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Date: Thursday, November 9, 2006
Time: 8:00 p.m.
Location: Getty Villa, Auditorium
Admission: Free; tickets required. Call (310) 440-7300 or use the "Make Reservation" button below.
Ancient Egyptian mummies have long fascinated scholars and laymen alike. Who were these ancient men and women, so meticulously preserved for the afterlife? How did they die, and what did they look like in life?
Discover the mummies' secrets from Dr. David Mininberg, a medical doctor and Egyptologist who has used medical imaging technology to study 13 mummies at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Mininberg will discuss what CAT scans have revealed about these mummies, as well as the Getty Museum's own spectacular Mummy of Herakleides, which was recently imaged at UCLA.
The lecture is free and accessible to both specialists and the general public.
About David Mininberg
David Mininberg is a retired surgeon and pediatric urologist who is applying his 35 years of clinical experience to a second career as a medical Egyptologist. Mininberg earned his M.A. in Ancient Middle Eastern Studies from New York University in 2003 and now gives popular gallery tours on medicine in Egypt, the Byzantine Empire, and the Middle Ages at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where he also co-curated the exhibition The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt.
How to Get Here
The Getty Villa is located at 17985 Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, California, approximately 25 miles west of downtown Los Angeles. Parking is $8 per car. See Hours, Directions, Parking for directions and parking information.
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