Lectures

Videos

The Getty Book of the Dead
Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead
Fragmentary Remains: Books of the Dead at Williams College
Assemblage Theory and Remix Culture in the Book of the Dead
Measuring Time: The Ancient Egyptian Invention of the Clock
Deciphering Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Bicentennial Retrospective
The Ancient Egyptian Language and Hieroglyphic Writing System
Revival Architecture and Its Ancient Derivations
The Mummy as Monster: Unraveling a Pop Culture Icon
Building the Pyramids

Podcasts

Awakening the Dead for Love Part 1, discussion with Robert Ritner and Steven Townshend
Awakening the Dead for Love Part 2, discussion with Robert Ritner and Steven Townshend
Discussion with Gil Eapen on Scientific Sense Podcast
Open Stacks 25 Books of the (Un)Dead

Selected Topics

Deciphering Egyptian Hieroglyphs

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The Decipherment of Egyptian Hieroglyphs: A Bicentennial Retrospective Who would have thought that a broken rock could simultaneously serve as … More

Fragmentary Remains

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Fragmentary Remains: Books of the Dead at Williams College In 1922 Alfred Clark Chapin purchased a small album filled with … More

Demotic Magical Papyrus Podcasts

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Robert K. Ritner, Steve Townshend, and I recorded a podcast for the OI about our recent work on a Demotic … More

The Earliest Illustrated Manuscripts in History

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“The grand illuminations of Medieval manuscripts, while certainly worthy of the attention they have garnered, were long preceded by the illustrated manuscripts from ancient Egypt, developed at the beginning of the second millennium BC — the earliest texts in human history to be accompanied by images related directly to their content.”

Exhibits, from the Inside Out

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Exhibits, from the Inside Out: Managing Exhibition Materials with EMu’s Exhibition Objects Module Axiell Roadshow 2018 Children’s Museum of Indianapolis … More

Revival Architecture and its Ancient Derivations

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Visit Egyptian Revival buildings and monuments in the midst of this famous Chicago cemetery.

Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt

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Across the ancient Mediterranean world, Egypt was renown for its magical and medical lore. Scholars traveled from afar to visit … More