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X-WR-CALNAME;VALUE=TEXT:Semitic Museum: Egypt’s Old Kingdom: The Latest Discoveries at Abusir South
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SUMMARY:Semitic Museum: Egypt’s Old Kingdom: The Latest Discoveries at Abusir South
DESCRIPTION:<drupal-media data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="9640bbdc-ce98-427d-a025-8b4d94637ef0" data-align="right" alt="IMAGE" data-view-mode="hwp_medium"></drupal-media><p>	<strong>Free Public Lecture</strong></p><p>	<strong>Miroslav Bárta, Professor, Czech Institute of Egyptology</strong></p><p>	Abusir, the “Place of Osiris,” is a necropolis (burial site) near the Old Kingdom’s city of Memphis, known for its pyramids and sun temples. In this lecture, Miroslav Bárta will provide a comprehensive look at the latest archaeological discoveries at Abusir, dating from different periods of the Old Kingdom (2700–2200 BCE). These individual discoveries shed new light on general processes that led to the rise and eventual decline of the Old Kingdom, the first territorial state in human history.</p><p>	Lecture. Free and open to the public.</p><p>	Free parking is available at the <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/place/52%20Oxford%20St,%20Harvard%20University,%20Cambridge,%20MA%2002138/@42.3801645,-71.1153057,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89e37740a3c56959:0xe17bf20973449411">52 Oxford Street Garage</a>.</p><p>	 </p>
LOCATION:Geological Lecture Hall, 24 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA
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DTSTART:20171114T230000Z
DTEND:20171114T230000Z
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