Between 1924 and 1935, the University of Michigan excavated at Karanis, Egypt. Located in the Fayum region of Egypt (about 80 kilometers southwest of Cairo), Karanis was one of many towns established under the Hellenistic king Ptolemy II. It was later expanded by the Romans as part of a project to restore the agricultural potential of the region. In this tour, we will look at a wide variety of artifacts brought back to the University of Michigan from the archaeological project at Karanis a century ago. But the work did not stop with the excavations: this tour will also discuss the results of recent research into those artifacts that have helped illuminate the daily lives of the people who lived there.

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