Hill of bones: The mortuary landscape of Kom el-Adhem

A talk by Professor Emeritus Nancy Lovell  (anthropology, University of Alberta)

Friday, March 24, 3:30 p.m.
Room 132 Archaeology Building
All are welcome

Extraordinary mortuary deposits at Kom el-Adhem in the Egyptian delta represent a vandalized sacred animal necropolis, an unusually complex cemetery of Graeco-Roman date, and evidence for the sudden, violent deaths of men, women and children. Situated on a geographically significant tributary of the Mendesian branch of the Nile, and close to the mounds of Tell er-Ruba’a (ancient Mendes) and Tell Timai (ancient Thmuis), the site presents a perplexing mosaic of uses. In this illustrated talk, Nancy Lovell will describe her excavations at Kom el-Adhem and the analyses of human and animal remains.

Presented by the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology.

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