Ancient Art Council - Lecture - Saturday - 15 October - 2:00 pm (PDT-Canada and USA) - Dr. Joshua Roberson

Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs

@ de Young Museum

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ANCIENT ART COUNCIL

Supporting Antiquities at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Legion of Honor | de Young Museum

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LECTURE

 In person and live stream

Saturday, 15 October, 2:00 PM (PDT)

Koret Auditorium | de Young Museum | Golden Gate Park

OR

Live stream (please click here)

JOSHUA ROBERSON

Associate Professor

Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology
University of Memphis

"No One Should Brave the Underworld Alone":

Traversing Eternity in the Age of Ramses the Great

Ramses II reigned during one of the most fascinating periods of political and military history
in the ancient world. However, less well known are the tremendous changes
that occurred in the realm of Egyptian religious thought during the Ramesside Age.
In this lecture, we will explore labyrinthine maps of the Egyptian cosmos and their bewildering
menageries of gods and demons, the damned and the blessed dead, as found in the royal tombs
and temples of Egypt's Nineteenth Dynasty. We will seek to uncover the meaning
behind these mysterious works of ancient cosmology, as we explore the dread paths
of the Underworld, which Ramses the Great hoped to travel for eternity.

This program is supported by Elizabeth Moyer, PhD, and Michael Powanda, PhD; 

Bernard and Jane von Bothmer, in honor of the late Bernard V. Bothmer;

and Sheila Wishek.

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Lecture is free and open to the public.

Seating is limited and unassigned.

The Koret Auditorium will open its doors at 1:30 pm.

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Fall 2022‒Winter 2023 Programs

In person or live stream

Koret Auditorium | de Young Museum:

Saturday, 15 October, 2:00 pm (PDT): Joshua Roberson, University of Memphis

Saturday, 5 November, 2:00 pm (PDT): Jonathan Elias, Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium

Gunn Theater | Legion of Honor:

Saturday, 3 December, 2:00 pm (PST): Carey Perloff will return with a rehearsed reading of Euripides' Helen

Koret Auditorium | de Young Museum

Saturday, 21 January 2023, 2:00 pm (PST): Rita Freed, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

Saturday, 28 January 2023, 2:00 pm (PST): David Silverman, University of Pennsylvania

Saturday, 4 February 2023, 2:00 pm (PST): Rita Lucarelli, University of California, Berkeley

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Exhibition at the de Young Museum

Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs

20 August 2022–12 February 2023

Ticket information: https://tickets.famsf.org/orders/283/calendar

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