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from October to May
(excluding January)
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Date: April 28, 2008
Title:  An Overview of the Egyptian Temples
Speaker: John Gee - William (Bill) Gay Associate Research Professor of Egyptology Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship Brigham Young University

Date: May 2, 2008
Title:  "From human origins to the origins of the Egyptian Civilization:
fiedlwork in Kharga Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt, in the 2006 7 2008 field seasons."
Speaker: Dr. Mary McDonald

Mary is Associate Prof in the Archaeology Dept, U. of Calgary.
Her interests lie in the origins of agriculture and developments towards civilization in Egypt and the Near East. She has done fieldwork in Turkey, Iran and Lebanon.  Since1979, she has worked in Egypt as a member of the Dakhleh Oasis Project (DOP), and since 2000, with the Kharga Oasis Prehistoric Project (KOPP).  In both projects, she has studied the Late Prehistory of the area: from 10,000 to 4000 years ago, or about 9000 to 2200 BC.

Date: June 6, 2008
Title: Hatshepsut and the Royal Family
Speaker: Hend Badawy

Hend will discuss the origins of  the Egyptian people, the composition of the Royal family and the the Royal family at the the time of  Hatshepsut. Hend wants to encourage everyone to ask questions or offer comments during the talk.

Hend Badawy has worked as an architect in Egypt, Algeria and Canada. She recently moved to Calgary from Montreal. She recieved a Post Graduate  Diploma in Egyptian Civiliztion at Helwan Univeristy in Cairo and a guide permit for ancient sites in Egypt.

The Calgary SSEA news letter was mailed out September 21. If you are on the list, you should receive it before September 28. If not, please contact me at james_b_morison@hotmail.com

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At the May 4 meeting a new executive team was elected to lead the the Calgary Chapter of the SSEA.

Steven Larkman - President
Julius Szekrenyes - Vice-President
Gary Lloyd - Treasurer
James Morison - Secretary

If you are interested in helping in any way, please contact the executive at: james_b_morison@hotmail.com