Current Research in Egyptology 2019: Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium, University of Alcalá, 17–21 June 2019

Current Research in Egyptology 2019: Proceedings of the Twentieth Annual Symposium, University of Alcalá, 17–21 June 2019 

Edited by Marta Arranz Cárcamo, Raúl Sánchez Casado, Albert Planelles Orozco, Sergio Alarcón Robledo, Jónatan Ortiz García, Patricia Mora Riudavets

Current Research in Egyptology 2019 presents the papers and posters from the twentieth meeting of the prestigious international student Egyptology conference, on this occasion held at the University of Alcalá, Alcalá de Henares, Madrid, Spain. The conference took place 17–21 June 2019 at the Major College of San Ildefonso, the historic centre of the University of Alcalá, with almost 200 participants from various countries and institutions all over the world. The conference addressed a wide range of topics including all periods of ancient Egyptian History and different aspects of its material culture, archaeology, history, society, religion and language. Fifteen wide-ranging papers are published here with wider information on the scientific and cultural programme of the conference.

Contents

Introduction ;
List of paper presentations ;
List of poster presentations ;
List of keynote lectures ;
Speaking bodies: an approach to the Egyptian and Aegean ritual gestures of the Bronze Age (preliminary remarks) – Christos Kekes ;
Classification of ‘directive speech acts’ in Egyptian teaching texts – Simon Thuault ;
Preliminary study on offering trays in Qubbet el-Hawa – Cristina Lechuga Ibánez ;
Towards a prosopography of the priests of Akhmim from the Late Period to the Roman Period – Marion Claude ;
Architectural models of ancient Egypt: the soul houses of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden – Filippo Mi ;
The feminine touch: aspects of the role of women as evidenced in ancient Egyptian personal correspondence – Susan Thorpe ;
The temple of Khonsu at Karnak: the decoration of the south gate of the pylon – Abraham I. Fernández Pichel ;
Officials under Queen Mother Ahhotep – Beatriz Noria Serrano ;
Evidence for medical relations between Egypt and Ḫatti: a brief overview – Marco De Pietri and Elena Urzi ;
Jmy-r# jp.t nsw at the end of the 18th dynasty: an iconographical study – Dana Bělohoubková ;
The perception of bodily fluids in ancient Egypt – Clémentine Audouit ;
Presenting four coloured linen in Ptolemaic temples – Dorotea Wollnerová ;
Ancient Arabian horses? Revisiting ancient equine imagery – Lonneke Delpeut and Hylke Hettema ;
The demon-deity Maga: geographical variation and chronological transformation in ancient Egyptian demonology – John Rogers ;
What might the temple of Millions of Years of Thutmosis III at Luxor have looked like? Some hypotheses about the decorative programme on sandstone remains – Linda Chapon

H 276 x W 203 mm

248 pages

89 figures, 11 tables

Published Feb 2021

Archaeopress Access Archaeology

ISBN

Paperback: 9781789699074

Digital: 9781789699081