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Gift of the Nile: Ancient Greeks & Egyptians
18 May 2013 @ 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Free, with registration
Gift of the Nile: Ancient Greeks & Egyptians
Saturday, 18 May 2013, from 10.00am to 3.00pm.
Join researchers at the Department of Classics and the Ure Museum, University of Reading, to investigate the interaction of Ancient Greeks & Egyptians through trade, politics, art & literature.
- Professor Phiroze Vasunia: Black Athena
- Dr Amy Smith: Dressing like a Greek for Egyptian gods
- Professor Ian Rutherford: Mummified cats in Egypt
- Dr Nick West: ‘It’s all Greek to me’: making sense of hieroglyphics
- Dr Gill Knight: News from Egypt (on papyrus letters)
The day is free of charge but registration is required.
There will be a break for lunch and a chance to enjoy the Ure Museum’s impressive collections.
To book your place, please contact the Ure Museum: ure@reading.ac.uk / 0118 378 6990
Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology
Department of Classics
University of Reading
Whiteknights
RG6 6AA