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Canopic Coffinette from Tutankhamun's Tomb (detail),
18th dynasty, gold, carnelian, and colored glass.

© Sandro Vannini

Lecture “The Curse of the Pharaohs”

Saturday, Mar 17, 2012
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Law Building
1001 Bissonnet Map & Directions

Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures

The Curse of the Pharaohs

Presented by David Silverman, national curator for the exhibition Tutankhamun: The Golden King and the Great Pharaohs; curator-in-charge of the Egyptian collection, University of Pennsylvania Museum; and the Eckley B. Coxe, Jr. Professor of Egyptology, University of Pennsylvania


A very special thanks to all of the funders who make the Friday and Saturday Afternoon Lectures possible!

Lectures are open to the public and free with general museum admission. Museum members always receive free admission. Seating is limited. A reception to meet the speaker, and a docent-led tour, follow each lecture.