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The Seattle Art Museum Web Development Team would like to thank everyone
who participated in this project, especially the scholars, students, volunteers, and staff
who donated their time, knowledge, and effort. Thank you! Video Participants: Susie Briggs attends sixth grade at Pacific Crest School in Seattle. She collects cat images and maintains an altar to Bast, the cat goddess. Her interest in the Egyptian cult of the cat led her to explore Egyptian art history and philosophy, especially wall painting, sculpture, and the tradition of mummification. Susie Briggs defines the Goddess Bastet. Dr. Scott Noegel is associate professor of ancient Near Eastern languages and civilizations at the University of Washington, where he teaches courses on ancient Egyptian language, history, and culture. His publications include more than thirty articles on diverse topics concerning ancient Near Eastern languages and literature, two dozen book reviews, and a monograph on wordplay in ancient Near Eastern texts. His web site, The Okeanos, is a premiere resource site for browsers interested in ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, and Greece Scott Noegel defined the terms: Amun, Osiris, Akhenaten, Merneptah, Hieroglyphs, Hyskos, and Karnak. He also wrote the definitions for Queen Hunuttawy and Sea Peoples. Dr. Patricia Podzorski is assistant director at the Museum of Art and Archaeology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Her areas of interest include ancient technology, material culture, ceramics, Predynastic Egypt, Human Osteology, and Museum curation. She has participated in several archaeological expeditions to Egypt and has published articles and a book on mortuary topics. Patricia Podzorski defined the terms: Abydos, Anubis, Four Sons of Horus, Isis, Osiris, Narmer, Ba, Book of the Dead, Djed Pillar, Ka, Ba, Ma'at, Shabtis, Scarab, and Wedjat Eye. Emily Teeter is Associate Curator at the Oriental Institute Museum at the University of Chicago. Her area of specialization includes the history and religion of second millennium B.C. Egypt, with emphasis on popular religion. She has participated in expeditions at Giza, Luxor, and Alexandria. She is an author of a wide range of publications and has served as a consultant to many museums throughout the country. Dr. James Washington, Jr. is a painter, sculptor, and poet who incorporates ancient symbols into his sculpture. Mr. Washington discussion on the history of ancient symbols and his work can be found in the definition for the ankh symbol. Audio Files Dr. Scott Noegel Written Terms Anne de Vore Veronica Fincher Brian Hunt Emily Mahan Sara Yerkes A Very Special Thank You to: |