Egyptology Lecture To Be Held At The U of M
For release: Feb. 12, 2003
For press information, contact Dr. Lorelai Corcoran, (901) 678-2555

The Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology (IEAA) of The University of Memphis is hosting a slide lecture by Dr. Francesco Tiradritti on Friday, February 21, at 7 p.m. in the Fogelman Executive Center on The University of Memphis campus. The title of the lecture is "Excavating the Tomb of Harwa, A Priest of Amun in Thebes under the Nubian Pharaohs."

Dr. Tiradritti, Director of the Archaeological Mission of the Milan Museum in Egypt, has been in charge of the excavation of the Tomb of Harwa in Luxor, Egypt, since 1996. Harwa was a priest of Amun and virtual ruler of Upper Egypt during the time of the 25th Dynasty (ca. 650 BCE) Nubian rulers. His tomb is one of the largest private monuments in all of Thebes and is located in front of the famous mortuary temple of Queen Hatshepsut at Deir el Bahri. For the past seven years, Dr. Tiradritti and his team have uncovered exquisite relief carvings and ancient funerary texts that shed new light on the themes of life, death, and eternal rebirth.

Dr. Tiradritti is author of the majority of entries on Egypt in the Treccani Encyclopedia of Ancient Arts and editor of the lavishly illustrated Treasures of the Egyptian Museum. He received a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne University in Paris. He is a consultant archaeologist to the Civic Archaeological Collections of Milan and is a member of the Italian Mission in Cairo for the construction of the new Egyptian Museum at the Giza Plateau.

The lecture is free and open to the public. There will be a reception prior to the lecture beginning at 6 p.m. For more information, contact Dr. Lorelei H. Corcoran, Director of the Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology, at 678-2645 or 678-2555.

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