Non-SSEA Events relating to ancient Egypt in OntarioIN TORONTO
The Friends of Ancient Egypt
Presents
DEIR EL-BAHRI:
RECENT DISCOVERIES AT THE TEMPLE OF QUEEN HATSHEPSUT
Thursday 2nd October, 7:00 – 9:00 pm
Dr. Zbigniew Szafrański,
Director of the Polish Centre
for Mediterranean Archaeology in Cairo
Location: Royal Ontario Museum
Education Classrooms, Level 1
Cost: General Public $20 (online $18); Members $17 (online $15)
The site of Deir Bahari is one of the most important and best known archaeological sites in Egypt with its famous temples of the Middle Kingdom pharaoh Mentuhotep and the New Kingdom Temples of Hatshepsut and Thutmosis III. It was previously explored by Lord Dufferin, one-time governor general of Canada, Swiss Egyptologist Edouard Naville, assisted by Charles T. Currelly, founder of the ROM, and Herbert Winlock of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
In 1961 Polish archaeologists and conservators began the excavation, conservation and restoration work at Deir el Bahari, discovering in the process a previously unknown temple of Thutmosis III, and restoring a large part of the temple of Hatshepsut. Many decorated blocks from these temples are presently in the collection of the Royal Ontario Museum.
This special talk is a fund-raiser for the Egyptian Collection
About the speaker:
Dr. Zbigniew E. Szafrański is the director of the Polish Centre for Mediterranean Archaeology in Cairo. He has directed the Hatshepsut Temple Project at Deir el-Bahari since 1999. He is the editor of Queen Hatshepsut and her temple 3500 years later
Contact Information:
Tel.: 416.586.8000
Email programs@rom.on.ca
Enroll online @ The ROM's Programs Dept page: this is event 3359
NORTH OF TORONTO
For anyone in Ontario who will be heading towards Owen Sound:
Walk Like an Egyptian
May 17, 2008 - February 01, 2009
Learn about daily life on the banks of the mighty Nile River.
Try your skills as a scribe by learning to write your name using the ancient Egyptian picture writing known as Hieroglyphs.
Learn some of the mysterious rituals surrounding death and the afterlife in Ancient Egypt or just enjoy a game of Senet while listening to the haunting music of the Pharaoh’s court.
Grey Roots Museum & Archives
102599 Grey Road 18, RR 4
Owen Sound, ON Canada N4K 5N6
Telephone: 519-376-3690
Toll Free: 1-877-GREY ROOTS (473-9766)
Facsimile: 519-376-4654
http://www.greyroots.com/visiting/hours-admissions/
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