A Tribute to James Romano
On December 4, 2009, Diana Craig Patch, who is co-director of the mission to Malqata, spoke about her work at the site of Amenhotep III’s palace. I was asked to provide a few words about the project and my good friend, the late James Romano. I gave them these words, which were read aloud at the conference. I was glad to be able to give a tribute to this great man.
Diana, widow of the late Dr. James Romano of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, is an associate curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and co-director of the Joint Expedition to Malqata.Here are the words I wrote:
James Romano was a great art historian and was a very good friend of mine. I first met him when I was a student at the University of Pennsylvania. I also witnessed the love that developed between Jim and Diana during our work together on the reinstallation of the Egyptian objects at the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh. I was so happy that this love ended in marriage. We are missing the great sense of humor that Jim possessed and I can say that we miss many Egyptologists who have died in the last ten years. But Jim will stay in our hearts always, we will never forget him.
I am happy that there is a joint expedition conducting a survey of Malqata, this extremely important site that bears the footprints of Amenhotep III and Queen Tiye. This survey will make it possible for the SCA to mark out the boundaries for a wall to protect the site completely from future encroachment and destruction. I fully support the work and I am very happy that my good friend Diana Craig Patch is co-directing.
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