Egyptology
Tracing the Skill of Fresco Painting in Tell El-Dabca
NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365) 365 Humanities, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesAround 1500 B.C.E. a palatial district has been constructed at the site of Tell el-Dabca, directly above the Pelusiac branch of the Nile. There, below the ramps of the entrances of both main buildings about 20 000 fragments of wall paintings have been discovered since 1992. These paintings are rather unusual in context of the...
Lucille Ball in Ancient Egypt? The Business Dealings of Lady Tsenhor in Persian Egypt
NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365) 365 Humanities, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesIf Tsenhor were alive today, she would be wearing jeans, drive a pick-up and enjoy a beer with the boys. Instead she was born c. 2500 years ago, leaving behind an archive of Demotic papyri now kept in various European museums. These papyri allow us to reconstruct her life (in a way), showing that apart...
Painters and Painting Practices in the Theban Necropolis During the 18th Dynasty
NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365) 365 Humanities, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe lecture will outline some of the main results of a project funded by a Research Incentive Grant of the National Foundation for Scientific Research of Belgium (F.R.S. - FNRS) and devoted to the study of the painters responsible for the decoration of private tombs in the Theban Necropolis during the 18th dynasty, their techniques,...
I Can Hear The Barbarians
NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365) 365 Humanities , Los Angeles, CA, United StatesLunch Time Lecture of Egyptian Ministry Members
NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365) 365 Humanities , Los Angeles, CA, United StatesNew Light on the Egyptian Origin of the Hebrew Alphabet
Young Research Library (YRL) Room 11360 280 Charles E Young Dr N , Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe publication of a new inscription from Theban Tomb 99 sheds new light on the early history of the Hebrew Alphabet. This ostracon is a bilingual “abecedary” written in Egyptian Hieroglyphic and Semitic. It gives further evidence for an Egyptian connection to the origins of the early Hebrew alphabet. Sponsored by the UCLA Near Eastern...
New Light on Qubbet el-Hawa
NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365) 365 Humanities, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDr. Bommas will be giving two lectures. First lecture will be from 11:00A-11:50A. Second lecture will be from 12:15P-1:00P. Dr. Martin Bommas Reader in Egyptology Getty Scholar 2016-2017 Curator of the Eton Myers Collection of Egyptian Arts at the University of Birmingham Director of the Qubbet el-Hawa Research Project Editor-in-chief of the...
The Archaeological Adventure of Museo Egizio (1903-1920)
Humanities Room 365 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesErnesto Schiaparelli, director of Museo Egizio between 1894 and 1928 responded to the need for an enlarged Egyptian collection at Turin. In 1903 the Missione Archeologica Italiana (M.A.I.) was founded, promoting 12 archaeological expeditions at 11 sites in Egypt. With the important assistance of collaborators, Schiaparelli undertook this fieldwork to better document the history of...
Egyptian Coffins and Sarcophagi in the San Diego Museum of Man: Some Technical Studies
NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365) 365 Humanities, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesThe San Diego museum of man has a collection of Saite and Ptolemaic coffins and mummies which were the subject of a technical study from 2007-2009. Pigments, binding media, grounds, wood and degradation products were characterized by x ray diffraction analyses, x ray fluorescence spectroscopy, polarized light microscopy, wood anatomy, gas chromatography mass...
Speed Dating (Artifacts) In Ancient Egypt
Humanities Room 365 415 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesWorkshop Ever wanted to know how to date an Egyptian statue? What makes an Amenhotep III face recognizable? How can you tell if a piece was recarved? What about the dating of Egyptian non-royal objects? This workshop will teach some of the tricks of the trade - using the shape of an eye, or...