Egypt in the Persian Period
Janet Johnson
Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology
Saturday, March 5, 2016
5:00 pm
LaSalle Banks Room, Oriental Institute, Lower Lever
1155 East 58th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
Most people are not very familiar with the Persian Periods in Egypt (Dynasties 27 and 31; 525–404, 342–323 BC). In this lecture, Professor Johnson will discuss the political history and introduce some of the major figures of the time. In addition, she will discuss the Aramaic community in Egypt. This lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibit "Persepolis: Images of an Empire" on view at the Oriental Institute through September 11, 2016.
Janet H. Johnson is the Morton D. Hull Distinguished Service Professor of Egyptology at the Oriental Institute and in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and in the Program on the Ancient Mediterranean World in the Classics Department at the University of Chicago. She is the author of many articles on social history and civil law. She is also the author of Thus Wrote 'Onchsheshonqy, the standard teaching grammar for Demotic Egyptian. She is a past President of the American Research Center in Egypt, and she served on the Board for many years. This lecture is brought to you by the Chicago Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt.
