Gallery Talk: Seeking Divine Answers in Sixth-Century Egypt
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Learn how people of Roman and Byzantine Egypt called upon gods to receive answers to life’s difficult questions.
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Ages: Adults.
Wheelchair accessible.
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Cost
This Event is free!
Please check in with museum staff at the Visitor Services desk in the Calderwood Courtyard to request to join the gallery talk. Talks are limited to 18 people and are available on a first-come, first-served basis; no registration is required.
Location
- In-person only.
Harvard Art Museums
32 Quincy
Cambridge, MA 02138
United States
Neighborhood 9
Dates and Times
Saturday, October 19, 12:30PM – 1PM
Additional information
Join Chance Bonar, former graduate curatorial intern, as he explores the sixth-century miniature book the Gospel of the Lots of Mary—a prominent example of divinatory texts and oracles from early Byzantine Egypt (395–642 CE). Bonar will share what oracles and divination in the ancient world were like and how religious practitioners sought out answers to their questions from gods through texts, rituals, and physical materials.
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