Archeology Series Presentation: Diana Patch, “Who are the Hippo Goddesses?”

Diana Patch is the Lila Acheson Wallace Curator in Charge of the Department of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where she co-curated the reinstallation of the Predynastic and Early Dynastic gallery (2003). She has curated The Dawn of Egyptian Art (2012), exploring the contributions of Predynastic art to Pharaonic culture; Cleopatra's Needle (2013–14), celebrating the Central Park icon; Jewelry: The Body Transformed (2017–18); and most recently Divine Egypt  (2025-2026). Patch teaches and lectures frequently. She has carried out extensive fieldwork in Egypt, and she directs the Joint Expedition to Malqata (2008–19), the festival-city of Amenhotep III in Thebes.