Ides of March
The Clayton Museum of Ancient History is pleased to announce the 2027 Ides of March
program speaker will be Marcella Rigsby, a Ph.D. Candidate, ABD at Lipscomb University under the Lanier Center for Archaeology.
Lecture Topic: “Subduer of Gezer”: Archaeological Insights Into Pharaoh Merenptah’s Military Campaign
Date: Tuesday, March 16, 2027
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Location: Dinner at the Campbell Activity Center, Lecture to follow at the Bartholomew Performing
Arts Center
Tickets: $30
Registration will open soon.
Marcella Rigsby
Marcella Rigsby is a Ph.D. Candidate, ABD at Lipscomb University under the Lanier Center for Archaeology. She has pursued archaeology all of her life and excavated in Menorca, Cyprus, and Isreal, with the majority of her time spent in nine seasons with the Tel Gezer Excavation Project. She currently excavateas as an Area Supervisor at the Tel Burna Excavation Project. She spent five years as the Collections Manager for the Tandy Archaeological Museum in Fort Worth, TX at Southwestern Baptist Theologicatl Seminary. She is currently working on her dissertation/Gezer publication research. She holds and M.A. in Archaeology and Biblical backgrounds from Southwestern.
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