Yale Daily News

Updated: Sunday, November 22, 2009 10:02 a.m.

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Egyptologists celebrate acquisitions with a lecture

Contributing Reporter
Published Tuesday, April 21, 2009

The recently acquired collection from the research of silent film star turned Egyptologist Natacha Rambova will pave the way for new research, John Darnell, Yale professor of Egyptology, said Monday.

More than 40 people gathered in the lecture hall of Sterling Memorial Library to hear Darnell discuss more than 10,000 items that comprise the new Egyptological archive, which includes photos, comparative files, images and diagrams. In his lecture, Darnell explained the meaning of the historical archive, which was donated in 2007 by Edward Ochsenschlageron behalf of New York University...

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