2010 Speaker Schedule

Unless otherwise noted, all events are held at 1:30 p.m. and located at Bowers Museum, Norma Kershaw Auditorium, Santa Ana, California (map).  Parking is $2.00 in the Museum lot. Please check this page frequently, as this schedule is subject to change.

Saturday
September 11
9:30 a.m. to 3:45 p.m.

All-Day Seminar
Interpreting Amarna: The Reign of the Heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten
Drs. Donald & Susan Redford

Dr. Donald Redford and Dr. Susan Redford have spent decades exploring Amarna and interpreting clues to the reign of Akhenaten from history, funerary practices and their work with the Akhenaten Temple Project in Luxor. For their ARCE-OC all-day seminar, they will reveal what is known so far about the reign of Akhenaten and provide personal accounts of the recent discovery of the tomb of Parennefer, Akhenaten's butler.

View flyer for details (PDF)

Saturday
October 23

Dr. Barry Kemp, Professor of  Egyptology, Cambridge University, England; Director, Amarna Project
Toward A Better Understanding of Amarna: Recent Research in the City and Its Main Cemetery

The last few years at Amarna have seen the completion of the topographic survey of the desert behind the city, the study of material excavated from a group of houses in the main city, and several seasons of excavation at the city's main cemetery, accompanied by a study of the human remains. The material found and the discussions to which it has given rise help bring Amarna into a clearer focus. Dr. Kemp rarely visits Southern California, so this is an event not to be missed.

QUICKTIME VIDEO (13MB): In Tell-el-Amarna, Dr. Kemp points out the exact spot where Nefertiti's famous bust was found inside the sculptor's studio. (Click image below.)

Saturday
November 6

Dr. Otto Schaden, Director, KV 63 Project
Update on KV 63: The Newest Tomb in the Valley of the Kings

Saturday
December 11

Dr. Betsy Bryan, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland (in white in photo with Dr. Hawass). Alexander Badawy, professor of Egyptian art and archaeology, chair of the Near Eastern Studies Department and director of the Mut Precinct, Karnak Temple expedition.
Making for Mut a Porch of Drunkenness: A Field Report on a Decade of Excavation at the Mut Temple

QUICKTIME VIDEO (16MB): Speaking in the Mut Temple in Luxor, Dr. Bryan explains why the goddess Mut deserved her own temple. (Click image below.)