Egypt

Kathryn Bard along with colleagues publishes books

Bard, K.A., Fattovich, R., and Manzo, A. (eds.). 2021. Harbor of the Pharaohs to the Land of Punt II. Archaeological Investigations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt 2006-2011. Naples: Università degli Studi di Napoli “l’Orientale.” It is published in two volumes of 752 pages, and has 200 figures/illustrations: color photos, maps, plans and drawings. It also will […]

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Professor Kathryn Bard quoted on USA Today article

Mummies, pottery discovery dating to Cleopatra reflects lives of middle-class Egyptians John Bacon, USA TODAY Published 6:35 a.m. ET Feb. 4, 2019 | Updated 5:20 p.m. ET Feb. 4, 2019 “Kathryn Bard, professor of archaeology and classical studies at Boston University, said the large number of mummies found in one context, unplundered, is a rarity.” […]

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Professor Bard publishes a new book “Seafaring Expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt”

Archaeology Professor Kathryn Bard with co-author, Rodolfo Fattovich, August 2018 published the book Seafaring Expeditions to Punt in the Middle Kingdom, Excavations at Mersa/Wadi Gawasis, Egypt.  From the series Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume: 96 In the 12th Dynasty (ca. 1985-1773 BC) the Egyptian state sent a number of seafaring expeditions […]

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Kathryn Bard and Norman Hammond honored in China

Two members of the Department of Archaeology were honoured in China recently. At the Second Shanghai Archaeology Forum, organized by the Institute of Archaeology of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in Beijing but held at the University of Shanghai, Professor Kathryn Bard was the first of eight scholars invited to speak in the SAF […]

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