Monday, February 12, 2007

Lecture: Scarab Amulets (2/11)

Special Lecture:
Scarabs in the Collection of the Portland Art Museum
Sunday, February 11, 2 pm
Whitsell Auditorium
Join Egyptologist John Sarr for a discussion of the Museum’s rich and varied collection of over 1,300 scarabs. Discover the history of this significant collection assembled by the Englishman Major R. G. Gayer-Anderson between 1907 and 1917 in Egypt, and learn the meaning of the Egyptian scarab amulets and seals.

Major coolness!
More dung!!!
(to be continued)

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