Study day: Forensic Aspects of Ancient Egypt
27/May/2010
Saturday 19 June 2010 at: University of LondonThis oversubscribed Saturday Study day is repeated by popular demand.
Presented by Joyce Filer (BA; Dip. Arch MSc; MSc), held at: University of London from: 11am to 5pm, Hughes‑Parry Hall (The Garden Halls) 19‑26 Cartwright Gardens, Bloomsbury, London, WC1H 9EF.
The 21st century has seen incredible advances in our knowledge and use of forensic sciences; to investigate crimes and to find out about people from ancient times. How can we apply this information to the people of ancient Egypt. On this study day, learn about: identifying the age at death of a skeleton or mummy, if the body is male of female (sexing), what diseases people had (palaeopathology), facial reconstruction and other scientific techniques, plus test your skills in a practical hands‑on session.
Joyce is an Egypologist and Physical Anthropologist having spent 10 years as the British Museum Curator for Human and Animal Remains in the Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan. She has undertaken cemetery excavations in Sudan, Egypt and Britain, CT scanning projects and forensic examinations. She is the only British archaeologist to have officially examined the body from Tomb KV55, often thought to be Tutankhamun's brother. She has made many TV appearances and written widely on ancient Egypt. She is also acknowledged as a world expert on mummies.
Joyce was also recently selected as the BBC Tutankhamun spokesperson to be interviewed on the new biological findings when the ground‑breaking report was released.
More details:
Herirage Key website
poster (pdf, 520kb)
(Tags: archaeology, training)