Link to the Show / Show NotesPeter Lacovara is Senior Curator of Ancient Egyptian, Nubian, and Near Eastern Art at Emory University's Carlos Museum in Atlanta. In 1999, Lacovara initiated the Carlos Museum's acquisition of a large collection of Egyptian art and artifacts from the Niagara Falls Museum in Canada. The cache included the mummy Lacovara and others now believe to be the missing pharaoh Rameses I.
This interview was conducted by Gail Willumsen and edited by David Levin. NOVA is produced by WGBH in Boston. Major funding for NOVA is provided by Google and BP. Special funding for NOVA podcasts is provided by the MacArthur Foundation.
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