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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Dr. Jonathan Elias
Director
Akhmim Mummy Studies Consortium
Ozymandias Undertaken:
an overview of New Kingdom mummification patterns
There can be little doubt that when the body of pharaoh Ramses IIwas prepared for burial,
Egyptian embalmers applied state-of-the-art methods to it. But what were those methods and
how did they compare to the treatments lavished on other mummies of the time?
While intact mummies of the Nineteenth Dynasty are relatively rare, it is possible, nevertheless,
to reconstruct the principles recognized by professional embalmers of the period through reference
to the writings of Ramesside times and by examining data acquired in historical unwrappings
and in modern CT studies. This presentation will take a fresh look at how mummification
developed for elite and common people alike during the New Kingdom.
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, 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
through 12 February 2023
Ticket information: https://tickets.famsf.org/orders/283/calendar
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