There has been a last-minute room
change on this Sunday's lecture. Instead of Rm 20, it's in the NES
Lounge, Rm 254 Barrows Hall, and the Souk is in Rm 271. Please
accept our apologies.
Glenn
Glenn
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The Early Development of the Books of the Dead Sunday, November 5, 3 pm NES Lounge, Room 254 Barrows Hall UC Berkeley Campus (Near the intersection of Bancroft Way and Barrow Lane) A Holiday Souk precedes the lecture at 2 p.m., in Rm 271 Barrows Hall, with sales of Egyptian-themed books, crafts and other items to benefit ARCE Northern California and the Baer-Keller Egyptology Library of the Department of Near Eastern Studies. About the Lecture: 
The ancient Egyptian Book of the
Dead is an integral part of the long
tradition of mortuary literature that
descends from the earlier Pyramid Texts of
the Old Kingdom and Coffin Texts of the
Middle Kingdom. Included in private
burials in the form of brilliantly
illuminated papyrus scrolls beginning in
the early New Kingdom, these scrolls were
known in ancient times as the “Book of
Coming Forth by Day,” and their purpose
was to help effect the transfiguration of
the deceased’s soul as an immortal,
effective spirit.
The formulation of the Book of the
Dead as a series of texts on a papyrus
scroll, however, was by no means
foreordained. In fact, the transmigration
of ritual spells from coffins of the
Middle Kingdom to papyri of the New
Kingdom was determined by major changes in
burial custom, which also entailed
experimentation with different materials
that could most effectively be used in
private burials. This lecture traces those
burial changes, the evolution of textual
transmission, the origin of illustrated
vignettes, the central role of Theban
region in the creation of this new
funerary tradition, and the somewhat
surprising end product—namely, Books of
the Dead that could be afforded only by
the wealthy elite
 Recently
retired as Professor of History and Archaeology
at the American University of Beirut (AUB),
Peter Dorman is a humanist and an international
leader in the study of the ancient Near East, in
particular the field of Egyptology, in which he
is a noted historiographer, epigrapher and
philologist. He is the author and editor of
several major books and many articles on the
study of ancient Egypt and is probably best
known for his historical work on the reign of
Hatshepsut and the Amarna period.He completed his undergraduate studies at Amherst (BA, 1970) and his graduate work at the University of Chicago (PhD, 1985). An accomplished academic leader and administrator, before coming to AUB he chaired the distinguished Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. Previously, he spent nine years (1988-1997) heading the epigraphic efforts at Chicago House in Luxor, Egypt. From 1977 to 1988, he worked in curatorial positions in the Department of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum in New York. His primary research interests are epigraphy (the study of monumental inscriptions), the history of the Egyptian New Kingdom, the archaeology of ancient Thebes (Luxor), and the intersection of art, text, and religious iconography. In July 2008, Peter Dorman became the 15th president of AUB and for seven years led the university in a major expansion of its medical center, advanced interdisciplinary research across the institution, doubled financial aid given to incoming students, and initiated the university’s most ambitious fundraising campaign. ---------- Parking is available in U.C. lots after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends for a fee. Ticket dispensing machines accept either $5 bills or $1 bills, and credit cards. Parking is available in Parking Structure B on Bancroft between Hearst Gym and Kroeber Hall and just across the street from the University Art Museum. Parking is also available under the shops on Bancroft opposite Barrows Hall. There is a parking structure under the Student Union further west on Bancroft. A map of the campus is available online at http://www.berkeley.edu/map/ For more information about Egyptology events, go to http://www.arce-nc.org or http://www.facebook.com/NorthernCaliforniaARCE |
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