This is a list of past lectures. For current and future
events, please see Upcoming Programs.
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
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"