Special ARCE-PA Mini-Symposium, Sunday, Sept. 7th: Dr. Rainer Stadelmann & Dr. Hourig Sourouzian
Elizabeth Pluta
The Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt invites you to join us for a special mini-symposium:
"Discoveries at the Mortuary Temple of Amenhotep III
and the Colossi of Memnon"
DR. RAINER STADELMANN
and
DR. HOURIG SOUROUZIAN
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 2008
Mini-Symposium
2:00 PM Dr. Hourig Sourouzian
3:15 PM Refreshment break
3:30 PM Dr. Rainer Stadelmann
Followed by a reception in Classroom 2.
Classroom 2
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA
$8 (non-members), $4 (museum members), and free for ARCE members
www.arce-pa.org
www.museum.upenn.edu
About the lecture:
Since 1998, the Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project has carried out excavations and conservation efforts at the Funerary Temple of Amenhotep III (Thebes) under the auspices of the SCA. The Project aims to conserve and present to visitors the remains of the once prestigious Temple of Amenhotep III.
In this lecture, Dr. Sourouzian will report on the works and
extraordinary discoveries of the Project at the Colossi of Memnon, the
Second Pylon, and in the area of the Peristyle Court and the Hypostyle Hall.
This will include information on the dewatering project which
helped lower the groundwater table and enabled an intensive conservation
program on the architectural remains and the statues, among them several
royal colossi which were reassembled and put back in their original
place,and the discoveries of royal colossi, statues of queen Tiye, a
hippopotamus, sphinxes, and 87 statues of the lioness goddess Sekhmet. Dr.
Rainer Stadelmann will talk about new name lists and personifications of
foreign folks represented on newly discovered statue bases
About our speakers:
Dr. Hourig Sourouzian is a Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute, and an Advisor for the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt. She has worked in Egypt at the mortuary temple of Seti I in Thebes, the northern pyramid of Sneferu at Dashur, the mortuary temple of Merenptah at Thebes, Karnak, and Tanis. Dr. Sourouzian is currently Project Director of the Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project at Kom el Hettan, She has lectured widely on topics in Egyptian art and archaeology, and has taught at the American University in Cairo and the University of Munich. Dr. Sourouzian is the author of "Les Monuments du roi Merenptah" ("The Monuments of King Merenptah") and "Recherches sur la statuaire royale de la XIXe dynastie" ("Studies on the Royal Statuary of the Nineteenth Dynasty"), as well as numerous articles.
Dr. Rainer Stadelmann is the Director emeritus of the German Institute of Archaeology in Cairo. He has excavated at the Sun Temple of Userkaf at Abusir and Elephantine Island. He has directed excavations at the mortuary temple of Seti I at Thebes and the pyramids of Sneferu at Dashur, and is currently co-director of the Memnon and Amenhotep temple project. Dr. Stadelmann has also taught at the University of Heidelberg for Egyptology He has been active in the restoration of Egyptian monuments, with a special interest in the Islamic monuments of Old Cairo. His publications include numerous articles, in addition to the books Syrisch-Palästinensische Gottheiten in Ägypten ("Syro-Palestinian Gods in Egypt"), Die Ägyptischen Pyramiden ("The Egyptian Pyramids"), Die großen Pyramiden von Giza ("The Great Pyramid at Giza").
A flier for the lecture is attached. We look forward to seeing you on Sept. 7th!
Sincerely,
Elizabeth Pluta
Vice President, Pennsylvania
Chapter
American Research
Center in Egypt
Elizabeth Pluta
Vice President, Pennsylvania Chapter
American Research Center in Egypt
3260 South Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
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