDECESSORS OF THE PHARAOHS: PREHISTORIC PEOPLES ALONG THE NIIE

Lecturer: Fred Wendorf, founder of the Department of Anthropology at SMU

May 15 – RIVER EETWEEN TWO DESERTS: GEOARCHAEOLOGY OF EGYPT

Lecturer: C Rend Ferring. professor at the University of North Texas

JUNE – THE GREAT BUILDERS AND THINKERS

june 5 – ANCIENT EGYPTIAN MEDICINE

Lecturer: Dr. Ismail Barrada, Honston physician

June 19 – EGYPTIAN THEBES TRANSFORMED: THE RISE OF RAMESSIDE ARCHITECTURE

Lecturer: Charles Van Siclen, former director of the Luxur, Egypt branch of the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute

July 3 – ARTISTS AND INNOVATORS.

Lecturer: Karl Kilinski, professor of Art History for the Meadows School of the Arts at SMU

JULY – A DAY IN THE LIFE

July 10 – WHAT THE TEMPLES TEL US ABOUT DAILY LIFE

Lecturer: Lanny Bell, the current director of the Luxor, Egypt branch of the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute

July 17 – IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF THE PHARAOHS: TODAY’S EGYPT

Lecturer: Bedair Elgamrawy. Consul General for the Arab Republic of Egypt in Houston

July 24 – “IN THEIR OWN WRITE”

Lecturer: David Silverman, Assoriate Curator of the Egyptian section of the University of Pennsylvania Museum

AUGUST – EGYPT, GIFT OF THE RIVER

August 7 -THE EARTH PROVIDES: THE ENVIRONMENT AND RISE OF CIVILIZATION IN EGYPT

Lecturer: Fekri Hassan, archaeological advisor to the Minister of Culture of Egypt

August 14 – A GOD’S EYE VIEW FROM SPACE

Lecturer: Tom Sever, Remote Sensing Investigator/Archaeologist for NASA

August 21 – ARCHITECTS OF THE NEW EGYPY. THE ASWAN DAM AND THE PEOPLE Of THE NILE

Lecturer: Larry Banks, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers