Tutmania: How the Discovery of Tutankhamun's Tomb changed the Last 100 Years

 On 4th November 1922 KV62, the tomb of Tutankhamun, was discovered. The world has changed in uncountable ways since then, but how have those changes affected the way we view the discovery? Did the discovery of the tomb effect any changes of its own in the world around it? This presentation will follow the impact of the tomb’s discovery, excavation and contents on events and social trends over the past century.
About the Speaker: Lyn Green received her Ph.D. from the University of Toronto for a dissertation on the royal women of the end of the 18thDynasty, including the queens and princesses whose names are found in the Tomb of Tutankhamun. She has excavated at the sites of Tell el-Amarna and at East Karnak and worked for the Akhenaten Temple Project, researching the talatat blocks used to build the palaces and temples of Akhenaten at Thebes. She is the author of popular and scholarly articles, encyclopedia entries and book chapters on various aspects of the end of the 18th dynasty. She also has a long-standing interest in the reception of ancient Egypt in the modern world, expressed through presenting courses, lectures and the creation of a Facebook group, Egyptomania: Ancient Egypt in Modern Cultures. Currently she is a Research Associate of the Royal Ontario Museum.