Gary Vikan served as director of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore from 1994 to 2012. An internationally known Byzantinist and scholar of medieval art, Dr. Vikan has published and lectured extensively on topics as varied as early Christian pilgrimage, medicine and magic, icons, the Shroud of Turin, neuroscience and aesthetics, and Elvis Presley. He is adjunct professor at the Johns Hopkins University, Department of Art History, and a faculty member in the Johns Hopkins University School of Continuing Studies. He was named Chevalier de l Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Minister of Culture and Communication in 2000. A native of Minnesota, he received his B.A. from Carleton College in 1967 and his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1976.
"What has Graceland to do with Jerusalem? Thanks to Gary Vikan, we now know the answer is 'a lot.' Connecting early Christian pilgrimages to the veneration of Elvis and his home, this book should be read by anyone fascinated with the King and the King of Kings, the South, or the relationship between sacred space and culture." (Edward J. Blum, coauthor of The Color of Christ: The Son of God and the Saga of Race in America)"
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