Boshell Lecture Series: Ancient Egyptian Sekhmet Statues and Temple of Mut

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Sunday November 20

2:00 PM  –  3:30 PM

 

Location: Walters’ Graham Auditorium
Registration required.

Over twenty years ago, the British Museum lent the Walters two monumental statues of the Egyptian lion-headed goddess Sekhmet. These magnificent statues, prominently placed in front of our Ancient Egyptian galleries, will soon be returning to London. Before they leave, learn about the statues’ original context in a lecture by Dr. Betsy Bryan, Alexander Badawy Emerita Professor of Egyptian Art and Archaeology at Johns Hopkins University and director of the Temple of Mut at Karnak excavations (from 2000-2020), where the statues are presumed to be from. 

Following this lecture, a presentation on Sekhmet statues will be delivered by Chelsea Kaufman, graduate student from the department of Near Eastern Studies at Johns Hopkins University. Afterwards we welcome you to participate in a Q&A session moderated by Lisa Anderson-Zhu, Associate Curator of Art of the Ancient Mediterranean at the Walters. Once the program has concluded, please join us for a reception in the Level 1 Lobby. 

This program is one of two lectures that are generously funded each year by the Boshell Foundation.

Please note that this program will be recorded and made available on our YouTube channel at a later date.

 

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