Join Monash University’s Jessie Birkett-Rees, Andrew Connor and Anna Stevens as they explore the history of archaeological excavations in Egypt and Georgia. From the large-scale clearance of pharaoh Akhenaten’s city in the early 1900s, to thoughts and actions centred on medieval fortresses in Georgia, to the ways scholars have used archaeology and papyrology to reconstruct a looted Ptolemaic burial – we’ll examine some of the legacies of past fieldwork, and how these shape research today.

This event is free and open to all. No booking required.

Presented by the Monash Centre for Ancient Cultures and the Egyptology Society of Victoria.

When: 7–8:30pm Wednesday 22 May 2024

Where: Lecture Theatre E7, 14 Alliance Lane, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria

Image: ‘Re-excavating 3000-year-old houses at pharaoh Akhenaten's city of Amarna'.