Lost Tombs by Stephen Harvey 8 16 22

Since 1993, Stephen Harvey has been Director of the Ahmose and Tetisheri Project, which centers on excavation of the pyramidal complex of King Ahmose at Abydos, southern Egypt, under the aegis of the Pennsylvania-Yale-Institute of Fine Arts, NYU Expedition to Abydos. He received his Ph.D. in Egyptian Archaeology in 1998 from the University of Pennsylvania, and his B.A. in Archaeological Studies from Yale University in 1987. Harvey’s fieldwork in and around the pyramid complex of Ahmose (ca 1550-1525 BC) has resulted in major discoveries, including several previously undiscovered temples, the identification of the pyramid of Queen Tetisheri, and the analysis of thousands of fragments of the temples’ decorative program. In addition to extensive fieldwork at Abydos, Harvey has worked in Egypt at Giza and Memphis, as well as on archaeological projects in the United States, Syria (Tell es-Sweyhat), and Turkey (Gordion).
Harvey has held teaching and curatorial positions at a number of leading Egyptological institutions. From 2003-2006, Harvey was Assistant Professor of Egyptian Archaeology in the Oriental Institute and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, The University of Chicago. In 2006, he led the reinstallation of the Picken Family Nubian Gallery of the Oriental Institute Museum, together with co-Curator Bruce Williams. From 1998 to 2002, Harvey was Assistant Director of the Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology and Assistant Professor in the Department of Art of the University of Memphis, TN. Harvey was Assistant Curator for Egyptian Art at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland from 1996 to 1998. Harvey has also held research associate appointments at Johns Hopkins University, the University of Pennsylvania Museum, and Stony Brook University. He has been interviewed for and consulted on many international television documentaries, including several episodes of “Unearthed” (Windfall Films, 2018-2020); “Mysteries at the Museum” (Travel Channel, 2018); “Building Pharaoh’s Chariot” (NOVA, PBS 2013); “Egypt: Engineering an Empire” (History Channel); and “Egypt’s Golden Empire” (PBS), in addition to national and local news programs in the US. He has been invited to public and academic audiences throughout the United States, as well as in Canada, England, Egypt, France, Australia, and New Zealand. Since 2000, Harvey has also been a popular lecturer and host on 19 tours to Egypt, Jordan and Lebanon sponsored by the Archaeological Institute of America, the Smithsonian Institution, the Field Museum, the Explorer’s Club, and the Petrie Museum. He has also taught several courses for the Bloomsbury Summer School in London and in Egypt.
Prior to the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb 100 years ago, it seemed inconceivable to most that an undiscovered royal tomb remained to be found in the Valley of the Kings. Despite many clues hinting at its presence, it was only the persistence of Howard Carter that resulted in the discovery of Tutankhamun’s final resting place in KV 62. One of the major earlier discoveries of Carter and Carnarvon was a tomb outside of the Valley of the Kings (the so-called “AN B” tomb at Dra Abu’l Naga, found in 1914) that they took to be the burial place of King Amenhotep I. Papyrus texts describing a trial of ancient tomb robbers describe a tour of inspection made of intact and looted royal tombs, featuring in particular the burial place of Amenhotep I. Although Winlock in 1924 provided a compelling analysis of this text, with many suggestions for the localization of these tombs, more recent discoveries and analyses have challenged many of his conclusions. After a century of attempts to localize the elusive tomb of Amenhotep I, there is still no scholarly consensus regarding its identification. Rather, a startlingly large number of candidates for the location of Amenhotep I’s tomb have been suggested, some based only on tenuous or circumstantial evidence. Since the mummies of Ahmose and Amenhotep I are among those found reburied in one of the royal caches, there can be no illusion of intact burials, but the identification of their burial places is still of enormous importance for the history of the development of the royal necropolis at western Thebes. This lecture will review some of the various claims for the identification of the location of Amenhotep I’s burial place, along with a consideration of where his father King Ahmose may have been buried (one strong possibility being at Abydos, rather than western Thebes). Recent excavations by international teams have revealed additional clues that add to the complexity of solving this enduring archaeological mystery.

[@simonstergaard]

Wow. This is an amazing lecture. Thankyou ! Some very interesting implications...mother stong, king young... which have been seen in other dynasties... I sincerely hope that you will make more online lectures.

[@egyptianstudysociety5124]

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[@lonesheepdog6337]

I'm amazed this lecture has only had 887 views after 2 months. I've subscribed to the channel anyway. Thanks for the uploads!

[@sokaikat674]

This was amazing. It was so detailed that I kept pausing and back tracking. I had a hard time getting through the complexities of names and places but I stayed to the very end. Maybe you could answer a question I've had my entire life. Why was the 4th head of Ramses never put back on Abu Simbel? Especially when they had the technology there to move the entire temple in the 60s?

[@stephenharvey746]

The goal of the Nubian salvage campaign for the Abu Simbel temples was to move them as is to higher ground, not to restore them back to their original condition. Since that statue had been damaged in antiquity by an earthquake, it was judged appropriate to leave the fallen head where it had collapsed, and not to restore it.

[@melodymelon14]

What I understood If you are looking for a historical hidden treasures like this you should search them in historiucal documents, scripts, etc. And after long work with the documents you may now where to dig. But how the Tuttankhamon's tomb been discovered? As i know the scientist didn't search personaly him?