Alfred Lucas, Ph.D. 1942 Chief Chemist of the Research Laboratory
of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt.
Zaki Iskandar, Ph.D. 28/11/1950 Chief Chemist of the Research Laboratory
of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Egypt. Then
Director General for Technical Affairs,
Department of Antiquities, Egypt.
Leon T. Silver, Ph.D. 03/27/1959 Geochemistry Laboratory, California Institute
of Technology, Pasadena, California
Member, National Academy of Sciences
Harold J. Plenderleith,Ph.D. 04/21/1961 formerly, Keeper of the Research Laboratory
of the British Museum, then Director, International
Centre for the Study of the Preservation and
Restoration of Cultural Property( UNESCO) Rome.
Canon Etienne Drioton, Ph.D. 01/03/1959
Director General of The Antiquities Department,
Egypt. Then Director, Centre National de la
Recherche Scientifique, Sorbonne.Member of the
Arts Council of French Museums. Conservator in
Chief of the Louvre Museum and Professor at the
College de France. ( 6 )
Sami Gabra, Ph.D. 02/23/1959 Former Professor of Ancient History of the
University of Cairo; Former Director of Excavations
of the University of Cairo at Touna; Former
Director of the Institute of Egyptology of the
University of Cairo and Director of Higher Studies
of the Coptic Institute.
Andreina L. Becker-Colonna, Ph.D. 1975
Professor Emeritus, Curator Emeritus of the
Sutro-Egyptian Collection, San Francisco State
University, San Francisco, California
Ch. Desroches Noblecourt, Ph.D. 08/17/1981
Inspecteur General des Musees, Chef du
Departement des Antiquites Egyptiennes
du Musee du Louvre
Msgr. Gianfranco Nolli, Ph.D. 09/1985 Former Director of Oriental Antiquities of the
Vatican Museum and Professor of Ancient Egyptian
Religion, University of the Lateran in Rome.
Prof. Pierre du Bourguet, S.J. 08/21/1986 de l' Institut d'Egypte ( Le Caire ), Conservateur
en Chef Honoraire au Departement des Antiquites
Egyptiennes du Musee Du Louvre, Professeur Honoraire
d'Egyptologie de l'Institut Catholique de Paris.
Sergio Pernigotti, Ph.D. 04/1994 Professor of Egyptology, University of Bologna,
Italy. Here is a reprint of an article by Prof. Pernigotti from ARCHEO Magazine.
“On reading the reports, it would seem that just about the last word has
been said on the subject. I should think you would be well content with the expert opinions expressed by Dr. Kirk,
Dr. Arnal and others. I don't think there is much point in getting another opinion, even though it is from a person
connected with a prominent institution.”
- Rutherford J. Gettens, Curator of the Research Laboratory of the Freer Gallery of Art
in a letter dated August 25, 1959, addressed to Dr. Fred H. Stross.
