Egypt's Heartland:
Regional Perspectives on Hierakonpolis, Elkab and Edfu
A Colloquium and more
Thursday-Friday July 18-19, 2019
St Antony’s College, University of Oxford
Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford
From the Predynastic to the Ptolemaic period, the sites of Hierakonpolis, Elkab and Edfu exerted profound political, religious and artistic influence on Ancient Egyptian civilization. This one day colloquium presents the results of current fieldwork exploring the inter-regional and extra-regional connections that made this triad of sites such a powerful force in Egypt’s heartland.
Speakers will include:
Wouter Claes, Belgian Archaeological Mission to Elkab — Rob Demaree, University of Leiden — Aaron de Souza, Austrian Academy of Sciences — Gregory Marouard, Tell Edfu Project — Vivian Davies, Elkab-Hagr Edfu Expedition —Renee Friedman, Hierakonpolis Expedition — Liam McNamara, Hierakonpolis Expedition — Luigi Prada, Elkab Expedition — Suzanne Woodhouse, ElKab-Hagr-Edfu Expedition. With special evening lecture by Dr Nadine Moeller, Director of Tell Edfu Project, University of Chicago.
(For abstracts of the papers see here.)
Thursday July 18, 2019
9-10AM: Registration: Nissan Auditorium, St Antony’s College
10-1:15 Morning session
1:15-2:30 Lunch
2:30-5:15 Afternoon session
6PM:Doors open at Ashmolean Museum
6:30-7:30: Special evening lecture, Randolph Sculpture Gallery, Ashmolean Museum
Dr Nadine Moeller, Director of Tell Edfu Project, University of Chicago
‘New insights into relations between center and periphery: The evolution of the administrative quarter at Edfu from the Old Kingdom to the Second Intermediate Period’ (read an abstract here)
7:30-9PM: Reception, Atrium, Ashmolean Museum
The Ancient Egypt and Sudan galleries will also be open to guests during the reception.
Friday July 19, 2019
10AM-12:30PM Additional activities including small group tours of the Griffith Institute Archives, the Peet Egyptological Library at the Queen’s College, the Sackler Library Rare Books Room and object handling sessions in the Ashmolean Museum (choice of two activities, sign up at colloquium registration).
Please share a flyer for this conference with all your interested friends and colleagues.
Full Price Ticket: £65 Members Price: £55
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