1901 Orleans
Detroit, MI 48207-2718
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whpeck
William H. Peck
Home: 1901 Orleans,
Detroit, Michigan 48207
Date of Birth:
Savannah, Georgia, October 2, 1932
U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers, 1953-55
Completed a course in Topographic Surveying, served as a technical illustrator
in the preparation of training manuals, separated with the rank of sergeant
Family:
Wife, Elsie Holmes Peck (Former Curator, Near Eastern Art, Detroit Institute of Arts).
Three children: Alice, Sarah, William (IV).
Awards and Grants
1962 - Ford Motor Company of England: Travel Grant
1971 - American Research Center in Egypt: Fellowship
1975 - Smithsonian Institution: Travel Grant
1985 - Wayne State University: Award in the Arts for distinguished alumnus
Past and Present Professional Societies and Community Activities
American Association of Museums (Member, Accredation Committee)
Archaeological Institute of America (President, Detroit Society)
American Research Center in Egypt
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Board of Governors
Christ Episcopal Church, Detroit, Vestry and Senior Warden
International Association of Egyptologists
The Society for theStudyof Egyptian Antiquities, Toronto
The T. E. Lawrence Society
The Oriental Institute
Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East
Archaeological Experience
Field Archaeologist with the New York University, Institute of Fine Arts - American Research Center in Egypt excavations at Mendes in the Nile Delta, 1964, 65, 66.
Independent Study of New Kingdom tomb paintings at Luxor, Egypt, 1971, three months.
Field Archaeologist and Architect with the Brooklyn Museum excavations in the Mut Temple Complex, Karnak, Luxor, 1978; Assistant Field Director, 1979; Associate Field Director, 1980-2010
Museum Positions: (All Detroit Institute of Arts)
Appointed Junior Art Curator, Education Department, 9/19/60
Assistant Curator, Education Department, 1/15/62.
Associate Curator, General, 9/28/64.
Curator of Ancient Art, 11/25/68-1/01/04.
Senior Curator, 4/1/88-1/01/04
Adjunct Positions and Teaching Experience
Willistead Gallery, Windsor, Ontario. Lecturer in Art History and Art Appreciation, 1963-64.
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Lecturer in Art History (19th and 20th century art and architecture) 1963-65.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. Visiting Lecturer, Department of Classical Studies (Greek Sculpture) 1970.
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Adjunct Professor of Art History, Department of Art and Art History (Egyptian Art and Archaeology) and also an Honors Program Seminar in Egyptian Literature in translation 1966-present.
University of Detroit, Detroit, Michigan. Lecturer-consultant on the Middle East and Egypt, Division of Continuing Professional Education, 1986-
College for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan. Instructor, Art History 2004-2006
University of Michigan, Dearborn Campus, Michigan. Lecturer, Egyptian Art 2005-
University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Lecturer, Egyptian Civilization, Summer Session, 2006
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, Adjunct Instructor, Art History, Egyptian Art and Archaeology, 2013 tp present
Consultative Situations
Planning consultant for the exhibition Egypt's Golden Age, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1982,
Consultant to the Toledo Museum of Art for Egyptian art
Review Panelist for Middle East and North Africa Fulbright grants and the American Center for Oriental Research, Amman.
Review reader at various times for the Institute of Museum Services, the Getty Trust, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Endowment for the Arts
Visiting Curator, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas, 2008-2009 for the exhibition World of the Pharaohs: Treasures of Egypt Revealed
Lectures
Museum Lecture Series Given:
Introduction to Art Appreciation
Art History Survey, Pre-historic to Modern (two semester course)
History of American Art from Colonial Times to the Present
Survey of Contemporary Art from 1900 to the Present
Egyptian Art, Archaeology and Culture
History of Archaeology and a survey of key ancient sites
Decorative Arts of the Ancient World
Other Lectures Given:
Lectures on a wide range of topics for The Archaeological Institute of America and for professional, educational and social groups, in the Detroit Institute of Arts, in the Detroit area, the State of Michigan, the Province of Ontario and throughout the United States and Canada.
Archaeological Institute of America Lecture Tours:
1977-78 Columbia, Missouri, St. Louis, Missouri, Urbana, Illinois, Lawrence, Kansas
1979-80 Eugene, Oregon, San Francisco, California, Santa Barbara, California
1980-81 Greensborough, North Carolina, Lynchburgh, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Maryland
1982-83 Appleton, Wisconsin, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
1984-85 St. Catherine's, Ontario, Buffalo, New York,
1985-86 Chambersberg, Penn., University Park, Penn., Bryn Mawr, Penn., Washington, D.C.
1987-88 Lexington, Kentucky, Dallas, Texas, San Antonio, Texas, Tucson, Arizona, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Appleton, Wisconsin
1996-97 Knoxville, Tenn., Parkersburg, West Virginia, Nashville, Tenn.
1997-98 St. Louis, Missouri, Columbus, Ohio, Richmond, Virginia
1998-99 Westchester, New York, Providence, Rhode island, Albany, New York,
1999-2000 Asheville, North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina, Williamsburg, Virginia, Rockford, Illinois
2000-2001 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, Austin, Texas, Memphis, Tennessee, Kershaw Lecturer
2004- Princeton
2005- Chicago, Illinois, Madison, Wisconsin, Iowa City, Iowa, Monmouth, Illinois
(Total of 47 societies, 2 repeats)
Travel
Algeria, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Cuba, Cyprus, Egypt (over 30 times), England, France, Germany, Greece, Holland, Israel, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Malta, Morocco, Sicily, Spain, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Venezuela.
Publications
Abbreviations used:
AJA = The American Journal of Archaeology
AQ = The Art Quarterly
BMCR = Bryn Mawr Classical Review
BO = Bibliotheca Orientalis
DIAB = Detroit Institute of Arts Bulletin
JAOS = Journal of the American Oriental Society
JARCE = Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt
JEA = Journal of Egyptian Archaeology
JNES = Journal of Near Eastern Studies
JSSEA = Journal of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities
Books
Drawings from Ancient Egypt, with John Ross, photographer, Thames & Hudson, London, 1978.
Also published as:
Egyptian Drawing, E.P. Dutton, New York, 1978
Agyptische Zeichnungen, Ernst Lubbe, 1979
Dessins Egyptiens, Hermann, 1980,
Fann al-rasm 'inda qudama' al-Misriyin (Arabic Translation), Egyptian Antiquities Organization, Cairo 1987
The Detroit Institute of Arts: a Brief History, Detroit, 1991
The Splendors of Ancient Egypt, Detroit, 1997
Egypt in Toledo:The Ancient Egyptian Collection in the Toledo Museum of Art. With Sandra E. Knudsen and Paula Reich, Toledo, 2011
Contributions to Books
"A Shawabti from the Michigan State University Art Collection", in Michigan State University Art Collection, 1974, reprinted from Kresge Art Center Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 6, March, 1968, pp. 4-6
"The Constant Lure", first chapter in Ancient Egypt: Discovering Its Splendors, National Geographic Society, Fall, 1978,
also published as gypten: Schatzkammer der Pharaonen, Mnchen
"Mummies of Ancient Egypt" (author), "A Classic Mummy: PUM II" (co-author), "Egyptian Mummification with Evisceration per Ano" (co-author), chapters in Mummies, Disease and Ancient Cultures, Cambridge University Press, 1980, revised and re-issued 1998
Historic Introduction: "The Detroit Institute of Arts and Its Collections" in 100 Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 1985
Advisor: Art and Humanities Through the Ages: Ancient Egypt 2675-332 B. C., Detroit, 2005
"Architecture and Design", chapter in Art and Humanities Through the Ages: Ancient Greece and Rome 1200 B.C.E.-476 C.E., Detroit, 2005
"Introduction" in David A. Caccioli, The Villanovan, Etruscan and Hellenistic Collections in the Detroiy Institute of Arts, Monumenta Graeca et Romana, Leiden-Boston, 2009
"The Ordering of the Figure" in Melinda K. Hartwig, ed. A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art, Wiley Blackwell, 2015
Contributions to Festschrifts
"Two Scribes and a King of Dynasty XVIII", in Chief of Seers: Egyptian Studies in Memory of Cyril Aldred, London and New York, 1997
"An Image of Nebwenenef, High Priest of Amun", in Essays on Ancient Egypt in Honour of Herman Te Velde, Groningen, 1997
"An Egyptian Goddess in Detroit",in Leaving No Stone Unturned: Essays on Ancient Egypt and the Near East in Honor of Donald P. Hansen,Winona lake, Indiana, 2002
"A Long Neglected Example of Ptolemaic Relief Carving", in Servant of Mut: Studies in Honor of Richard A. Fazzini, Probleme der Agyptologie, Band 26, Leiden-Boston, 2008
"Mapping the Temple of the Goddess Mut, Karnak: A Basis for Further Exploration", in Offerings to the Discerning Eye: An Egyptological Medley in Honor of Jack A. Josephson, Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Vol. 38, Leiden-Boston, 2010
"A French Expedition to Egypt Before Bonapart" in Thebes and Beyond:Studies in Honour of Kent R. Weeks, Supplment aux Annales du Service des Antiquities de l'Egypt, Cahier 41, Le Caire, 2010
'Two Archaic Cylinder Seals from Egypt: from Excavations in the Precinct of the Goddess Mut at Karnak and the Site of Mendes in the Delta" in Another Mouthful of Dust. Egyptological Studies in Honour of Geoffrey Thorndike Martin, Leuven, 2016
Contributions to Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Entries in Encyclopedia Americana, 1968 edition
"Detroit Institute of Arts", "Hatshepsut", "Healy, George P.A.", "Hermonthis", "Hermopolis Magna", "Hicks, Edward H.", "Hoffman, Malvina H.", "Horus", "Hunt, Richard Morris"
Article in Funk and Wagnall's Encyclopedia,1983 revised edition, Vol. E, "Egyptian Art and Architecture", pp. 106-116, also issued on Encarta CD ROM
Articles in The Dictionary of Art, Macmillan, London, 1996
"Egypt, Ancient, II, Craftsman and Artist", Vol. 9, pp. 789-91
"Egypt, Ancient, IV, 2, Methods of Representation", Vol. 9, pp. 798-99
Articles in Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt edited by Katherine A. Bard, Routledge, 1999
"Cult temples, construction techniques", pp 199-201
"Deir el-Bahri, Meket-Re tomb, pp 237-239
"Egyptology, history of", pp 280-283
"Quarrying", pp 654-656
"Representational evidence, New Kingdom private tombs", pp 668-670
"Representational evidence, New Kingdom royal tombs", pp 670-671
"Representational evidence, papyrus and ostraca", pp 677-679
"Sculpture, production techniques", pp 716-718
Articles in Oxford Encyclopedia of Egyptian Art, Oxford University Press, 2001
"Historical Sources, Archaeological and Artistic Evidence" 2,pp 101-104
"Lepsius, Richard" 2,pp 289-290
"Ostraca" 2,pp 621-622
Articles in The Encyclopedia of Sculpture, Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004
Egypt, Ancient: PredynasticOld Kingdom , Vol. 1, pp 485-489
Forgeries and Deceptive Restorations, Vol. 1, pp 578-580
Obelisk, Vol. 2, pp1213-1215
Dictionary of British ClassicistsThoemmes Continuum, 2004
E. F. Benson
Breaking Ground: Women in Old World Archaeology, Brown University, 2004,
on line reference at http://www.brown.edu/Research/Breaking Ground/
Margaret Benson
Sarah Belzoni
Janet Gourlay
Articles in Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World, Facts on File, October 2007
The Art of Rome
Egyptian Social Organization
Egyptian Inventions
Exhibition Catalogs and Check Lists
Life and Art in Ancient Egypt, exhibition check list, Detroit, 1963
53rd Exhibition for Michigan Artists, check list, Detroit, 1963
17th Exhibition for Michigan Artist-Craftsmen, check list, Detroit, 1963
The Doctor Collects Art, exhibition check list, Detroit, 1965
56th Exhibition for Michigan Artists, check list, Detroit, 1966
19th Exhibition for Michigan Artist-Craftsmen, check list, Detroit, 1966
Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, exhibition catalog, Detroit, 1967
20th Exhibition for Michigan Artists-Craftsmen, check list, Detroit, 1967
Genealogical Chart of the Peale Family (design) in The Peale Family: Three Generations of American Artists, exhibition catalog, Detroit, 1967
Detroit Collects: Antiquities, exhibition check list, Detroit, 1973
Akhenaten and Nefertiti: Art from the Age of Egypt's Sun King, Exhibition Information sheet, Detroit, 1973, revised from a text of Richard Fazzini.
Egypt's Golden Age, exhibition catalogue, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 1982, (catalogue entries on cosmetic containers), pp. 207-214.
Gudea of Lagash, exhibition catalog, Detroit, 1982, with Elsie H. Peck and Penelope Slough
Preface to Image and Artifact, exhibition catalog of Ancient Art from the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 1984
"Travellers on the Nile" essay in Splendors of the Nile, exhibition check list, Detroit, 1989
"A Brief History of the Detroit Institute of Arts", essay in Masterpieces from the Detroit Institute of Arts, exhibition catalogue, Yomiuri Shimbun, Tokyo, 1989 (in English and Japanese)
The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt, exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1995, (catalogue entry No. 1), p. 78
Searching for Ancient Egypt, exhibition catalogue, Dallas Museum of Art, University of Pennsylvania Museum, 1997 (catalogue entries Nos. 18, 19) pp. 75-77
Cleopatra Regina d'Egitto, exhibition catalogue, Fondazione Memmo, Roma, 2000-2001, (catalogue entry No. II.24) pp. 131, 132
Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth, exhibition catalogue, British Museum, 2001, (catalogue entry No. 189), pp. 180-182
"Cleopatre, la Reine-tueuse", essay in Cloptre dans le miroir de lart occidental, exhibition catalogue, Muses d'Art at dHistoire, Geneve, March 25 August 1, 2004
Art of the Two Lands: Egypt from 4,000 B. C. to 1,000 A. D., Exhibition Catalogue, Isis, 2006, (Catalogue entries 1, 5, 6, 35, 38), pp. 26-7, 34-35, 36-37, 108-109, 116-117
"Preserving the Past in Plaster", essay, and catalogue entry 13, "Medinet Abou, Thebes", in Picturing the Past: Imaging and Imagining the Ancient Near East, Exhibition catalologue, Oriental Institute, The University of Chicago, 2012
Articles
"Eskimo Art", DIAB, Vol. 41, No. 1, 1961-62, pp. 13-14
"Etruscan Pottery and Bronzes", DIAB, Vol. 41, No. 3, 1961-62, pp. 52-53
"Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals", DIAB, Vol. 42, No. 4, 1963-64, pp. 73-75
"A Portrait of Mrs. Charles Carroll of Annapolis by John Wollaston", DIAB, Vol. 46, No. 2, 1967, pp. 31-33
"A Shawabti from the Michigan State University Art Collection", Kresge Art Center Bulletin, Vol. 1, No. 6, March, 1968, pp. 4-6 Reprinted in Michigan State University Art Collection, 1974
"A Painted Coffin Wall from Ancient Egypt in the Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts", DIAB, Vol. 47, No. 2, 1968, pp. 28-30
"The Present State of Egyptian Art in Detroit", Connoisseur, Vol. 175, no. 706, December, 1970, pp. 265-273
"A Youthful Nero", DIAB, Vol. 50, No. 3, 1971, pp. 52-58
"A Seated Statue of Amun", JEA, Vol. 57, 1971, pp. 73-79
"Department of Ancient Art", DIAB Annual Report, Vol 51, No. 1, 1972, pp. 9-10
"Collecting Antiques" (antiquities), Catalog of the University-Liggett Antique Show, Detroit, 1972, pp.70-71
"A Ramesside Ruler Offers Incense", in JNES. Vol. 31, no. 1, January,1972.
"An Old Kingdom Tomb Wall", DIAB, Vol. 52, Nos. 2-3, 1972, pp. 63-68
"Ancient Egypt and the Wish for Eternal Life", The Cranbrook Magazine, Vol. 4, No. 3, Spring, 1973, pp. 28-32
"The Arts of the Ancient Near East in Detroit ", Connoisseur, Vol. 183, No. 737, July, 1973, pp. 200-209
"The Problem of Restoration in Teaching Ancient Art", Art Journal, Vol. 32, No. 4, Summer, 1973, pp.430-31
"Description de l'Egypte, a Major Acquisition from the Napoleonic Age", DIAB, Vol. 51, No. 4, 1972, pp. 112-121
"Department of Ancient Art", DIAB 1972-73 Annual Report, Vol. 52, No. 1, 1973, pp. 11-12
"Department of Ancient Art", DIAB 1973-74 Annual Report, Vol. 53, No. 2, 1974, pp. 52-54
"Musee din Detroit", Revista Muzeelor si Monumentelor, Anul XII, Nr. 1, 1975, pp. 52-54
"Acheuleamul de la Mugharet-et-Tabun, Israel, in colrvtiile Muzeului Institutului de arts din Detroit, U.S.", with Lucian Rosu, Revista Muzeelor si Monumentelor, Anul XII, Nr. 2, 1975, pp. 83-87
"Autopsy of an Egyptian Mummy", Science, Vol. 187, 28 March, 1975, pp. 1155-60 with Cockburn, Barraco and Reyman
"Department of Ancient Art", DIAB 1974-75 Annual Report, Vol. 54, No. 2, 1975, pp. 52-53
"A New Aphrodite in Detroit", DIAB, Vol. 54, No. 3, 1976, pp.124-32
"Ancient Art", DIAB 1975-76 Ann.Report,Vol.55, No. 1, 1976, pp.9-10
"Department of Ancient Art", DIAB Annual Report, Vol. 56, No.1, 1977, pp. 17-20
"A Newly Discovered Example of Decorated Pre-Dynastic Pottery in the Detroit Institute of Arts", DIAB, Vol. 55, No. 4, 1977
"Ancient Art in Detroit", Archaeology, May/June, 1978, Vol. 31, No. 3.
"Two Seated Scribes of Dynasty Eighteen", JEA, Vol64, 1978, pp. 72-75, pls. XI, XII
"Department of Ancient Art", DIAB 1977-78 Annual Report, Vol. 56, No. 5, pp. 271-72
"Materialien und Zweck altgyptischer Zeichnungen", in Antike Welt, 10, heft 1, 1979, pp. 16-26
"Department of Ancient Art", DIAB 1978-79 Annual Report, Vol. 57, No. 4, pp. 150-151
"Ancient Art in the Detroit Institute of Arts" in the Catalog of the University-Liggett Antiques Show, Detroit, June, 1980
"Offerings for the Deceased", DIAB, Vol 58, No. 2, 1980, pp. 102-108
"Department of Ancient Art", DIAB 1979/80 Annual Report, Vol. 58, No. 4, pp. 187-188
"The Discoverer of the Tomb of Tutankhamun and the Detroit Institute of Arts", JSSEA, Vol. XI, No. 2, March, 1981, pp. 65-67
"The Precinct of Mut During Dynasty XXV and Early Dynasty XXVI, a Growing Picture" JSSEA, Vol. XI, No. 3, May, 1981, with Richard Fazzini
"Department of Ancient Art", DIAB Annual Report, 1980/81, Vol. 59, No. 4, p. 111
"Department of Ancient Art", DIAB Annual Report, 1981/82, Vol. 60. Nos. 1/2, pp. 11-12
"Excavating the Temple of Mut", in Archaeology, March/April, 1983, pp. 16-23, with Richard Fazzini
"A swr.t Bead from Mendes", in the JSSEA, Vol. XIII, No. 2, Spring 1983, pp.73-74
"Egyptian Art at the Detroit Institute of Arts" in the Newsletter of the American Research Center in Egypt, No. 122, Summer, 1983, pp.4-11
Introductions (with Richard A. Fazzini) to articles by Jean-Claude Goyon and Claude Traunecker on inscriptions in the Mut Temple, Karnak, in JARCE, Vol. XX, pp.47-50, 65-67
"A Cross Section of Ancient Art" (in the Detroit Institute of Arts), Apollo, December, 1986, pp. 10-15
"Miss Benson and Mut" in KMT; a Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, Vol. 2, No. 1, Spring, 1991,pp. 11-19, 63-65
"Some Notes on the Six American Editions of With Lawrence in Arabia by Lowell Thomas" in T.E. Notes (a T.E. Lawrence Newsletter), Vol. II, No. 6, June, 1991, p. 4.
"New Egyptian Statue in Detroit" in Minerva, Vol. 2, No. 4, July/August, 1991, p. 37.
"Detroit and the Ancient World" in Minerva, Vol. 2, No. 5, September/October, 1991, pp. 16-23
"Egypt at the Detroit Institute of Arts" in KMT: a Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall, 1991, pp 13-21, 68
"Ellen Sharp: Curator of Graphic Arts for 25 Years" in Printable News, Spring, 1992, p. 2
"Tales of Golden Boats and Beautiful Ladies" in KMT: a Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, Vol. 5, no. 4, Winter, 1994-95, pp 70-75
"Some Notes on the Archaeological Career of David George Hogarth" and "A Brief Hogarth Bibliography" in T.E. Notes: A T.E. Lawrence Newsletter, Vol.6, No.2, February, 1995
"The Detroit Institute of Arts: Over 100 Years of collecting" in Destination Detroit, Fall, 1998
"Richard Stores Willis A Detroiter in the Hymnal" in Christ Church Detroit Chronicles, December, 1999
"An Early Account of a Mummy Unwrapping" in KMT: a Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, Vol. 10, no. 4, Winter, 1999-2000, pp 86,87
"The Papyrus of Nes-min:An Egyptian Book of the Dead" in BDIA, Vol. 74, No. 1/2, 2000
"Windows on Antiquity" (David Roberts) in KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, Vol. 12, no. 2, Summer, 2001, pp 68-82
E. F. Benson in Egypt in The Tilling Society Newsletter, No. 40, February 2003, pp 3-5
The Dancer of Esna, Working Paper No. 1 of ASTENE, The Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East, July, 2003
Animal Symbolism in Ancient Egyptian Art in Sculpture Review, Vol LII, No. 2, Summer, 2003, pp 8-15
Curators Choice: The Detroit Institute of Arts" in Ancient Egypt, October-November, 2003, pp 45-49
The Guided Hand of the Ancient Egyptian Sculptor in Sculpture Review. Vol. LIII, No. 1, Spring, 2004, pp 10-15
Reliving History in the Middle East in The Arab American News, July 24-30, 2004, p.3
Preserving the Antiquities of Iraq in The Arab American News, August 28, 2004
Curators Choice: Egyptian Relief in Archaeological Odyssey, November December 2004, p 12
A Month Well Spent in Egypt in The Arab American News February 13, 2005
"A Cruise Through Mediterranean History in The Arab American News, June 11, 2005
"Archaeology and the Detroit Institute of Arts in BDIA, Vol. 79, No. 1/2,. 2005, pp 5-11
"TheStandard-Bearer Mery and His Wife Sati: An Egyptian Pair Statue from the Time of Amenhotep III in BDIA Vol 79, No. 1/2,. 2005, pp 13-19
"Arab Countries Beckon with Culture and Kindness" in The Arab American News, April 29-May 5,2006
"Ancient Athletics and Athletes" in Sculpture Review. Vol. LVII, No. 3, Fall, 2008, pp 8-15
"Changing Attitudes in the Restoration of Antiquities" in Sculpture Review, Vol.LVIII, No. 2, Summer, 2009, pp 24-29
"Etruscan Clay Sculpture" in Sculpture Review, Vol. LIX, No. 3. Fall, 2010, pp 8-11
Book Reviews
Allen S. Weller, Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture (exhibition catalog), Urbana, Illinois, 1961, in AQ, Vol. XXIV, No. 1, Spring, 1961, pp.119-120
Langaard and Revold, Edvard Munch, The University Murals, Graphic Art and Paintings, Oslo, 1960, in AQ, Vol. XXV, No. 4, Spring, 1962, pp. 102-103
Robert Goldwater, Traditional Art of the African Nations, New York, 1961, in AQ, Vol. XXV, No. 4, Spring, 1962, pp. 104-105
Boris de Rachewiltz, Egyptian Art: an Introduction, New York, 1960, in AQ, Vol. XXV, No. 4, Spring, 1962, pp. 105-10
Klaus Parlasca, Mumienportrts und Verwandte Denkmler, 1966, in AJA, Vol. 71, No. 4, October, 1967, pp. 411-12
Kurt T. Luckner, The Art of Egypt, Toledo Museum of Art, 1971, in AJA, Vol. 76. No. 3, July, 1972, p.330
H. Goedicke, Re-Used Blocks from the Pyramid of Amenemhet I at Lisht, New York, 1971, AJA, Vol. 77, No. 2, April, 1973, pp. 235-36
Harris and Weeks: X-Raying the Pharaohs, New York, 1973, in American Scientist, Vol. 63, No. 6, November-December, 1975, p. 715
G.T. Martin, The Royal Tomb at El 'Amarna, London, 1974, in BO, XXXII, No. 5/6, September-November, 1975. pp. 363-364
H.W. Muller, Staatliche Sammlung gyptischer Kunst in der Mncher Residenz am Hofgarten, Munich, 1972, JNES, Vol. 35, No. 1, January, 1976, pp. 58-59
J. Vandier d'Abbadie, Les objects de toilette gyptiens au Muse du Louvre, Paris, 1972, JNES,Vol. 35, No. 3, July, 1976, pp. 58-59
D.B. Thompson, Ptolemaic Oinochoai and Portraits in Faience: Aspects of the Ruler Cult, Oxford, 1973, JNES, Vol. 36, No. 1, January 1977, pp. 73-74
Karol Mysliwiec, Le Portrait Royal Dans le Bas-relief du Nouvel Empire, Varsovie, 1976, BO, Vol. XXXV, No. 1/2, January-March, 1978, pp. 91-92
Dieter Arnold, Der Temple des Konigs Mentuhotep von Deir el Bahri, JARCE, Vol. XV, 1978, pp. 131-133.
Vandier, Manuel d'archologie gyptienne, Tome VI, in BO, XXXVI, No. 3/4, May-July, 1979,pp.166-167
Marcelle Baud, Le Caractre du Dessin en gypte Ancienne, in BO, XXXVII, No. 1/2. Jan.-March, 1980, pp. 41-42
Peter Kaplony, Studien zum Grab des Methethi, in BO, XXXVII, No. 1/2, Jan.-March, 1980, pp. 47-48
Rosalie David, editor, Mysteries of the Mummies, in Archaeological News, Vol. 9, Nos. 2/3
C. Nims et al, The Tomb of Kheruef: Theban Tomb 192, JARCE, XVII, 1980, pp.107-109
Karl Martin, Corpus Antiquitatum Agyptiacarum, Lose-Blat-Katalog gyptischer Altertmer, Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim, Teil 1 & 2, in BO XXXVIII, No. 3/4, May-July, 1981, pp. 310-311 and Teil 3 in BO XXXVIII, No. 5/6, Sept.-Nov., 1981, pp. 591-592
Emma Brunner-Traut, Egyptian Artists' Sketches, in JARCE, XVIII, 1981, pp.97-99
Annelies and Artur Brack, Das Grab des Haremheb, in JARCE, XIX, 1982, pp. 150-151
Marcelle Baud, Le Charactre du Dessin en gypte Ancienne, in JEA, Vol. 70, 1984, pp. 171-172
Romano, Parlasca & Rogers: Luxor Museum of Ancient Art: Catalog, in JNES, Vol. 44, No. 3, July, 1985
Anthea Page, Ancient Egyptian Figured Ostraca in the Petrie Collection in JEA, Reviews Supplement, Vol.71, 1985
Brunner Traut, Emma and Brunner, Helmut, Die gyptische Sammlung der Universitt Tbingen, in JNES, Vol. 45, No. 2, April, 1986, pp. 100-101
Bertrand Jaeger, Essai de classification et dictation des scarabes Menkheprr, in JNES, Vol. 46, No. 3, July, 1987, pp. 235-236
Rosalie David, The Pyramid Builders of Ancient Egypt, in Archaeology, Nov./Dec., 1987, p. 72
Lise Manniche, City of the Dead: Thebes in Egypt, in Classical World, 82.3, 1989
Peter Dorman, The Monuments of Senenmut, in Classical World, 83.4, 1990
Peter Dorman, The Monuments of Senenmut, in K.M.T., Spring, 1990, p.19
Donald Spanel, Through Egyptian Eyes: Egyptian Portraiture, in JNES, Vol. 51, No. 3, July, 1992, p. 236
Ann H. Bowman, The Private Chapel in Ancient Egypt: a Study of the Chapels in the Workmen's Village at El Amarna with Special Reference to Deir el Medina and Other Sites, in Classical World, 86.2, 1992
Richard H. Wilkinson, Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture, in AJA 97, 1993, pp 359,60
T.G.H. James, Howard Carter: The Path to Tutankhamun, in AJA 97, 1993, p 576
Jean Bottro, Mesopotamia: Writing, Reasoning and the Gods, in Classical World, 87.4, 1994
Jocelyn Gohary, Akhenaten's Sed-Festival at Karnak, in Classical World, 88.2, 1994
William Kelly Simpson, The Offering Chapel of Kayemnofret in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in JNES 55, No. 4, 1996, pp 305-6
Geoffrey Killen, Ancient Egyptian Furniture II, Boxes, Chests and Footstools. In JNES 58, No. 2, 1999, pp 128-130
Gay Robins, Proportion and Style in Ancient Egyptian Art in JNES 58, No. 3, 1999, pp 203-207
Salima Ikram and Aidan Dodson, The Mummy in Ancient Egypt: Equipping the Dead for Eternity in the Times Higher Education Supplement, June 13, 1999, p. 30
Jack Josephson, Egyptian Royal Sculpture of the Late Period: 400-246 B. C. in JNES 59, No. 4, 2000, pp 318-319
Roland Tefnin, ed, La peinture gyptienne ancienne: Un monde de signes prserver: Actes du Colloque International de Brussels, 1997, in JNES 59, No. 4, 2000, pp 319-320
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