The Albany Institute of History & Art in Albany, New York, will host a lecture titled "Unearthing Ancient Nubia" on January 18, 2026, at 2 p.m. The lecture will be given by Dr. Lawrence M. Berman, a curator at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. The event is presented in connection with the exhibition "From the Hudson to the Nile: Dows Dunham and the Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan."

Dr. Berman’s lecture will highlight the twentieth-century Harvard University-Museum of Fine Arts Expedition, with a special emphasis on the role of Egyptian photographers who documented the excavations through thousands of images. Admission to the lecture is free, and no registration is required.

A notable image from the archival collection includes a photograph titled "Ovey climbing the great Pyramid," taken by photographer Ray Oveson under the direction of Dows Dunham, with the original image held in the collection of John Shaplin.

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