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February 2009

PUBLIC SYMPOSIUM: A Mummy Comes to Life - Science and Art Resurrect an Ancient Egyptian Priestess

Saturday, February 21, 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Various speakers
Co-sponsored by the Chicago Chapter of ARCE and the Oriental Institute

July 2009

LECTURE: George Andrew Reisner and American Archeology in Egypt

Saturday, July 11, 5:00 p.m.

Peter Lacovara, Curator of Ancient Art, the Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University, Atlanta
Chapter: Illinois

August 2009

LECTURE: August Lecture

Saturday, August 1

To be announced
Chapter: Illinois

September 2009

LECTURE: Preliminary Report on the ARCE/Epigraphic Survey, Oriental Institute Reused Block Epigraphic Project at Khonsu Temple in Karnak, 2008-09

Saturday, September 12, 5:00 p.m.

J. Brett McClain, Senior Epigrapher, The Epigraphic Survey of the Oriental Institute
Chapter: Illinois

October 2009

LECTURE: War and Peace in the Bronze Age: Ramesses II and the Hittite Empire

Saturday, October 3, 4:30 p.m.

Peter J. Brand, University of Memphis
Chapter: Pennsylvania

November 2009

LECTURE: Notes on a Scattered Cemetery: The Three Metropolitan Museum Mastaba Chapels in Context

Saturday, November 7, Chapter Meeting 4:30 p.m., Program 5:00 p.m.

Ann Macy Roth, Clinical Associate Professor in the Departments of Art History and Hebrew & Judaic Studies at New York University
Chapter: Illinois

December 2009

LECTURE: Symbols of Sexual Rebirth: Aspects of Mondey Vessels

Saturday, December 5, 5:00 p.m. Followed by Potluck Holiday Party

Courtney Kleinschmidt-Jacobson, University of Chicago
Chapter: Illinois

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