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
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