Egyptology
‘Playing in the Past’ Twitch series teaches history
Three Egyptologists created a project called “Playing in the Past” in which they play the Assassins Creed Origins game, set in Ptolemaic Egypt.
Read More »In the news: Biogas research, consumer demand, The Great Dying, Egyptology, flooding, rural health care
Dr. Fateme Rezaei, assistant professor of chemical and biochemical engineering, was interviewed about her biogas research by National Public Radio affiliate St. Louis Public Radio.
Read More »Sheppard elected to ARCE chapter
Dr. Kathleen Sheppard, associate professor of history and political science, has been elected to the board of the new Missouri chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE).
Read More »Sheppard to present public lecture in Kansas City
Dr. Kathleen Sheppard, associate professor of history and political science, will present a public lecture titled “Women on the Nile in the ‘Golden Age’ of Travel” at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 6, in the Linda Hall Library at 5109 Cherry St. in Kansas City, Missouri.
Read More »In the news: Locmelis, Obrist Famer, Sheppard, Tsatsoulis, Smith, Wernke
Dr. Kate Sheppard discusses her book, The Life of Margaret Alice Murray: A Woman’s Work in Archaeology (Lexington Books, 2017), on a podcast on the New Books Network (NBN).
Read More »Sheppard publishes on stumbling onto King Tut’s tomb
On Nov. 4, 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter’s water boy stumbled over some steps in Egypt. Those steps, it turns out, were 16 steps into the bedrock leading to King Tut’s tomb. Fast forward 97 years (and one day) to read the latest article by Egyptology scholar Dr. Kathleen Sheppard.
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Mellon research fellowship takes Sheppard to Oklahoma
Dr. Kate Sheppard, associate professor of history and political science, conducted research at the Oklahoma University Libraries last fall in support of her project “Hotels as Sites of Knowledge Creation in Egyptology.”
Read More »Sheppard to speak on women’s role in Egyptian archaeology
Dr. Kathleen Sheppard will present a lecture, “Breaking Ground: Women’s Roles in the History of Egyptology,” for the Egyptian Study Society on Sept. 10 at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science.
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