The Mummies of Aswan: The Missing Link (Free Hybrid Lecture)
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Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and Harvard Museums of Science & Culture
In this free hybrid talk, Patrizia Piacentini transports us to Aswan, Egypt, where over 400 ancient tombs have recently been discovered, and shares initial results of research on those buried there.
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Cost
This Event is free!
Location
- Both in-person and virtual (online or over the phone).
24 Oxford St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Dates and Times
.: Thu, November 2 2023 6PM – 7PM.
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Patrizia Piacentini, University of Milan “La Statale”
In recent years more than four hundred ancient tombs, dating from the 6th century BCE to the 3rd century CE, have been discovered on the West Bank at Aswan, Egypt, near the Aga Khan mausoleum. A multidisciplinary team, including the Egyptian-Italian Mission, has found more than a hundred individuals along with their funerary equipment. Piacentini will share the first results of this archaeological research, highlighting the multicultural environment of the necropolis and possible diverse geographical origins of the people buried there.
Free and open to the public. Free event parking at the 52 Oxford Street Garage. Presented by the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East and the Harvard Museums of Science & Culture.
Aswan necropolis photo ©EIMAWA
.: Thu, November 2 2023 6PM – 7PM.
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