Expedition Volume 50, Number 2 Summer 2008

Cover: Photo by David P. Silverman. From the sarcophagus chamber of Ramesses VI, the "Book of the Day"--with the "Book of the Night" visible just above--represents the sky as the body of the goddess Nut, who gives birth to the sun in the form of a winged scarab in the morning.

Features
Veni, Vidi, Vici--Taking a Chance on Chance
Louise Krasniewicz

The Rebirth of the Sun--Mortuary Art and Architecture in the Royal Tombs of New Kingdom Egypt
Joshua Roberson

A Morality Tale--Children and the Social Processes of Human Rights in The Gambia
Niklas Hultin

Departments
From the Editor

From the Director

Meet the Curators--Clark L. Erickson

Research Notes--W. Norman Brown

Conservation Notes--Virginia Greene

Conservation Notes--Conservator Education at the Museum

Field Experience--Treasure in the Stable

Research Notes--Ritual Drama of Leadership Transition among Latter-day Saints

Museum Mosaic--People, Places, Projects

Exhibit Notes--Fulfilling a Prophecy

Museum Staff