Events
Please call the individual sites directly to inquire about the events listed below.
Events must be related to the themes of the Maurice D. Hinchey Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area and be heritage, cultural, historical, and/or recreational/trail related.
Curator Talk: Dows Dunham and the Archaeology of Egypt and Sudan
Nov 14, 2025
2:00 PM
to 3:00 PM
Location: 125 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210
Website: https://www.albanyinstitute.org/event/from-the-hudson-to-the-nile-dows-dunham-and-the-archaeology-of-egypt-and-sudan
Email: info@albanyinstitute.org
Phone: 518-463-4478
One of the greatest archaeologists to work in the Nile Valley, Dows Dunham was born in Irvington, New York on June 1,1890, to a prominent banking family. He began his love affair with ancient art during a ‘grand tour’ taking in the museums of Europe, and during a horseback trip from Nazareth to Damascus in 1908. He then enrolled at Harvard where he was invited by the great archaeologist, George Andrew Reisner to accompany him to Egypt. Working as Reisner’s chief assistant he excavated the ‘secret’ tomb of Queen Hetepheres, and the Step Pyramid of Djoser, as well as a whole series of pyramids and temples in Sudan. He was also a pioneer in Museum Education, including creating models of some of his most important discoveries.