King Tut
Sheppard to present archaeological talk via Zoom
Dr. Kathleen Sheppard, associate professor of history and political science, will present a talk via Zoom titled “Archaeologists on the Nile in the ‘Golden Age’ of Travel” 6-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, April 1.
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.
Read More »Sheppard speaks on King Tut
As an invited scholar, Dr. Kathleen Sheppard spoke on Nov. 27 at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden, Colorado, on the conflict surrounding the 1922 discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in Egypt’s Valley of the Kings. Sheppard is an associate professor of history and political science.
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