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Kathryn Bard

Professor of Archaeology Director of Undergraduate Studies at Boston University

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Professor Bard is a recicpient of the National Geographic Society’s Chairman’s Award for Exploration (1998) as well as an elected fellow to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2010). She served as the co-director of the joint BU/IUO (Istituto Universitario Orientale di Napoli) project at Aksum, Ethiopia, 1993-2002. Here she excavated a number of sites, including a large elite residence and cemetery on Bieta Giyorgis Hill to the northwest of Aksum, dating to the late 1st millennium BC and 1st millennium AD. She is also co-director (with Rodolfo Fattovich) of excavations at the Middle Kingdom port of Wadi Gawasis, on the Red Sea in Egypt.

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Artifact Trove at Egyptian Tomb Illuminates Life Before Pharaohs

May 30, 2014

National Geographic Kathryn Bard, College of Arts & Sciences A recently discovered tomb at a key Egyptian settlement has yielded the largest trove of artifacts ever found in a tomb there—including a young man’s burned and scattered bones—and is shedding new light on the ancestors of the .. Expert quote: “It demonstrates the importance of […]

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Robotic Snakes Slither Their Way Into Ancient Archaeology

October 1, 2013

Forbes Kathryn Bard, College of Arts & Sciences To paraphrase REM, the ancient Egyptians were all too familiar with the “horrible asp.”… Expert quote: “The ancient Egyptians had excavated eight man made caves into the fossil coral rocks there that they mainly used for storage facilities.” View full article

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Embattled head of American Academy of Arts and Sciences to resign

July 26, 2013

Boston Globe (subscription required) Kathryn Bard, College of Arts & Sciences Dogged by charges that she inflated her resume and abused her position, the embattled president of the prestigious American Academy of Arts and Sciences agreed to resign at the end of the month, the institution announced Thursday, ending weeks of controversy that had engulfed […]

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