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August 2, 2012

Anthony Browder
Anthony Browder

Excavator of Black Egyptian Dynasty to Meet the Country’s President

Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi will meet on Friday, Aug. 3, with Anthony Browder and Dr. Elena Pischikova, who have been excavating the 25th dynasty of Karakhamun since 2008.

The two archeologists were selected from a field of foreign researchers on excavation missions in Egypt to to meet with the African country's first democratically elected president.

The meeting will take place at the Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt, Browder said in a news release. He is now in Egypt, and he could not be reached for comment to learn the meeting's agenda.

Dr. Pischikova, director of South Asasif Conservation Project, and Browder, director of the ASA Restoration Project, were the first foreign team to return to Egypt following the 2011 revolution.

The work of Browder and Pischikova is expected to expand substantially the knowledge surrounding the 25th dynasty, an often-ignored period of ancient Egyptian history. The 25th dynasty is the only one that contemporary Egyptologists acknowledge as being "black," Browder told The NorthStar News & Analysis during a 2010 interview. Dr. Pischikova is an authority on the 25th dynasty.

Karakhamun was a priest, and he is believed to be a member of the royal family of Shabaka, the second king of the 25th dynasty. Karakhamun was buried more than 2,700 years ago in a tomb on Luxor's west bank.

Browder and Dr. Pischikova will present their findings to an international gathering of Egyptologists Oct. 1-4 in Luxor.

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