Workmen’s marks at Deir el-Medina and the Valley of the Kings

Mødedato: Torsdag d. 27/10 2016, kl. 19 Lokale: KUA 23.0.49 v. Daniel Soliman, Post-doctoral research fellow, ToRS, Københavns Universitet The workmen who constructed the tombs of the royal family during the New Kingdom are very well attested. Much of their daily lives can be reconstructed thanks to the many objects discovered in and around the… Læs mere Workmen’s marks at Deir el-Medina and the Valley of the Kings

Bogauktion med foredrag: Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies as Votives, Souvenirs and Specimens

Mødedato: Torsdag d. 3/11 2016, kl. 18 !!! Efter foredraget vil der være bogauktion. Se boglisten: bogauktion-nov-2016-ruth-og-kurts-bogsamling-i. Lokale: KUA 10.3.28 (frokoststuen på TORS). v. Dr. Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and Sudan, Manchester Museum, Univ. of Manchester Animal mummies of many species survive in their millions. Their huge numbers are a testament to the scale of… Læs mere Bogauktion med foredrag: Gifts for the Gods: Animal Mummies as Votives, Souvenirs and Specimens

Workmen’s marks at Deir el-Medina and the Valley of the Kings

Mødedato: Torsdag d. 24/11 2016, kl. 17.30 Mødetid er kl. 17.20, døren låses! Antikmuseet på Aarhus Universitet, Victor Albecksvej, Århus C, bygning 414 v. Daniel Soliman, Post-doctoral research fellow, ToRS, Københavns Universitet The workmen who constructed the tombs of the royal family during the New Kingdom are very well attested. Much of their daily lives… Læs mere Workmen’s marks at Deir el-Medina and the Valley of the Kings

About Princesses and Robbers. New research in the Kings’ Valley.

Mødedato: Torsdag d. 31/3 2016, kl. 19.00 Lokale: 22.0.11, KUA1 ved Prof. Dr. Susanne Bickel, Universität Basel The lecture will present recent results from the investigations of the University of Basel Kings’ Valley Project. Research focusses on so far unknown tombs from the 18th dynasty that were prepared for members of the royal family and… Læs mere About Princesses and Robbers. New research in the Kings’ Valley.

Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry

Mødedato: Torsdag d. 14/4 2016, kl. 17.30 Mødetid er kl. 17.20, døren låses! Lokale: Antikmuseet på Aarhus Universitet, Victor Albecksvej, Århus C, bygning 414 ved Dr. Jennifer Cromwell, Post.Doc. ToRS, Københavns Universitet After the introduction of the camel into Egypt by the Persians, it became the most important beast of burden in the first millennium CE. They… Læs mere Camel, O Camel, come and fetch and carry

17th and early 18th Dynasty burials at Dra Abu el-Naga, Luxor

Mødedato: Torsdag d. 12/5 2016, kl. 19.00 Lokale: 23.0.49, KUA1 ved José Manuel Galán, Research Professor at the Spanish National Research Council An archaeological mission from the Spanish National Research Council  (Madrid) has been working in the central area of Dra Abu el-Naga since 2002. Their work started in and around the rock cut tomb-chapels… Læs mere 17th and early 18th Dynasty burials at Dra Abu el-Naga, Luxor

The Gurob “Burnt Groups” and their implications for trade and chronology during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Eastern Fayum

Mødedato: Tirsdag d. 1/12 kl. 18.00 Lokale: KUA1 23.0.49 Ph.d. Valentina Gasperini, Marie Curie postdoc Liverpool Universitet The so called “Burnt Groups” were unearthed during the 1889 – 1890 autumn season carried out by W.M.F. Petrie in the New Kingdom site of Gurob. These assemblages constitute groups of objects deliberately burnt and then buried under… Læs mere The Gurob “Burnt Groups” and their implications for trade and chronology during the Late Bronze Age and Early Iron Age Eastern Fayum

Reconstructing an Egyptian Monastery: The Material Remains of Wadi Sarga

Mødedato: Torsdag d. 19/2, kl. 17.30 Mødetid er kl. 17.20, døren låses! Lokale: Antikmuseet på Aarhus Universitet, Victor Albecksvej, Århus C, bygning 414 v. Dr. Jennifer Cromwell, postdoc ToRS, Københavns Universitet The monastic complex of Apa Thomas at Wadi Sarga, 25km south of Asyut, was excavated during a single season in 1913-14. No further archaeological… Læs mere Reconstructing an Egyptian Monastery: The Material Remains of Wadi Sarga

Seminar: Thebanske studier – grave, præster og graffiti

Mødedato: Lør. d. 7/11, kl. 11 – 16. Lokale: 23.0.49, KUA1 KL. 11. The Belgian Archaeological Mission in the Theban Necropolis, v. Dr Dimitri Laboury, Senior Research Associate of the FNRS, Associate Professor University of Liège. kl. 12.15 Frokostpause – (tag selv mad med) kl. 13.00 Deir el-Medinas kapeller og usædvanlige præsteskab, v. cand. mag.… Læs mere Seminar: Thebanske studier – grave, præster og graffiti

Exploring the Mind of the Early Egyptian Artisan

Mødedato: Torsdag d. 4/6 kl. 18.00 Lokale: KUA1 23.0.49 v. Dr. Kathryn E. Piquette, Research Associate, Cologne Center for eHumanities, Univ. zu Köln and Honorary Research Associate, UCL Early Egyptian iconography constitutes a rich and varied body of evidence for cultural developments in early Egyptian society. Imagery on cosmetic palettes, ivory combs, decorated vessels, funerary labels,… Læs mere Exploring the Mind of the Early Egyptian Artisan

Generalforsamling fulgt af foredrag

Mødedato: Tirsdag d. 27/1 2015, efter generalforsamlingen der begynder kl. 18.00 Lokale: KUA1 23.0.50 The sacred site of ‘Quesna’: multi-disciplinary investigations and analyses in the Ptolemaic-Roman cemetery and the falcon necropolis, v. Joanne Rowland, Juniorprofessor, Freie Universität Berlin The archaeological area of Quesna lies c. 60km north of Cairo, and only 7km northeast of the site… Læs mere Generalforsamling fulgt af foredrag

Reconstructing an Egyptian Monastery

Mødedato: Torsdag d. 5/3, kl. 19.00 Lokale: KUA1 23.0.49 Reconstructing an Egyptian Monastery: The Material Remains of Wadi Sarga, v. Dr. Jennifer Cromwell, Post.Doc. ToRS, Københavns Universitet The monastic complex of Apa Thomas at Wadi Sarga, 25km south of Asyut, was excavated during a single season in 1913–14. No further archaeological work has occurred at the… Læs mere Reconstructing an Egyptian Monastery

Seminar om kvinder

Mødedato: Lørdag d. 9/5, kl. 11 – 16 Lokale: KUA1 23.0.49 kl. 11.00 Ph.d. Rana Sérida, Post.Doc. ToRS, Københavns Universitet, Den gode, den onde og den forførende. Portrættering af kvinder i oldægyptisk litteratur kl. 13.00 mag.art., PhD Lise Manniche, Hathors Grotte kl. 14.45 Lana Troy, Professor emeritus, Uppsala Universitet, Becoming Hathor. Manifesting the feminine in… Læs mere Seminar om kvinder

New Excavations at El Kurru

Mødedato: Tors. d. 18/9, kl. 19 Lokale: 23.0.49, KUA1 100 Years after Reisner: New Excavations at El Kurru, ved Dr Rachael J Dann, lektor ToRS, Københavns Universitet In 2013, a new Danish-US-Sudanese mission began work at the 25th Dynasty site of El Kurru in Sudan. This is the first Danish led work in Sudan since… Læs mere New Excavations at El Kurru