This is a list of past lectures. For current and future
events, please see Upcoming Programs.
Past lectures in 2009:
January 20 |
No speaker. Viewing and discussion of a film on
the "Lost Pyramid." Slideshow by members who have visited this
lost pyramid of Gisa. |
February 17 |
Joni Teeter presented "Sustainable Tourism." Special guest from Egypt. |
March 16 |
Jeanne Nijhowne presented "White Rock, Purple
Stone: Roman Quarries in the Eastern Desert."
High quality stone from Mons Claudianus
and Mons Porphyrites in the Eastern Desert was extracted, transported,
and ultimately incorporated into the buildings, monuments, and
statues of Imperial Rome. In 1992, Dr. Nijhowne spent 3 months
working at Abu Sha'ar, a Roman fort on the beach of the Red Sea.
It was part of the industrial network along with the quarries.
She visited both Mons Claudianus and Mons Porphyrites and
used her own photos in this presentation. |
April 20 |
Dennis Pricolo presented "The Sea Peoples." |
May 18 |
Robert Bigelow presented "Messages from the Past: Three Recent Developments in
Mediterranean Area Archaeology."
Archaeological discoveries in the past two or three decades are changing our perceptions of these topics:
First: How the discovery and interpretation of very early Semitic proto-alphabetic inscriptions in upper Egypt affects the history of our alphabet;
Second: How the evidence of Minoans in the Delta of Egypt and the massive eruption of the Thera (Santorini) volcano potentially affects archaeological timelines all over the eastern Mediterranean;
Third: How the archaeological evidence from Troy now allows us to bring that city into the historical record and perhaps illuminate a bit of Homer‚s Illiad.
This is a somewhat revised version of a talk that was given August 2008 at the combined ESS-CAS meeting.
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June 15 |
David Pepper presented "Egyptomania Through History." |
July 20 (IMAX Theater) |
Mahmoud Kodier presented "Egypt: New Discoveries in an Ancient Land"
It has been estimated that only one-third of the Ancient Egyptian archaeological sites have been found so far, and new discoveries are being made almost daily. Many of those recent discoveries have been made on the Giza Plateau, in the shadow of the famous pyramids, and at nearby Saqqara and Abu Sir. Mahmoud Khodier’s illustrated lecture will discuss the work currently being done at these sites and their importance to our understanding of the history of the fascinating Ancient Egyptian civilization.
Mahmoud Khodier is a renowned Egyptologist and tour guide. Born in Memphis, Egypt, he holds degrees from both Al Azhar University and Cairo University. His expertise, sensitivity, sense of humor and enthusiasm for Egyptian archaeology have put him in great demand as a popular lecturer throughout Egypt and the United States. |
August 10 |
Joint meeting of the Colorado
Archaeological Society and the Egyptian Study Society. Bob Rushforth and Teresa Weedin, members of both the CAS and ESS, presented a slide show from the “Denver CAS 2008 Trip to Egypt.” |
September 21 |
Richard Wilkinson presented "Egyptian Scarabs: The Archaeology and Symbolism of a Unique Artifact." |
October 19 |
Floyd Chapman presented "Lepsius and Ancient Egypt." |
November 16 |
Patricia Blackwell Gary with Rich Talcott from Astronomy magazine presented "Star Gazing in Ancient Egypt." |
December |
No lecture |
Past lectures in 2008:
Jan. 23, Dr. Don Hughes presented The Environmental
History of Egypt
Feb. 12, Dr. Jeanne Nijhowne
presented International Diplomacy During the Amarna
Mar. 17, David Moyers presented Early Dynastic Egypt:
The Beginnings of Kingship Period
April 21, John McGann presented Maritime
Ancient Egypt
May 20, Bill Petty presented The Complete Valley of
the Kings
June 16, Barbara Will presented The White Desert
July
21, Bob Brier presented Napoleon in Egypt:The
Beginning of Modern Egyptology
August
11,
Robert
Bigelow presented Messages
from the Past: Three Recent Developments in
Mediterranean Area Archaeology. This was a joint presentation of
ESS
and the Colorado
Archaeological Society
September 15, Matt
Prythero presented Cats in Ancient Egypt
October 20, Dena Newkirk presented The Crowns of Ancient
Egypt
November 17, Jeff Stephenson presented Findings from the
Egypt Work Group
Past lectures in 2007:
Jan. 16, Suzanne Stone presented Tattoos
in Ancient Egypt
Feb. 20, Alice Gemmel presented The '94
Coffin Project, Declassified
Mar. 19, David Moyer presented Egypt Before
the Pharaohs: The Rise of Civilization in the Nile Valley
Apr. 16, Dennis McDonald presented The New
York Obelisk: Where It's From and How It Got Here
May 21, Bill Petty presented This Old Dahabiya
June 18, Trish Cavenee presented Gods on
Earth: The Sacred Bulls of Ancient Egypt
July 16, David Pepper presented Water
Gardens and Fish in Ancient Egypt
Aug. 13, Kay Adams presented Ancient Egypt:
Then and Now (a joint presentation by ESS and CAS (Colorado
Archaeological Society)
Sept. 17, Ellen LeBlanc presented The Birds
of Ancient Egypt
Oct. 15, Evan Mitchell presented The Battle
of Kadesh
Nov. 19, Dennis McDonald presented The
Discovery of Tutankhamun’s Tomb
Past lectures in 2006:
Jan 16th, meeting cancelled. Gary Knapp
was kind enough to reschedule to April.
On January 19th, Dr. Melinda Hartwig presented
Tombs, Identity and Afterlife (DMNS-sponsored lecture)
On February 20th, Suzanne Stone presented
What's the Buzz? Bees, Beekeeping and Honey in Ancient Egypt
On March 20th, Trish Cavenee presented
To Serve and Protect: The Medjay Police in Ancient Egypt
April 17th, Gary Knapp presented
Egyptian Mathematics
On May 15th, Anita McHugh presented
Men's Clothing in Ancient Egypt
On June 19th, Dr. Bill Cherf presented
Alexandria
On July 17th, the presentation was cancelled
due to a power outage at the museum.
In August, there is no monthly lecture. However,
the Colorado Archaeological Society gave a presentation on August
14 on the topic of excavations at Abydos, which
many ESS members attended. The speaker was Mary Sullivan.
On September 18, Dr. Leonard Lesko presented
Recent Discoveries about the Book of the Dead
On October 16, Jim Lowdermilk presented
On the 365 Day Calendar
On November 16, Dr. Gunter Dreyer presented
From Pit to Pyramid: The Earliest Elite Royal Tombs in Egypt
at Abydos and Saqqara (DMNS-sponsored lecture)
On November 20, Bill Petty presented
Papers I Didn't Write
Including "The Bent Pyramid," "The Lost Tomb of Isisnofret," "Diorite
Pounding Balls," "Chariot Development" and "The Donation
Stela of Senenmut"