About this Event
Find out more about archeology and the Dakhleh Oasis Project. This talk will feature the complicated logistics involved in establishing a desert project from personnel, equipment, accommodation, labour force, food supplies, and there will be stories…. at least a few stories. There are also communications with the host country and the coordination of all the requirements from different government departments to be dealt with. This talk and Q & A from Prof Tony Mills, Dakhleh Oasis Project, Director (1978-2005).
This event is the third in a mini event series about the Dakhleh Oasis Project.
About the Dakleh Oasis Project
The Dakhleh Oasis Project (DOP) is a long-term regional study of the interaction between environmental changes and human activity in the Dakhleh Oasis, Western Desert of Egypt. The study includes all the time since the first incursion of humans around 400,000 years ago, down to the 21st century oasis farmers, and all the human activity and all the changing environmental conditions for which there is evidence within the time period.
Find out more about the project here.
About Professor Anthony J Mills is the Chairman of the Dakhleh Oasis Trust, and past Director of the Dakhleh Oasis Project (1978-2005). He has been extensively involved in archaeological surveys and excavations in Sudan and Egypt. Tony has also held posts in the Egyptian Department of the Royal Ontario Museum and Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Ontario. He is currently directing the excavation of the temple of Ain Birbiyeh in the Dakhleh Oasis. Cornwall has been home to Tony and his family since the 1980’s.
Pay as you feel £6/£8/£10
Tickets will include entry to the event, evening entry to the museum, and access to the museum shop. A bar will also be open on the night, serving wine, soft drinks, tea, coffee, and snacks for an additional cost.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Royal Cornwall Museum, 25 River Street, Truro, United Kingdom
GBP 6.00 to GBP 10.00
