The topic

Ever wish you could ask someone in the know about archaeology in the Valley of the Kings?

Now’s your chance.

Dr. Francesco Tiradritti will answer any questions about the great royal cemetery that the ARCE DC audience would like him to consider.

The rock-hewn necropolis of the 18^th, 19^th, and 20^th dynasties is one of the most famous, evocative sites in the landscape of ancient Egypt.

After funding excavations in the early 1900s and discovering two dozen tombs, American lawyer Theodore Davis famously declared that there was nothing left to find. And was famously proved wrong when King Tutankhamun’s treasure-packed tomb was discovered in 1922.

Archaeological investigations continue to this day there, stirring up theories, debates, and speculation every time a new piece of evidence comes to light.

Get your questions ready. This is an interactive event, and we anticipate lively participation via Zoom.

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The speaker

An archaeologist, author, and popular lecturer, Dr. Francesco Tiradritti is the director of the Italian archaeological mission to Luxor, which has been working in the funerary complexes of Harwa (TT 37) and Akhimenru (TT 404) since 1995.

His decades of experience in Egyptology include teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in Europe and the United States, curating museum collections and exhibits in Europe and Egypt (including the renovation of the Egyptian Museum of Turin and preparations for the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum), an extensive list of publications, and work on excavations from Giza and Saqqara to Luxor and Sudan.