Bioarcheological Field School in Egypt

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Program Full Summer '10

Opportunity to spend full‐time on the analysis of excellently preserved skeletal material, including paleopathology, of the commoners’ cemetery at Tell Amarna.
Intensive program to study the skeletons of the commoners from Tell Amarna, the city built by Pharaoh Akhenaton.
Experience life at a British archaeological excavation and tour the houses, palaces, temples, and tombs of Tell Amarna, led by Professor Barry Kemp.
Enrollment limited to 12 students (must have vaild passport at the time of application).

Since the late 1980s Dr. Jerome Rose has been excavating and conducting osteological analysis in Egypt. While he usually takes one or two students with him to Egypt, since 2007 he has been taking groups of qualified students with him on his excavation and is again willing to take up to twelve students to Tell Amarna for the summer, from May 9th to June 15th (approximately).

Application Deadline is October 15, 2009. Students must have a valid passport in hand at the time of application.

Check out the presentation detailing the program and the project to find out more about this opportunity to participate in the analysis of excellently preserved skeletal material including paleopathology.

Leadership for the program comes from the J. William Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences.

2010 Summer Program Flyer

Want to know more? Click on the links above to find out all the program details and application information.