Lunch with the Scholars who 
 "Uncovered Ancient Egypt"


The Department of Egyptology and Assyriology and Haffenreffer Museum of
Anthropology are proud to present a series of short lunchtime talks featuring the researchers highlighted in the exhibit  Uncovering Ancient Egypt: Ancient Crafts, Modern Technologies . The exhibit invites visitors to step behind the scenes with Brown's researchers in Egyptology, archaeology, medicine, and materials science. Together these researchers have used modern technologies to discover how the objects in Brown's ancient Egyptian collections were made and used thousands of years ago. During these lunchtime talks, scholars will discuss their work and take you through their processes of exploring ancient artifacts. Afterwards, attendees are invited to enjoy a close and casual encounter over pizza. All lectures will take place at noon at the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, located in Manning Hall.   Join us on these upcoming dates:
 
February 17, 2016  Dr. Laurel Bestock (Vartan Gregorian Assistant Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World and Egyptology and Assyriology at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World) will speak about experimental archaeology and working with different types of stone.


 
March 16, 2016  Dr. Scott Collins (Lead CT Technologist, Rhode Island Hospital) and Dr. Derek Merck (Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Imaging, Alpert Medical School) will speak about their experience taking scans of the ibis mummy.


 
April 13, 2016  Jen Thum (Ph.D. candidate at the Joukowsky Institute for Archaeology and the Ancient World) will demonstrate RTI (Reflectance Transformation Imaging) and her work on the Museum's Old Kingdom relief block.



 
This series is sponsored by the Department of Egyptology and Assyriology and the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology.