Life and Death on the Nile: DNA and the Royal Mummies - Special Lecture
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Through an extraordinary fluke of history, we have several mummies of the 18th Dynasty still existing in Egypt. By using the most advanced techniques of DNA research available today, we now know with some certainty the familial connections between these mummies. Tutankhamen, Amenophis IV, Nefertiti, and Queen Tiye can still tell us so much about themselves through this genetic study. They were powerful. They were wealthy. They were a close family whose art shows a delightful intimacy. This lecture will look at the current history surrounding King Tut and his family in Egypt during the New Kingdom. Please join us for "Life and Death on the Nile: DNA and the Royal Mummies".
David Sandberg is from Dedham, Massachusetts. He has a BA in European history from Framingham State University. He minored in Shakespearean Studies." I love the existential force of Shakespeare. We connect with him even now because we share our humanity with him." David has worked at the Biomedical Libraries at Dartmouth College off and on since November of 1992. "I am always just mesmerized by the human body and its power to heal. It's both incredibly complex in so many ways and extraordinarily resilient. Working in a medical library is such a gift." David lives in Sunapee, New Hampshire on the Sugar River and spends his time outside of work at the Abbott Library on the weekends." I love helping folks find the book they want. It's a joy to be able to do that."