U of M Lecture April 8 Will Illustrate Ancient Egyptian Rites
For release: Mar. 29, 2004
For press information, contact Gabrielle Maxey

The Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology at the University of Memphis will present an illustrated lecture on ancient Egyptian mortuary rituals at 7 p.m. April 8 in the Fogelman Executive Center, Room 123. The free public lecture is entitled "Continuity and Cultic Rites: the Egyptian Community and the 'City of the Dead.'"

Dr. Lorelei H. Corcoran, director of the Institute, will explore cultural continuity in ancient Egypt with a focus on mortuary rituals from the days of the pharaohs to the Roman period. The necropoli (cities of the dead) of ancient Egypt, accessible to the living, served as a visible reminder of the presence of the spirits of the deceased and perhaps presented a model for the sense of community in modern Egypt that values a responsible social bond between generations.

This lecture is the inaugural lecture in a new series called "The Legacy of Egypt."

A public reception in the Fogelman Executive Center will precede the lecture at 6:30 p.m.

For more information, call 678-3895 or 678-2649.

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