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SUMMARY:The first geological chronology of ancient Egypt and the antiquity
  of man\, 1847-63 - Meira Gold\, Wolfson College and Department of History
  and Philosophy of Science\, University of  Cambridge
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CONTACT:Graham Allen
DESCRIPTION:Cairo-based engineer Joseph Hekekyan and British geologist Leo
 nard Horner produced the first geological chronology of ancient Egypt in 1
 858\, concluding that humans had existed there for over 13\,000 years. Thi
 s talk discusses Hekekyan’s remarkable field records and the publication
 ’s mixed reception to illuminate the roles of local knowledge and Egypto
 logy within contentious mid-Victorian debates about human antiquity and Sc
 riptural authority.
LOCATION:Combination Room\, Wolfson College
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