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The American Research Center in Egypt, New York Chapter (ARCE/NY) presents:
After the Fire: The National Museum of Rio de Janeiro Recovers Ancient Egyptian Artifacts
SPEAKER: Dr. Pedro Luiz Diniz Von Seehausen
DATE/ TIME: Thursday, July 14, 2022, 6:00 P.M. EST. FREE TO THE PUBLIC
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Note: Space is limited to 100 participants.
ABSTRACT: On the night of September 2 of 2018, a major fire struck the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro, located in the Palace at Quinta da Boa Vista, a building of historical importance, and the oldest scientific institution in Brazil. Before the fire, this museum had the largest collection of Egyptian artifacts in Latin America. After the tragedy, a major salvage excavation was conducted in the site to recover the artifacts that survived the fire. This lecture aims to give a glimpse of this work which brought back more than 300 objects of the Egyptian Collection of Rio de Janeiro.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Pedro Luiz Diniz Von Seehausen received his PhD from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and works at the National Museum of Rio de Janeiro in the division of archeology. He was part of the rescue party that conducted the salvage excavation in the wreckage of the museum after the fire of September 02 of 2018 and was responsible for the section where the Egyptian Collection was located. He is a member of the Argentinian Mission in Luxor which has worked at the funerary complex of Neferhotep (TT49, TT187, TT362, TT363, TT347 and TT348) since 2014. He also works in the field of 3D technologies, digital imaging and virtual reality applied to museums.
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ARCE is hard at work preserving many sites in Egypt for future generations. Please take a look at virtual tours of some of these sites.
The Jewish cemetery of Basatin
The Museum at the Monastery of St. Anthony
The Temple of Khonsu at Karnak
The Statues of Rahotep and Nofret
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