The Assasif before Hatshepsut

Lectures:

1) Baywatch

Today the Assasif is dominated at its western edge by the magnificent terraced temple of Queen Hatshepsut, which is the focus of visitor activity today. This lecture will look at the earlier history of the area which extends back over half a millennia before the New Kingdom.

2) Tale of a model citizen

This lecture will look at the official, Meketre and how his life, and indeed death, charts the changing political landscape of Egypt following the unification of the country under Nebhepetre Montuhotep.

3) Digging for blue blood

This lecture will present some of Carter and Carnarvon’s discoveries in the Assasif and their importance to modern Egyptology.

4) Taking over from the Earl

This lecture will look at the many important discoveries made by the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s expedition, which have helped to reveal the ever-changing landscape in this part of western Thebes.