FREE London lecture: Dr Andrew Bednarski, A Pioneer Egyptologist and his relevance today: Frederic Cailliaud and his unpublished 'Arts and Crafts of the Ancient Egyptians'
Event Info
Host: EES
Type: Education - Lecture
Time and Place
Start Time: Wednesday, 9th June 2010, 6:30 pm
End Time: Wednesday, 9th June 2010, 7:30 pm
Location: The EES
Street: 3 Doughty Mews
City/Town: London WC1N 2PG
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Contact Details
Email: contact@ees.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7242 1880
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Description
Dr Bednarski will be well-known to EES members as a former member of staff in London and now Assistant to the Director for Special Projects at the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE). We are delighted to be welcoming him back to Doughty Mews for this lecture on his most recent research:
Frederic Cailliaud was a hero in his time. A famous natural historian and pioneer Egyptologist, he rediscovered the ancient emerald mines of Mount Zabora, explored both the Eastern and Western Deserts, traced routes to the Red Sea, and, most famously, rediscovered the ancient pyramids of Meroe. He returned to France with hundreds of objects for museums, and an encyclopaedic knowledge of the lands of the Nile. Capitalizing on this, Cailliaud published 'Voyage to the Oasis of Thebes' and 'Voyage to Meroe'. His third, great work, a sort of blending of Wilkinson's 'Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians' and Lane's 'Manners and Customs of the Modern Egyptians', was never published - some of the plates appeared but the text never saw the light of day. On Cailliaud's death, the unpublished manuscript fell into relative obscurity, where it remained for more than 100 years.
In 2008 ARCE began a project to translate and publish the manuscript. Dr Bednarski will explain both the project and the on-going value of Cailliaud's work to the study of Egyptology.
Refreshments will be served after the lecture.
*Entry to the lecture is free of charge but numbers are limited to 30 so application for tickets as normal is required