WAMCAES Lecture

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19th Dynasty (1307 - 1196 BC) wooden ushabti
Photo by Ross Chadwick

A double necropolis in a quarry: Two posthumous neighbours (Mer-ef-neb-ef and Ny-ankh-Nefertem) from the Old Kingdom in Saqqara

Prof Karol Myśliwiec, University of Warsaw, Poland
Sunday 31st July, 2.00pm
Refreshments - 3.00 − 3.30pm

The Tunnel, Western Australian Museum - Perth

COST: WAMCAES Members & Concessions $10; Non-members $15. Pay at the door, doors open from 1.30 pm
BOOKINGS: Essential – by phone one 9212 3718 or email alice.beale@museum.wa.gov.au

Join Prof Karol Myśliwiec as he presents the results of his recent excavations in Egypt. Prof Karol Myśliwiec has a long career as a field archaeologist on a wide range of sites in Egypt and is currently excavating in Saqqara where he directs a Polish-Egyptian archeological mission at the west side of Pharaoh Djoser’s Step Pyramid. Prof Myśliwiec has an extensive publication record with 12 books, including the reports of excavations of the tombs that will be described to us, and over 300 articles.