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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...
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Opening at the Close: History and Politics in Late-10th- Century Armenia
Humanities Bldg. Rm 348This paper explores the spectrum of Armenian historical writing from the second half of the 10th century, arguing for a remarkable diversity of approach and experience. Dr. Timothy W. Greenwood received his D.Phil from the University of Oxford, and is a Senior Lecturer in the School of History at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland....
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Annual Colloquia in Armenian Studies
Royce Hall Room 314 340 Royce Dr b100, Los Angeles , CA, United StatesProgram Graduate Presenters Undergraduate Presenters Graduate Planning Committee Undergraduate Planning Committee The Graduate Student Colloquium in Armenian Studies is a forum for graduate students from various disciplines whose research bears on Armenian Studies to present scholarly papers in the humanities and social sciences, within disciplines as wide-ranging as Anthropology, Archaeology, Art history, Comparative Literature, Gender Studies, History,...
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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...
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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...
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The unusual New Kingdom Tomb-Chapel of Isisnofret on a rocky outcropping at Northwest Saqqara
NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365) 365 Humanities, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesDr. Nozomu Kawai specializes in history, art and archaeology of the New Kingdom in Egypt, with a particular emphasis on the period from the late Eighteenth Dynasty to the Nineteenth Dynasty. She has been directing Japanese archaeological excavation at Northwest Saqqara / South Abusir since 2001. Her Ph.D. thesis was on the reign of...
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Iran-China Relations in a Changing World
121 Dodd Hall 390 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA lecture in Persian As two great civilizations with an illustrious imperial past, Iran and China have a long history of trade, political and cultural ties that go back to the ancient Silk Road more than 2100 years ago. Islam was introduced to China by Persian speaking Muslims. Currently, China has more than 30 million...
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The Anatomy of Loyalty and Patterns of Patronage in the Religio-political Culture of Sixteenth Century Iran
11348 Charles E. Young Research LibraryDr. Khafipour discusses the spiritual dimensions of political loyalty that was instrumental in the formation of strong ties between the Safavid rulers and their chiefs at the epicenter of the order, where power was continually contested. Drawing on a wide variety of historical and literary sources, Islamic theology, and theories of power, he discusses the...
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Camera Orientalis: Reflections on Photography of the Middle East
Fowler Museum (Lenart Auditorium) 308 Charles E Young Dr E, Los Angeles, CA, United StatesA book celebration for Ali Behdad In the decades after its invention in 1839, photography was inextricably linked to the Middle East. Introduced as a crucial tool for Egyptologists and Orientalists who needed to document their archaeological findings, the photograph was easier and faster to produce in intense Middle Eastern light—making the region one of...
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The Inventors of the Alphabet — Erudite Scribes or Unlettered MinersOrly
Humanities Bldg. Rm 311According to Orly Goldwasser's analysis of the evidence, the alphabet was invented around 1840 BCE by illiterate Canaanite mining experts working in the Sinai site of Serabit el-Khadem. This conclusion is based on a painstaking comparative analysis of the paleography of the Middle Kingdom hieroglyphs in the Egyptian temple on the site and the so-called...