Sleep Like an Egyptian: Everyday life and afterlife in Ancient Egypt

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Adults
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Join Catherine Witt, NELC PhD student in Egyptology at the University of Chicago, for a perusal of the Oriental Institute Museum's Egyptian headrests and related objects on display and learn how to sleep like an Egyptian! We will explore the concepts of daily life and death in ancient Egypt and how these fascinating objects would have supported their owners in this world and the next.

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