The ARCE chapters demonstrated their remarkable vigor this fall as they organized and hosted a 12-city speaking tour featuring invited lecturer Dr. Barry Kemp. Dr. Kemp, Professor of Egyptology at Cambridge University, has authored several key texts within the field, including the renowned Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation; he is also director of the Amarna Project and chairman of the Amarna Trust. His presentation, "Toward A Better Understanding of Amarna: Recent Research in the City and Its Main Cemetery," delighted and informed the enthusiastic audiences in each chapter location.

Special recognition and thanks goes to Robin Young, ARCE's Chapter Council Chair and President of the ARCE Orange County Chapter. Without Robin's painstaking and intricate orchestration, a 12-chapter tour would not have been possible. Countless hours of logistical planning went into this very special event that covered ARCE chapters from coast to coast--proving to be one of the most successful, well-attended, and anxiously anticipated lecture tours of the season.

Photos and links from a few of the chapters are included below:

New York Chapter

Lecture write-up on NY Chapter website>>