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ARCE ANNUAL MEETING
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Join us in Houston April 24-26th
This event provides a unique opportunity for scholars, ARCE members, and the general public to hear directly from those working in the field and to network with each other.
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In addition to over 100 talks, this year's meeting features an off-site museum reception at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
Attendees will enjoy the new Egyptian wing, the premier showing of ARCE's documentary soon to appear on PBS, and a planetarium show about the skies of ancient Egypt.
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ARCE AND PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY PARTNER FOR SUMMER SEMINAR IN EGYPT
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Egypt in Flux: The Ebb and Flow of History
 | | Ancient and modern collide at Luxor Temple. Photo by J. Smythe |
It's the world of Egypt in the summer that awaits 12 lucky K-12 and community college teachers from Oregon in July 2015 as ARCE partners with the Middle East Studies Center (MESC) at Portland State University (PSU) for a five-week seminar entitled, Egypt in Flux: the Ebb and Flow of History. The seminar aims to reshape how participants think about and teach the Middle East.
Funded through a competitive grant from the U.S. Department of Education's Fulbright-Hays Group Projects Abroad (GPA) Short Term Seminar Project, this award expands ARCE's academic program offerings. The seminar is comprised of lectures, panel discussions, language instruction, curriculum development sessions and guided field trips to sites that support five underlying themes: education, faith, cultural heritage, youth and the environment.
Visit the MESC website for details about this exciting program and application guidelines >>
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ORIENTAL INSTITUTE: EGYPTIAN COFFIN CONSERVATION PROJECT FUNDED BY AEF GRANT
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Thick Cedar Planks, Carved Funerary Texts, Wedjat Eyes: A Comfort to Soul and Spirit
 | | Stabilizing the coffin's surface decoration is a primary goal of the project. Photo: Oriental Institute |
Inscribed on the exterior with funerary texts invoking offerings for the soul, a pair of wedjat eyes that allowed the soul of the deceased to see the rising sun, and painted with a colorful scene of weapons, jewelry, food, and supplies for the soul of the deceased in the afterlife, the coffin of army commander Ipi-ha-Ishutef from the collection at the Oriental Institute Museum, is being conserved with a grant from ARCE's Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF). Dr. Simona Cristanetti, conservator for the project, provides the first project update on the project blog. Read more about the Egyptian Coffin Conservation Project.
The AEF provides one-year grants for highly focused professional projects that serve the conservation, preservation and documentation needs of Egyptian antiquities more than 100 years old.
Visit the ARCE website for additional information on how to apply for an AEF grant.>>
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NARMER'S MYSTERIOUS PALETTE
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New York Chapter Member Offers a Fresh Look
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The two-faced palette was used to prepare cosmetics ritually applied to images of Horus. Photo: NY ARCE Chapter
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ARCE chapters provide a forum for members to benefit from the abundant educational and cultural resources related to Egypt within their localities and beyond. In October 2014, the New York Chapter featured Dr. David O'Connor, the Lila Acheson Wallace Professor of Egyptian Art and Archaeology at the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University.
While Dr. O'Connor notes that the mysteries of Narmer's palette may never be fully resolved, he suggests in his lecture, Narmer's Mysterious Palette: A Fresh Look at an Enigmatic Work of Art, that an open-minded debate is essential if we are to understand more fully this richly decorated royal object gifted to an early temple by one of Egypt's earliest kings. He discusses recent and ongoing research into the meanings of these scenes, which he believes have levels of complexity that have not been fully appreciated before.
Sincere thanks to the NY Chapter for filming this video and making it available on ARCE's YouTube channel. Keep up with events at the NY chapter on ARCE's website. Visit the NY chapter's home page for general information.
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