Ancient Egyptian Mummies Lecture

April 10, 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Manoa Campus, Campus Center Ballroom

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Ancient Egyptian Mummies
by Salima Ikram, Professor of Egyptology, American University of Cairo

The lecture deals with why the ancient Egyptians mummified their dead, how this was accomplished, an overview of mummification through Egyptian history, and the history of the use and abuse of mummies in modern times, including new techniques used in modern times to extract information concerning the diet, disease and level of technology known to the ancient Egyptians.

Ikram is a grantee of the National Geographic Society's Committee for Research and Exploration, and an international guest speaker. She frequently appears in documentaries about Egypt on the Discovery Channel and National Geographic Channel

Ticket Information
free

Event Sponsor
LLEA/Archaeological Institute of America, Manoa

More Information
Robert Littman, 956-4173, littman@hawaii.edu, http://www.lll.hawaii.edu/AIA/Lecture_2.htm

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