Recovering the Past: Egypt and Greece

Few ancient cultures have been studied as intensely as ancient Egypt and Greece.  But how exactly do we learn about these ancient cultures and their connections?  This multimedia event looks at the many ways in which the Graeco-Egyptian past has been recovered.  Come and find out all about it—the recuperation of texts on papyri, the deciphering of hieroglyphs, Freudian theories of Moses and the exodus from Egypt, and the representation of priests of Isis in film.

“Recovering a lost language: the Rosetta Stone”
Stephen Colvin

“Egypt, Greek papyri, and Victorian Britain”
Nick Gonis

“Freud on Moses and Oedipus”
Miriam Leonard

“Murder in Pompeii! The Priests of Isis in Fiction and Cinema”
Maria Wyke

This event is part of Being Human: A Festival of the Humanities
https://beinghumanfestival.org/event/recovering-the-past-egypt-and-greece/