17th
Nevada Medal Lectures
Pyramids and Sphinx: Gifts of the Desert
In this lecture Professor
El-Baz will illustrate, with color images, how the last major drought in
North Africa 5,000 years ago may have ignited the spark that initiated civilization
in the Nile Valley, and how the immigrants from the deserted land may have
brought with them knowledge of the endurance of pyramidal structures in
that windy environment and the natural landforms of wind-eroded rocks in
the shape of the Sphinx.
The lectures are free and open to the public. Reno Lecture Las Vegas Lecture
4 p.m., Wednesday, March 10th
Elizabeth West Stout Conference Center, Desert Research Institute, 2215
Raggio Parkway, Reno. US 395 North, Parr/Dandini Exit.
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4 p.m., Thursday, March 11th
Rogers Building Auditorium, Desert Research Institute, 755 East Flamingo Road,
Las Vegas.
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