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“The Mummies of Aswan: The Missing Link” Hybrid Lecture

Free Hybrid Lecture

Date: Thursday, November 2

Time: 6:00–7:00 pm ET

Location: Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge

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.

Advance registration required for both in-person and online attendance

New “We The Museum” Podcast Episodes – The Ethics of Museum Mummies & Environmental Restoration at Ford House

The podcast, We The Museum, by Hannah Hethmon has two new episodes available for streaming.

Episode 14 “The Ethics of Museum Mummies (with Angela Steinne)”: Why are there mummies in your museum? Should they be there? What are visitors getting out of an encounter with ancient Egyptian remains? What happens when remains in museums become objectified and normalized to this extent? Is there an ethical way to display mummies? In this episode, I’m joined by Dr. Angela Stienne, a historian of museums and researcher in museum ethics based in Paris. You will never think about mummies in museums the same after this episode.

Episode 13 “Environmental Restorations at Ford House (with Mike Heppner and Kevin Drotos)”: Can museums and historic sites be leaders in environmental conservation and restoration? The Ford House in Michigan recently won a grant of up to $7 million from NOAA to restore the coastal habitats of their lakeside property. I talked to Ford House’s President & CEO, Mark Heppner, and their Landscape and Natural Areas Manager, Kevin Drotos, to learn more. They shared the progress so far on this bold project and we discussed our field’s responsibilities to care for people and nature. Plus, get ready to learn some fun facts about flora and fauna in this region.

Listen to the podcast here!

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