Lecture - Multum in Parvo: Bate's Island on the Northwest Coast of Egypt February 15, 2007

During the 1980's the University of Pennsylvania Museum excavated a tiny island-based settlement of Late Bronze Age mariners on the NW coast of Egypt. At the time of its excavation it marked the furthest point west along the southern shore of the Mediterranean known to have been occupied by Aegean seafarers of possible Cypriot origin and provide some important clues to the nature of sea-borne trade in the 14th and 13th centuries BC. as well as to the relations of Egypt with the tribal Libyans and the greater Aegean world. Donald White, who retired as chief curator of the University of Pennsylvania Museum's Mediterranean Section in 2004, will talk about the implications of his discovery today.

The lecture will be held in Rainey Auditorium and is $5 for the general public, $3 for University Museum members, and free to ARCE-PA members.

Official Website: http://www.arce-pa.org/white