Zoom Back to Ancient Egypt

 

Zoom Back to Ancient Egypt Join us this Friday, September 11, at 11:00 am for a virtual gallery tour with Yale Professor and Peabody Curator John Darnell via Zoom. He’ll lead us through the Daily Life in Ancient Egypt gallery while answering your questions live. Dr. Darnell brings his many years of field experience and Egyptological expertise to interpret these remarkable objects and transport us thousands of years into the past. Click here to register!   Exploring a World of Plants Next week Thursday, September 17, at 5:30 pm we are hosting Yale Professor and Peabody Curator Erika Edwards for a lecture called Natural History in the 21st Century: Botanical Explorations into Mountains, Deserts, Genomes, and Herbaria. Advances in molecular biology and new visualization tools are bringing clarity to evolutionary questions that have lingered since the days of Darwin. In conversation with fellow Yale Professor Martha Muñoz, Edwards will highlight surprises and delights of botanical exploration in many of the world’s ecosystems—including the sidewalks of New Haven. Click here to register!