Northern Cal. ARCE/UCB August 2007 Lecture: Excavations in the 9th Pylon at Karnak
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Van Siclen
American Research Center in Egypt, Cairo Date: Sunday, August 26, 2007 Time: 2:30pm Location: Room 20 Barrows Hall UC Berkeley Campus Public parking is available in UC lots |
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And the Center for
Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley Present the Lecture Egypt's
Last Two Pyramids: by Dr. Stephen Harvey Pennsylvania-Yale-IFA NYU Expedition to Abydos Sunday,
October 21, 2007 2:30pm |
Room 20 Barrows Hall UC Berkeley Campus |
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The Northern
California Chapter of The American Research Center in Egypt, |
And the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley Present the Marie Buttery Memorial Lecture Best
Student Paper By Jean Li Sunday, January 27, 2008 |
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further information please call 510-799-9152, |
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> The Northern California Chapter of The American Research Center in Egypt,
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> Politics of Placement:
> The Development of the Theban Necropolis in the New Kingdom
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> A Lecture By
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> Dr. J. J. Shirley
> University of Swansea
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> Sunday, March 30, 20082:30pmRoom 20 Barrows HallUC Berkeley Campus
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Garry
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The Northern California Chapter of The American Research Center in Egypt,
and the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,
present
Politics of Placement:
The Development of the Theban Necropolis in the New Kingdom
A Lecture By
Dr. J. J. Shirley
University of Swansea
Sunday, March 30, 2008
2:30pm
Room 20 Barrows Hall
UC Berkeley Campus
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The Northern California Chapter of The American Research Center in Egypt,
and the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,
present
Christians Lost in the Desert: Work at the Khargha Oasis
A lecture by
Dr. Eugene Cruz-Uribe
University of California, Monterey
Sunday, May 18, 2008
2:30pm
Room 20 Barrows Hall
UC Berkeley Campus
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The Northern California Chapter of The American Research Center in Egypt,
the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,
and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,
present a special two-lecture program
on discoveries at the temple of Amenhotep III
New discoveries and recent works
at the funerary temple of Amenhotep III at Kôm el-Hettan
by
Dr. Hourig Sourouzian
German Archaeological Institute
and
Foreign Folks and New Place Names
in the Temple of Amenhotep III at Kom el-Hettan
by
Dr. Rainer Stadelmann
Director Emeritus, German Archaeological Institute
Sunday, August 24, 2008
1:30pm
Room 20 Barrows Hall
UC Berkeley Campus
Because of the length of this meeting, the first lecture will begin at
1:30, not the usual 2:30. There will be a break between lectures, and
you are encouraged to bring finger foods to share during that
intermission. Be sure to allow extra time for what will be a most
enjoyable afternoon. For background on the work by these lecturers at
the temple of the Colossi of Memnon, see the October 2007 issue of
Smithsonian Magazine, or the on-line article at
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history-archaeology/egyptiantemple-200711.html
Public parking is available in UC lots
on weekends, for a fee. Ticket dispensing
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Glenn Meyer
two-lecture program: Fixins' for pita, falafal, and hummus sandwiches,
among other things. Therefore, please ignore the request for food in the
lecture announcement below, which was sent out last week.
Thanks.
Glenn
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Northern California Chapter of The American Research Center in
Egypt, |
The Joint Expedition to Malqata:
The Palace of Amenhotep III A Lecture By Dr. Diana
Craig Patch
Associate
Curator,
Department
of Egyptian Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Sunday, August 30, 2009 The
palace-city of Malqata has been the
focus of several archaeological expeditions in the past century. Teams
from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the University of
Pennsylvania, and Waseda University have uncovered or studied
Malqata’s harbor, temple, palaces, and numerous residential areas,
which make up much of the site. On December 4, 2008, The Joint
Expedition to Malqata began a new project which focused on surveying
and mapping the entire palace-city of Amenhotep III, a site that
stretches almost 6 km along the low desert. The goal was to tie all
the extant plans and maps of the region into a cohesive map in order
to assist the Supreme Council of Egypt in better protecting the site.
Much work remains to improve our understanding of the Amenhotep
III’s vision for his palace-city at Malqata. (Chapter
election results will be announced at this meeting.) |
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The
Northern California Chapter of The American Research Center in
Egypt,
the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC
Berkeley,
and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,
present
Ancient
Nubia
A New View from the Fourth Cataract
A
Lecture By
Dr. Brenda Baker
Arizona State University
Sunday, September 27, 2009
2:30pm
Room
20 Barrows Hall
UC
Berkeley Campus
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The
Northern California Chapter of The American Research Center in
Egypt,
the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC
Berkeley,
and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,
present
King Tut's
Medicine Cabinet
A
Lecture By
Dr. Lise Manniche
University of Copenhagen
Sunday, October 18, 2009
2:30pm
Room
20 Barrows Hall
UC
Berkeley Campus
The tomb of
Tutankhamun contained a significant amount
of plant remains. As we have
no other intact, royal tombs, we do not
know if this was the norm. Many of them, however, have
specific
medicinal properties, and it is interesting to examine whether they
were placed in the tomb
for funerary use, or whether the boy king may
have found use for them in his short life. This came
to an abrupt
end, and we shall review the most recent suggestions for the possible
causes of death.
Glenn Meyer
Wednesday November 4th, 2009 4 pm UC Berkeley Campus, 254 Barrows Hall
Elite Egyptian burial and self-presentation in Ptolemaic Egypt
Lecture by Professor Jacco Dieleman, Assistant Professor of Egyptology,
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, UCLA
Discussants:
Stephanie Langin-Hooper, Graduate Student, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies
Jean Li, Graduate Student, Dept. of Near Eastern Studies
Abstract: In the Hellenistic Period, Egypt was home to an ethnically mixed
population. Indigenous Egyptians formed a large majority, but by now they
shared the land with a considerable number of settlers from abroad. Among
these settlers, Greeks formed the largest and most
important minority group, ruling the country since the conquest by
Alexander the Great in 332 BCE and the subsequent establishment of
Ptolemaic rule. This influx of Greeks resulted in the coexistence of two
spheres of life in Egyptian society, i.e. Greek and Egyptian,
distinguished on the basis of language, cultural practices, and legal
status. The Greek sphere was associated with government and social
mobility, the Egyptian sphere with indigenous culture. In the course of
the Ptolemaic period, more and more individuals were willing to, and
capable of, partaking in both of these spheres of life. This aspect of
Ptolemaic society is most insightfully exemplified by the practice of an
individual carrying both an Egyptian and a Greek name, and using one over
the other depending on the situation. But how did this aspect play out in
death? Did one choose to be buried and commemorated in Greek or Egyptian
fashion? This paper will review three cases of elite
self-presentation on funerary monuments in which the deceased poses as
both Egyptian and Greek in text and/or image. What does this say about the
ethnic and cultural identity of these individuals? And what kind of social
imaginary or imagined community underlies these constructions of identity?
This lecture is the part of the Memory and Identity Working Group
lecture series.
Memory and Identity Working Group meetings are designed to encourage
dialogue across the department's diverse traditions.
Event Contact: Benjamin Porter, Assistant Professor of Near Eastern
Archaeology, Department of Near Eastern Studies,
bwpo...@berkeley.edu, 510-642-7794, or visit http://berkeleymemoryid.com/
Jean Li, C.Phil.
Egyptian Art and Archaeology, Department of Near Eastern Studies
University of California, Berkeley
jean...@berkeley.edu
Glenn Meyer
Scott Noegel wrote:
> Dear Egypt enthusiast,
>
> Below is an event co-sponsored by ARCE and NELC that you might find of
> interest.
> ***********
>
> The Pursuit of Queen Teya, who Killed Ramses III (1186-1155 B.C.)
> Dr. Benson Harer
> Thursday, December 3
> 6:30-8:00 pm
> Gowen Hall (UW campus), room 201
> Free Admission
>
> About the presentation
> In a treasonous conspiracy the women of the harem of Ramses III murdered
> him. They were led by his secondary Queen, Teya, who sought to put her
> son, Pentawere, on the throne instead of the rightful heir, Ramses IV.
> BUT there was a flaw that caused the scheme to fail. The trial records
> of the
> conspirators who murdered King Ramses III are well preserved. Pentawere's
> fate was to commit suicide. This talk addresses the current pursuit of
> Queen Teya.
>
> About the speaker
> Professor W. Benson Harer was educated at Princeton University,
> University
> of Pennsylvania Medical School, and Residency in OB-GYN at Hospital of
> the
> University of PA. Tours to Egypt in 1974 and 1978 sparked a strong
> interest in Egypt, leading to joining the Theban Mapping Project
> expedition in 1979. W. Benson Harer has returned with expeditions
> every year, and has studied Egyptology intensively. He was elected a
> National Fellow of the Explorer's Club, and is a member of the Egypt
> Exploration Society and of the Egyptology Committee of the
> International Council of Museums. He was the first non-academic
> elected to the Board of Governors of the American Research Center in
> Egypt and has held that position from 1984 to 2009. Specializing in
> Ancient Egyptian Medicine, he has lectured and published
> internationally. He was appointed an Adjunct Professor in the
> Department of Humanities at California State University San Bernardino
> in 1993 and in 2001 was further honored with a Doctor of Humane
> Letters degree-the first awarded by the University in its 35 year
> existence.
>
> All the best,
>
> scott noegel
>
> Prof. & Chair, Dept. Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
> University of Washington
> Box 353120
> Seattle, WA 98195
>
> Office: 206-543-3606
> Dept: 206-543-6033
> FAX: 206-685-7936
> http://faculty.washington.edu/snoegel/
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The
Northern California Chapter of The American Research Center in
Egypt,
the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC
Berkeley,
and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley,
present
A Landscape of People and
Politics:
The Abydos Middle Cemetery Project
A
Lecture By
Dr. Janet Richards
University of Michigan
Cemetery B, the Middle Cemetery at Abydos, lies just to the northeast of Umm el-Qa’ab, along the ancient procession-way. Originally the burial grounds for predynastic royalty, the Middle Cemetery became the burial grounds for non-royal elites during the Old Kingdom Period. Dr. Richards is currently responsible for excavations in Cemetery B, as director of the Middle Cemetery Project.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
2:30pm
Room
20 Barrows Hall
UC
Berkeley Campus
Annual Suq before
and after the meeting:
The Suq will be in Room 20 Barrows Hall
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Scott Noegel wrote:
> For immediate release (also attached):
>
> The Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilization at the
> University of Washington (UW) and the American Research Center's
> Northwest Chapter are pleased to announce:
>
> Who: Dr. Donald Reid (Professor Emeritus, Georgia State University, and
> Affiliate Faculty UW)
> Topic: "Contested Heritage: Ancient Egypt and the Paradigm of Western
> Civilization"
> When: 6:30 PM, Monday, November 16, 2009
> Where: CMU 120 (Univerrsity of Washington Campus)
> Map: http://www.washington.edu/home/maps/northcentral.html?95,71,812,364
>
> About the presentation:
> In Edwin Blashfield's painting "Evolution of Civilization" in the dome
> of the Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress (inaugurated in
> 1897), figures representing ancient Egypt and modern America sit side
> by side-- the presumed beginning and culmination of civilizational
> progress. Reading around the dome, the intervening figures round out
> an early version of the intellectual construct that became canonized
> in American universities and colleges between the two world wars as
> the Western Civilization
> course. Focusing primarily on Egypt, the lecture considers the
> strengths and weaknesses of the Western Civilization paradigm, with
> particular attention to Western imperialism and Egyptian nationalism
> over the course of the 19th and 20th centuries.
>
> About the speaker:
> Donald Reid is the author of Whose Pharaohs? Archaeology, Museums, and
> Egyptian National Identity from Napoleon to World War I (2002), Cairo
> University and the Making of Modern Egypt (1990), and other works on
> Egypt and the modern Middle East.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott Noegel
Glenn Meyer
On
February 5
and 6, Humanities West is presenting a two-day series lectures by noted
scholars on Alexander/Alexandria:
The Flowering of Hellenistic Culture, at Herbst Theatre in San
Francisco.
http://www.humanitieswest.org/
P O Box 546, San
Francisco, CA 94104. 415 391 9700. In...@humanitieswest.org
. www.humanitieswest.org
Alexander/Alexandria: The Flowering of Hellenistic Culture
Sponsored by Consul General of Greece, Grants for the Arts/SF Hotel Tax Fund, George and Judy Marcus Family Foundation, Center for Middle East Studies, UC Berkeley; Stanford Humanities Center; Co-sponsored by the Modern Greek Studies Center, San Francisco State University.
Tickets available now: City Box Office. 415 392 4400. www.cityboxoffice.com
February 5 and 6, 2010. Herbst Theatre, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
Alexander conquered the vast Persian Empire and founded Alexandria before dying in his 33rd year in 323 BCE. In the aftermath, Greek literature, learning, and art intermingled with Egyptian, Iranian, Babylonian, and Hebrew cultures. The interplay of cultures caused ethnic, artistic, and religious conflicts and convergence. Nowhere did this convergence of cultures emerge more dramatically than in Alexandria, which became the royal seat of Hellenistic Egypt. Its Great Library and Museum and its Lighthouse—one of the wonders of the ancient world--became magnets for travelers from all around the Mediterranean and beyond. Though Alexandria's original Library was destroyed long ago, another has risen from its ashes, and the luster of Hellenistic Civilization that flourished for three centuries after Alexander still endures.
Moderator: William S. Greenwalt (Professor of Classics, Santa Clara University)
Friday, February 5, 2010, 8-10 pm
Alexander the Great: Agent for Change? Eugene N. Borza (Professor Emeritus of Ancient History at The Pennsylvania State University).Two things are certain about Alexander the Great. One is that he is among the greatest military commanders of all time. The other is that the eastern Mediterranean and western Asian worlds were transformed because of his passage, resulting in the penetration of Greek culture into previously non-Hellenic parts of the world. To what extent was the introduction of Greek culture into Egypt and the East the result of a deliberate policy of Hellenization? Did Alexander, a pupil of Aristotle who himself had made clear distinctions between Greeks and “barbarians,” have a deliberate policy of introducing Greek culture into the “barbarian” world? How do we go about attempting to answer these questions? And following from this, one must ask to what extent Hellenic culture—whatever its source—actually penetrated deeply into native cultures such as Ptolemaic Egypt during the Hellenistic Era.
Picturing Ptolemaic Egypt: The Nile Mosaic from Praeneste. Andrew Stewart (Professor of Art History, UC Berkeley). The huge and spectacular Nile Mosaic from Praeneste (ancient Palestrina) in Italy, discovered in 1600, transferred to Rome in 1626, returned in 1640, and now heavily restored, remains our best guide not to Ptolemaic Egypt as such, but to Ptolemaic attitudes to Egypt. Labeled in Greek, it faithfully pictures many key elements of Ptolemaic material culture from drinking vessels to temples, and must echo a Ptolemaic painting of the third or second centuries BCE. This lecture examines its threefold image of the country: the Hellenized Delta; the Egyptian chora; and the wilds of Nubia.
Saturday, February 6, 2010, 10:00 am-12 noon and 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm
The Ancient Library at Alexandria: Facts and Fictions. Susan Stephens (Professor of Classics, Stanford University). Founded by Alexander in his conquest of the eastern Mediterranean and ruled by a line of his successors, the Ptolemies, Alexandria was the city from which Greeks now ruled over the land of the pharaohs. It was also a city in which Greek and Egyptian cultures must have mixed. The famous Alexandrian library is a case in point. To what extent it was inspired by previous Greek models? Could Egyptian temple libraries have played a role? What was the scribal culture like that enabled the collection and maintenance of so many books? What roles did scholar-poets like Callimachus or Apollonius play in shaping the culture of the early city? What happened to the library? Did the Romans destroy it by accident? The Christians? The Muslims? Or simply time itself?
Jewish Culture in Alexandria: The Hebrew Bible in Greek. Erich Gruen (Professor of the Graduate School-Wood Professor, UC Berkeley). A wonderful and witty legend has it that Ptolemy II, the Hellenistic ruler of Egypt, summoned the most learned Jewish scholars from Jerusalem to his court to render the Hebrew Bible into Greek. The scholars performed that task with precision, earning the gratitude of the Greek-speaking Jewish community, and Ptolemy added the sacred translation to the shelves of his magnificent library in Alexandria. The lecture employs this tale, however fictitious it may be, as an illuminating window on the place of Jewish culture in the life of Alexandria and on the relationship between Jewish intellectuals and the Hellenistic monarchy in Egypt.
The Ptolemaic Alexandria Poetry of Modern Greek Poet
Constantine Cavafy. Martha Klironomos (Professor
of English and Modern Greek Studies, Director of the Center for
Modern Greek Studies, the Nikos Kazantzakis Chair, San Francisco
State University) presents the poetry in Greek of Alexandria-born
modern poet Constantine Cavafy set in Ptolemaic Alexandria, with
Professor Klironomos’s own translations of the poetry in English.
Alexander's Pictorial Legacy. Ada Cohen (Professor of Art History, Dartmouth College). Textual and visual sources suggest that Alexander the Great was not just a brutal conqueror but that he also possessed and exhibited a certain human complexity. The impression that he also aspired to the life of the mind contributes to his fame. This lecture addresses various layers of complexity embedded within works of art depicting Alexander or other "model" men of his cultural environment, which often highlight aggression. It also demonstrates the longevity of visual paradigms that became dominant in Alexander's era and explores aspects of the evolution of Alexander's image over time.
Concluding Panel Discussion with Presenters and Written Questions from Audience
Related Programs in San Francisco: Book Discussion on January 13. Lectures on February 2 and 4. Salon on February 11. See details at www.humanitieswest.org.
Glenn Meyer
The Northern California Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt,
the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
Cleopatra as CEO:
Bureaucracy and Scandal in the Hostile Takeover
of a 1st Century BCE Multinational
by Dr. Janet H. Johnson
Professor of Egyptology
Oriental Institute, University of Chicago
January 24, 2010
2:30 p.m.
20 Barrows Hall
UC Campus, Berkeley
Dr. Janet H. Johnson, a former director of the Oriental Institute
at the University of Chicago(1983-1989), is currently the Morton
D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology in the
Oriental Institute's Department of Near Eastern Languages and
Civilizations, and in the Program on the Ancient Mediterranean
World in the Department of Classics. Her main interests include
Egyptian language and Egypt in the Late Period (1st millennium
BC). Dr. Johnson is the Director of the Chicago Demotic
Dictionary Project and Director of the Egyptian Readingbook Project.
Parking is available in U.C. lots after 5 p.m. on weekdays
and all day on weekends for a fee. Ticket dispensing
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Gym and Kroeber Hall and just across the street from the
University Art Museum. Parking is also available on the
circle drive in front of the Valley Life Sciences Building
which can be entered from Oxford Street or behind Dwinelle
Hall which can also be entered from Oxford Street at the
Track and Field Stadium. A map of the campus is available
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The Northern California Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt,
the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
Protecting Cultural Sites in a Living Environment
Dr. Michael Jones
Director, Egypt Antiquities Project
ARCE, Cairo
Dina Saad
ARCE Funds Development
ARCE, USA
February 21, 2010
2:30 p.m.
20 Barrows Hall
UC Campus, Berkeley
weekends for a fee. Ticket dispensing machines accept either $5 bills or $1
bills. Parking is available in Parking Structure B on Bancroft between Hearst
Gym and Kroeber Hall and just across the street from the University Art
Museum. Parking is also available on the circle drive in front of the Valley
Life Sciences Building which can be entered from Oxford Street or behind
Field Stadium. A map of the campus is available online at
http://www.berkeley.edu/map/. For more information please call 650-367-8339 or
send e-mail to heb...@comcast.net.
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The Northern California Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt,
the Department of Near Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
and the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, UC Berkeley
present the lecture
A Complete Cosmos: The Coffins of Tomb 10A
Dr. Lawrence M. Berman
Norma Jean Calderwood Senior Curator
Of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian and Near Eastern Art
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
March 21, 2010
2:30 p.m.
20 Barrows Hall
UC Campus, Berkeley
In April 1915 the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Expedition discovered the tomb of Governor Djehutynakht and his wife
at Deir el-Bersha in Middle Egypt about 175 miles south of Cairo. The
contents of this early Twelfth Dynasty tomb were awarded to the Museum in
their entirety by the Egyptian Government and are the focus of the special
exhibition, ?Secrets of Tomb 10A: Egypt 2000 BC,? currently on
view at the MFA. They include well known masterpieces of Egyptian art
like the outer coffin of Governor Djehutynakht and the procession of
offering bearers known as the Bersha Procession, as well as the
largest collection of wooden models ever found in one tomb?57 boats
and 33 models of daily life, newly conserved and restored especially
for this exhibition.
The lecture focuses on the coffins of Tomb 10A: two for Governor
Djehutynakht, and two?unpublished and never before on view?for
his wife, Lady Djehutynakht. Like the models, the coffins from tomb
10A comprise a wonderfully complete and self-contained set. Made of
imported cedar, decorated inside and out, and amply furnished with
texts, these coffins were the best that wealth and position could
buy. While the outer coffin of Governor Djehutynakht stands out as a
masterpiece of Middle Egyptian painting, its beautiful paintings were
never intended to be admired purely as works of art. To appreciate
the coffins properly, we have to consider the famous coffin along
with the others, and the texts along with the pictures. Together,
they tell us not so much about the day-to-day world of the
Djehutynakhts and their peers, but about their cosmos and how they
perceived their place in it. They reveal their hopes and fears, from
not having one's magic taken away by demons to sublime visions of
an eternity spent in the company of Osiris, king of the dead, or
sailing across the sky with the sun god.