tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14331561112180614672011-04-21T14:17:21.251-05:00Ramblings and views on Egypt from the perspective of the North Texas Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt.Blog Administratorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06048845367489030668noreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1433156111218061467.post-66541264967583231242008-04-25T09:09:00.002-05:002008-04-25T09:19:31.642-05:00

Clair and I arrived safely in Seattle. Surprisingly, no rain yet. Temperatures are cool, in the 50's. We have met us with some of our Egyptology friends, Peter Dorman, Melinda Hartwig, Gay Robbins among others. Lots of meetings and talks today. Start of the Best Student Paper contest. We are already fielding questions about next year's meeting in Dallas.Looking forward to interesting talks

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Just got home from the Lecture tonight on the Memphis Necropolis. And I thought I would give those of you who couldn't make it a challenge.Dr. Aidan Dodson spoke about a unique way to build a tomb that has thwarted tomb robbers for thousands of years. It is a shaft that is bigger on the bottom and smaller on the top with the sarcophagus at the bottom of the shaft. Once the person is buried in

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In preparation of the Dallas Museum of Art's Tut Exhibit, we at the local chapter are having an all-day Tut-athon. I am so excited. Now the actual Tut Exhibit doesn't start until October 3, but we thought it would be neat to get a leg up so to speak on the festivities.Dr. Aidan Dodson is coming April 18 and 19. His free lecture on Friday night, April 18 in SMU's Fondren Building Room 123 is

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The Blog master asked me to comment a bit on the experience of hosting our last speaker, Nigel Strudwick. We have hosted him and his wife, Helen, a number of times over the years, and have had the great pleasure of being guests at their home in England. Having the speaker in your home for a few days can be a very rewarding experience.Nigel is, first and foremost a wealth of Egyptological

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Did you see our February speaker Dr. Sarah Parcak from the University of Alabama at Birmingham on the Discovery Channel this past Sunday on Why Ancient Egypt Fell?She was showing her GoogleEarth studies on the Nile Delta to prove that the 1st Intermediate Period was caused by a drought that lasted at least a generation. Dynasties 9-11 are a big hole in the Egyptian record. They didn't talk

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Welcome to the Deep in the heart of Egypt blog where Egypt gets a Texas perspective. We are affiliated with the American Research Center in Egypt, one of the most well-known contributors to Egyptology. We, the North Texas Chapter, are comprised of a group of friendly people fascinated by all aspects of the archaeology and culture of ancient Egypt.If you are interested in Egypt, we

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