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SUMMARY:The Burials of the 25th Dynasty and Napatan Kings
DESCRIPTION:The Royal tombs at Kurru and Nuri belonging to the pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty and their Napatan successors exhibit remarkable similarities to the royal tombs Tanis and other Egyptian burial practices. This presentation will explore this convergence and what were the motivations behind them. \nPeter Lacovara (B.A. 1976\, Boston University; Ph.D. 1993 The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago) is Director of The Ancient Egyptian Archaeology and Heritage Fund. He was Senior Curator of Ancient Egyptian\, Nubian\, and Near Eastern Art at the Michael C. Carlos Museum from 1998 to 2014. Previously he has served as Assistant Curator in the Department of Ancient Egyptian\, Nubian and Near Eastern Art at the Museum of Fine Arts\, Boston. Currently he is also Consulting Curator for the Egyptian Collection at the Albany Institute of History and Art and Visiting Research Scholar at the American University in Cairo.\nHe has also taught at Syracuse University\, Virginia Commonwealth University\, Georgia State University\, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology and been the W. K. Simpson Distinguished Visiting Professor at the American University in Cairo.\nHis archaeological fieldwork has included excavations at the Valley of the Kings at Thebes\, the Palace city of Amenhotep III at Malqata in Western Thebes\, Abydos\, Hierakonpolis and at the Giza Plateau\, and currently he is directing the survey and restoration of the site of Deir el-Ballas. His publications include studies on Daily Life and Urbanism in Ancient Egypt\, Egyptian Mortuary Traditions\, and the Material Culture of Ancient Egypt and Nubia. \n  \n\nRSVP Below – RSVP Required to Receive Online Access:\n[gravityform id=”140″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/the-burials-of-the-25th-dynasty-and-napatan-kings/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T140000
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SUMMARY:Headless Men and Shattered Bodies: The Destruction of  Prisoner Statues during the Late Old Kingdom
DESCRIPTION:Six pharaohs of the Fifth and Sixth Dynasties erected nearly life-size statues of kneeling bound foreigners in their pyramid complexes. These unique statues\, which are known as prisoner statues\, have only ever been discovered in fragments. This has led scholars to question whether the statues had been intentionally broken for ritualistic reasons. However\, only the prisoner statues from two pyramid complexes actually show evidence of intentional damage in antiquity; those from the complex of Pepi I were methodically decapitated while those from the complex of Pepi II were violently smashed apart. In this talk I will explore the ritualized context of this destruction and how its significance developed from one complex to the other. \n  \nDr. Tara Prakash is Assistant Professor of Ancient Art at the College of Charleston and currently the W. Benson Harer Egyptology Scholar in Residence in the Department of History at California State University\, San Bernardino. She received her PhD from the Institute of Fine Arts\, New York University with a specialty in the art and archaeology of ancient Egypt. Dr. Prakash has held postdoctoral fellowships at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Johns Hopkins University. Her research focuses on issues of ethnicity and identity\, foreign interactions\, artistic agency\, and the visualization of pain and emotion in ancient Egypt\, and her current book project is the first comprehensive study on the prisoner statues. \n  \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”140″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/headless-men-and-shattered-bodies-the-destruction-of-prisoner-statues-during-the-late-old-kingdom/
LOCATION:Kaplan 365
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Egyptology,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191119T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191119T130000
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CREATED:20190829T161705Z
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SUMMARY:Archaeology and the Kingdom of David and Solomon
DESCRIPTION:Archaeology of Ancient Israel Lecture Series\nThe United Monarchy –  the famed kingdom of David and Solomon – is at the center of a heated debate. While until 25 years ago there was a consensus that David and Solomon were historical figures who ruled over fairly large territories\, it is now questioned by many who believe either that these kings were either petty chiefs controlling a limited territory around Jerusalem or that they did not even exist. Given these doubts\, the archaeological evidence has come to the center of discussion stage. A broad examination of the nature of the Iron I-II transition\, however\, reveals major changes in practically every aspect of life\, from settlement patterns to various aspects of material culture\, including pottery form and decoration\, and architectural developments. While each change could\, in theory\, be a result of a number of causes\, a broad analysis of all the processes and transformations\, and especially their sequencing in time and space\, greatly narrows down the possible options. It is therefore the aim of the present lecture to briefly present the sweeping changes that accompanied the Iron I-II transition\, to reconstruct (temporally and spatially) the processes of growing social complexity that they reflect\, and subsequently to examine the implications of this analysis on the debate over the historicity of the so-called United Monarchy. \n\n  \n  \n  \n  \nAvraham Faust (Bar-Ilan University) \nModerated by:\nDr. Aaron Burke (NELC) \nSponsored by:\nKershaw Chair for Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies \nCo-Sponsored by:\nDepartment of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures Cotson Institute of Archaeology\nAlan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”138″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/archaeology-and-the-kingdom-of-david-and-solomon/
LOCATION:Mathematical Sciences 4000A
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Hebrew & Jewish,Israel Studies,Jewish Studies,Jewish Studies,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190926T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190926T133000
DTSTAMP:20190823T222126Z
CREATED:20190823T155911Z
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SUMMARY:Applying for Jobs and Life After the Dissertation
DESCRIPTION:Join NELC faculty Dr. Cate Bonesho\, Dr. Kara Cooney\, and Dr. Bill Schniedewind for a workshop and discussion of applying for jobs and life after the dissertation. \n  \nEvent Flyer\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”137″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/life-after-the-dissertation/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Arabic,Arabic & Islamic Studies,Armenian,Assyriology,Bilingual Lecture Series,Egyptology,Hebrew & Jewish,Hebrew Bible,Iranian,Israel Studies,Jewish Studies,Jewish Studies,Levantine,Levantine Studies,Middle Eastern Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC,Pourdavoud Center,Semitics,Turkic,Turkic Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190514T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190514T133000
DTSTAMP:20190429T163911Z
CREATED:20190424T212016Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190429T163911Z
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SUMMARY:Using Documents in the Study of Early Islam: A Brief Introduction
DESCRIPTION:Come hear papyrologist Dr. Naïm Vanthieghem discuss the use of documents\, particularly papyri\, in the field of Islamic Studies. This informal talk is designed with graduate students in mind and will include ample time for discussion\, Q & A\, and even trying your hand at deciphering documentary sources. Dr Vantheighem brings experience working directly on papyrus fragments of the Quran\, the earliest calendars used by Muslims\, and notebooks compiled by students of the early hadith transmitters. \nDr. Naïm Vanthieghem is a Research Scholar at the Institut de recherche et d’histoire des textes (IRHT)\, a division of the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique in Paris. A papyrologist and historian of Egypt who works with Arabic\, Coptic\, and Greek documents\, he earned a PhD from the Free University of Brussels in 2015. He held post-doctoral fellowships from the European Research Council and Princeton University before joining the IRHT in 2017. He is the author of numerous articles in his areas of interest\, which include multilingualism\, law\, scribal practice\, early Islam\, and governmental administration. \n  \nAll welcome  \nPizza and refreshments will be served to those who RSVP \nEvent Flyer\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”123″ title=”false” description=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/using-documents-in-the-study-of-early-islam-a-brief-introduction/
LOCATION:Kaplan 365
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Arabic,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190419T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190419T130000
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CREATED:20190412T180634Z
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SUMMARY:Nabta Playa: An Abandoned Site Dating Back to the Earliest Days of Ancient Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Nabta Playa is an abandoned place located in the southwestern desert of Egypt. Although it may not appear to be a promising area for the study of the prehistoric archaeology as it is considered among the driest areas in the world\, there is evidence that there were several humid periods in the past that resulted in a parallel civilization to that one in Delta. \n\nDr. Abeer Amin is a professor of ancient Egyptian archaeology and Heritage studies\, Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management at Helwan University\, and visiting Faculty of Sciences professor at Arizona University. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”121″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/nabta-playa-an-abandoned-site-dating-back-to-the-earliest-days-of-ancient-egypt/
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190221T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190221T140000
DTSTAMP:20190208T215935Z
CREATED:20190208T215820Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190208T215935Z
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SUMMARY:Wadi al-Jarf\, the King Khufu’s Harbor on the Red Sea  Coast: Overview of the Recent Discoveries
DESCRIPTION:Since 2011\, a joint team of the Paris-Sorbonne University and the French Institute in Cairo (IFAO) has been excavating an exceptional harbor complex at Wadi al-Jarf along the Egyptian coast of the Red Sea. Considered now as the oldest harbor in the world\, this massive installation dates back to the very beginning of the Fourth Dynasty. In 2013 the site has received a special reputation after the discovery of several hundreds of fragments of narrative and administrative papyri\, the oldest inscribed papyri ever discovered in Egypt so far. Some clearly name King Khufu and give important details and describe activities in close relation to the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza. This lecture will first focus on the latest archaeological discoveries at the Wadi al-Jarf and then provide a quick overview on some of the papyri\, which uncover the complex organization and well structured logistics of royal projects and expeditions 4600 years ago. \n  \nDr. Gregory Marouard is a specialist for urban\, domestic and harbor archaeology. Since 2010\, he has been a Research Associate in Egyptian Archaeology at the Oriental Institute. He received his PhD in Art History and Archaeology in 2010 from the University of Poitiers\, France. Since 2011\, he has been the senior archaeologist in charge of the excavations of the harbor of Khufu\, a French Institute (IFAO)\, CNRS and Paris Sorbonne project directed by Professor Pierre Tallet. In June 2016\, this project was awarded the prestigious Cino Del Ducca prize for Archaeology by the French Academy. He is the co-director of the Tell Edfu Project (The Oriental Institute\, University of Chicago) with Nadine Moeller (Associate Professor at the Oriental Institute)\, and has also directed several other projects in Egypt\, including both the Oriental Institute Mission at Dendara and the Kom ed-Dahab Survey (The Oriental Institute\, University of Chicago – Egypt Exploration Society Delta Survey). \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”111″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/wadi-al-jarf-the-king-khufus-harbor-on-the-red-sea-coast-overview-of-the-recent-discoveries/
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181113T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181113T160000
DTSTAMP:20181029T163337Z
CREATED:20180928T174822Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181029T163337Z
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SUMMARY:Israel and the Samaria Highlands: A Nomad Settlement Wave or Urban Expansion during the Early Iron Age?
DESCRIPTION:The Iron I period witnessed a wave of settlements in the highlands of Israel\, mostly in Samaria but also to some extent in the Upper Galilee and Judah. This wave is usually associated with the genesis of Ancient Israel and is interpreted in light of the collapse of Canaanite urban centers at the end of the 12th century BCE. This lecture reconsiders the reasons behind this wave of settlement throughout the Samaria Highlands during the Iron I (1200-1000 BCE) in light of new understanding of the social and economic reality on the coastal plain\, the Jezreel\, Jordan\, and Hula Valleys\, and the regions surrounding the Samaria Highlands. \n  \nProf. Yuval Gadot is the head of the Jacob M. Alkow Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel-Aviv University. Since 2013 he is directing Tel-Aviv University excavations at the ‘City of David’ and Co-directing the ‘Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition’. His research in Jerusalem includes excavations of the ancient core together with interdisciplinary study of the rural landscape surrounding the city. Gadot obtained his PhD\, titled: “Continuity and change: the transition between the Late Bronze Age and the Iron Age in Israel central coastal plain”\, in 2004 from Tel-Aviv University. The work included the first full publication of the excavations at Tel Aphek and a regional study of trends in the material culture as they understood in relation to historical events. Among Gadot’s publications are: Ramat Rahel III – Final Publication of Yohanan Aharoni’s Excavations at Ramat-Raḥel published in 2016\, The Bronze Age Cemetery at ‘Ara published in 2014\, and the recent co-editing of “Rethinking Israel”: an edited volume published in honor of Prof. Israel Finkelstein. \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”89″ title=”false” description=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/archaeology-of-ancient-israel-fall-2018-lecture/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall A51 (Basement Level)\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Israel Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181113T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181113T140000
DTSTAMP:20181024T210536Z
CREATED:20181024T164955Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181024T210536Z
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SUMMARY:Between Egypt and the Near East: Current Research on the Amarna Letters
DESCRIPTION:Various aspects of the interaction between Egypt and other political and cultural centres of the Ancient Near East have always sparked the attention of scholars\, trying to understand this multi-layered and complex issue — ranging from the interpretation of finds of Egyptian or Egyptianized objects at the ANE sites to a misapprehension in communication resulting from considerably different concepts of royal power and authority. The Amarna tablets are a collection of almost 400 cuneiform documents discovered in the later 1880’s in the ruins of ancient Akhetaten (modern-day Tell el-Amarna). More than 130 years after those were unearthed in Middle Egypt the tablets still represent a primary source for understanding the political\, economic\, and legal relations between Egypt and the client kingdoms of the Levant during the 14th century BC. In recent years several key-studies have been published attempting to analyze the corpus from various angles including the language of the texts\, Egyptian imperialism and policy towards the Levantine city-states as well as transmission\, acquisition\, and adoption of cuneiform in these peripheral regions. It is the aim of this presentation to offer some suggestions concerning the role of Egyptian administration in the Levant\, especially with respect to its cuneiform tradition\, as well as to highlight several aspects of the Egyptian-ANE relations and set those into a wider cultural and political context. \n  \n\nJana Mynářová is an Assyriologist and Egyptologist at the Czech Institute of Egyptology\, Faculty of Arts\, Charles University. She graduated in 2004 in Philology – Languages of Asia and Africa (Charles University\, Prague) and since 2015 she is Associate Professor of Egyptology. She specializes above all in the relations of Egypt and the Near East in the second half of the 2nd millennium BC\, Peripheral Akkadian\, scribal culture\, and political and cultural history of the Levant in the Late Bronze Age. She is currently working on two projects supported by the Czech Science Foundation – Amarna Cuneiform Palaeography and Economic Complexity in the Ancient Near East. Management of Resources and Taxation in the 3rd and 2nd Millennium BC. \n  \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \n\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”95″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/between-egypt-and-the-near-east-current-research-on-the-amarna-letters/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Levantine Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181015T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181015T160000
DTSTAMP:20181015T181604Z
CREATED:20180816T170440Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181015T181604Z
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SUMMARY:The Relationship of Egyptian and Semitic
DESCRIPTION:  \nIt has long been known that the ancient Egyptian language is related to the Semitic language family\, but the details of this relationship are still not fully understood. In this lecture\, we will look at the major similarities (and differences) of the two language groups\, including topics in phonology\, morphology\, and the lexicon\, with an eye towards identifying inherited Afroasiatic features. We will also look at how Egyptian and some dialects of Northwest Semitic influenced one another as a consequence of sustained linguistic and cultural contact. \n\n\n\n\nAaron Rubin is Malvin and Lea Bank Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies\, Jewish Studies\, and Linguistics at Penn State University\, where he has taught since 2004. His main field of research is the Semitic family of languages\, in particular Hebrew\, Mehri\, and Jibbali. Recently\, he has also been exploring manuscripts in lesser known Jewish languages\, such as Judeo-Italian and Judeo-Urdu. He has authored seven monographs\, and co-edited four volumes. His most recent works are Omani Mehri: A New Grammar with Texts (2018) and Handbook of Jewish Languages (2016). \n\nEvent Flyer\nPlease RSVP\n[gravityform id=”88″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/the-relationship-of-egyptian-and-semitic/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 348
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Humanities,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180828T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180828T140000
DTSTAMP:20180816T165104Z
CREATED:20180802T165518Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180816T165104Z
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SUMMARY:Reuse of New Kingdom Monuments and Visitors’ Graffiti in Late and Graeco-Roman Period Elkab
DESCRIPTION:Since 2016\, the Oxford Expedition to Elkab has extended its work of epigraphic recording and publication to the Late and Graeco-Roman Period monuments and inscriptions in the necropolis and the adjacent Wadi Hillal. Recording of the inscribed material\, which mainly consists of unpublished graffiti and secondary inscriptions\, is proceeding hand-in-hand with the re-documentation of the entirety of the monuments and architectural structures that host them (New Kingdom and later tomb chapels\, the Ramesside/Ptolemaic hemispeos\, and the temple of Amenhotep III)\, through digital techniques based on photogrammetry. This is in order to enable the study and presentation of both textual and architectural material in context\, with a holistic approach that is intended to reflect the original situation on site. Samples of the epigraphic material collected so far (both textual and figural in nature) and the techniques employed in its recording will be discussed in the course of this seminar. \n  \nLuigi Prada is British Academy Research Fellow in Egyptology at the University of Oxford and a Trustee of the Egypt Exploration Society\, London. Previously\, he was Visiting Associate Professor in Egyptology at the University of Copenhagen\, Junior Research Fellow and Lecturer in Egyptology and Coptic at the University of Oxford\, and Theodor Heuss Research Fellow for the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation at the University of Heidelberg. Luigi’s main research interests lie in ancient Egyptian textual studies—with special focus on texts from the later phases of ancient Egypt’s history\, in hieroglyphs\, hieratic\, and demotic—\, as well as in the study of Graeco-Egyptian bilingualism and ancient translations\, in connection with the development of Coptic. He is also active in the field\, both in Egypt (as Assistant Field Director of the Oxford Expedition to Elkab)\, and in Sudan (as an epigraphist at Jebel Dosha and the Dal Cataract). \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”85″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/reuse-of-new-kingdom-monuments-and-visitors-graffiti-in-late-and-graeco-roman-period-elkab/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180524T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180524T133000
DTSTAMP:20180524T152124Z
CREATED:20180503T234741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180524T152124Z
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SUMMARY:A Romano-Egyptian Obelisk Beyond the Nile
DESCRIPTION:Using a Romano-Egyptian obelisk from the collection of the Museo del Sannio in Benevento\, Italy as a case study\, this talk will overview the major themes of the current Getty exhibition “Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World.” This exhibition explores cross-cultural interactions between Egypt\, Greece\, and Rome from about 2000 BC until about AD 300. Part of a new Getty initiative called The Classical World in Context\, the exhibition kicks off a series that will highlight the Classical world’s relationships with other ancient cultures. The themes encapsulated in the obelisk – an Egyptian monument made during the reign of emperor Domitian and set up at a temple to Isis in Benevento – will be connected to other objects in the exhibition\, demonstrating that many of the underlying motivations for contact remained the same over the course of nearly 2500 years. \n  \nSara E. Cole is an Assistant Curator in the Antiquities Department at the Getty Villa. She received her PhD from Yale University in 2015. Her research focuses primarily on cross-cultural exchange in Graeco-Roman Egypt and she is a co-curator of the Getty exhibition “Beyond the Nile: Egypt and the Classical World.” Prior to joining the Getty\, she curated the exhibitions “Glass of the Ancient Mediterranean” (McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture\, Knoxville\, TN\, 2014) and “Drink That You May Live: Ancient Glass from the Yale University Art Gallery” (Yale University Art Gallery\, New Haven\, CT\, 2017). \n  \nEvent Flyer \n  \nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”82″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/a-romano-egyptian-obelisk-beyond-the-nile/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180423T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180423T170000
DTSTAMP:20180516T183230Z
CREATED:20180326T235325Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180516T183230Z
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SUMMARY:In the Workshop of an Ancient Egyptian Sculptor
DESCRIPTION:In 1912\, the excavation team of the Deutsch Orient-Gesellschaft under the direction of Ludwig Borchardt revealed the exceptional remains of the estate and workshop of an ancient Egyptian sculptor of the middle of the 15th century BCE\, who worked for Pharaoh Akhenaten in the latter’s new royal residence of Akhet-Aten (modern Amarna)\, in Middle Egypt. Next to the world-famous bust of Nefertiti\, the German excavators unearthed a collection of plaster portrait studies that allow reconstructing the creation procedure of ancient Egyptian portraits as well as the technique used to ensure the consistency of royal portraiture in ancient Egypt. The presentation will address those issues from a hands-on perspective\, as well as the reason why this royal sculptor\, named Thutmose\, kept those plaster pieces in his estate. \n  \nDimitri Laboury is Research Director of the FNRS\, the National Foundation for Scientific Research of Belgium\, at the University of Liège\, where he teaches Ancient Egyptian Art History\, Archaeology\, History and History of Religion\, as Associate Professor. Trained as an Egyptologist and an Art Historian\, he specialized in the study of Ancient Egyptian thought and cultural history through the art of that civilization. His interests range from the study of royal statuary to the analysis of painterly practices in the decoration of Theban Tombs\, and from the history of western reception of Ancient Egyptian art to a theoretical approach to the functioning and meaning of Ancient Egyptian art. He is currently preparing the edition of an Oxford Handbook of Egyptian Epigraphy and Paleography at Oxford University Press. \n  \nEvent Flyer \n[gravityform id=”77″ title=”true” description=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/workshop-ancient-egyptian-sculptor/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Middle Eastern Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180416T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180416T170000
DTSTAMP:20180410T172350Z
CREATED:20180326T234701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180410T172350Z
UID:9781-1523887200-1523898000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Royal Succession in Ancient Egypt and Early Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean
DESCRIPTION:Royal Succession in Ancient Egypt\nNowhere are the legal terms of royal succession in ancient Egypt set out in explicit terms. The concept of hereditary monarchy manifests a wide range of modes of succession across time and place\, and today we will review these\, together with such evidence as survives from Egypt to discuss the way in which Egyptian pharaonic succession may have functioned\, in both theory and practice. We also consider the evidence for and existence of\, the institution of coregency. \nAidan Dodson is a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of Anthropology & Archaeology at the University of Bristol. His primary research interests concern ancient Egypt and funerary customs. His particular areas of specialization are Egyptian dynastic history and chronology\, tomb architecture\, coffin and sarcophagus design\, canopic equipment\, and the history of Egyptology\, particularly in Bristol. A prolific author and editor of nearly three hundred academic works\, he has worked to publish the coffins and related material from the tomb of Tutankhamun\, and his recent books include The Royal Tombs of Ancient Egypt. \n  \nEarly Trade in the Eastern Mediterranean\nThe talk will address the earliest trade from around the beginning of the Bronze Age. We will do our best to trace and follow its main lines\, engaging with both the historical and theoretical questions that arise treating precious materials\, textiles\, and so on in addition to dealing with prices\, values\, import substitution and product substitution as well as circulation. We will discuss grain in particular in order to provide a critical perspective on long term changes. There will be a prolonged period for questions and discussion of the range of issues raised by such a broad topic\, so audience input will be both vital and welcomed. \nDavid Warburton studies political science\, archaeology and Egyptology. He holds degrees from the American University of Beirut (BA\, MA)\, the University of Bern (D.phil)\, and the Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne (HDR). Warburton has since taught in cities across the world – Bern\, Copenhagen\, Aarhus\, Lyon\, Berlin\, Cairo\, and Changchun. His excavations\, surveys & epigraphy have taken place in France\, Switzerland\, Syria\, Iraq\, Yemen\, and Egypt. He serves as the Resident Director for the American Institute for Yemeni Studies from 1993-1995. His publications include books on economics\, religion\, chronology\, stratigraphy; articles & chapters on economics\, religion\, chronology\, stratigraphy\, colour terminology\, history of science\, architecture\, excavation reports; and many reviews \n  \nEvent Flyer\nEvent Flyer\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”76″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/royal-succession-ancient-egypt-and-early-trade-in-the-eastern-mediterranean/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180411T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180411T170000
DTSTAMP:20180516T194627Z
CREATED:20180326T222225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180516T194627Z
UID:9768-1523458800-1523466000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:ARCE Practice Talks Round 2
DESCRIPTION:The Compositional Design of Djedhor Cairo JE 46341 \nMichael Chen (Egyptology). This paper examines the layout of spells upon the statue surfaces of Djedhor to uncover the inherent planning behind the design of the statue. This strategic design reveals both a balanced spell arrangement and the inscribing order of the statue’s construction. The patterns observed in my analysis permit a greater intertextual study of magical healing spells and a better understanding of these spells’ relationships with materiality. \n  \n\nTemple Rank and 21st Dynasty Funerary Papyri: Documenting Status in Theban Society \n\nMarissa Stevens (Egyptology). This talk focuses on the funerary papyri of the Theban priesthood and the choices they made regarding the content of the papyri. These choices of content reflect the positions these priests held within the temple\, and oftentimes passed through the generations\, illustrating the inheritance of temple positions and the importance of hereditary positions in this religiously entrenched society \n  \nEvent Flyer\n[gravityform id=”74″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/arce-practice-talks-round-2/
LOCATION:161 Dodd Hall\, 315 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171106T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171106T150000
DTSTAMP:20171102T002815Z
CREATED:20171102T002532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T002815Z
UID:8893-1509969600-1509980400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Graduate Student Conference Talks and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Come and hear what the graduate students in NELC are working on! Graduate students presenting their research at academic conferences in the next month will be giving their talks for the NELC community\, and would love feedback and questions! \nSpeakers (in order):\n\nAndrew Danielson \nDanielle Candelora\nJacob Damm\nJeremy Williams\nTimothy Hogue\nMarissa Stevens\n\nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”62″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/graduate-student-conference-talks-and-qa/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Egyptology,Hebrew Bible,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170407T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170407T133000
DTSTAMP:20170327T182348Z
CREATED:20170327T182247Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170327T182348Z
UID:7118-1491566400-1491571800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The Inventors of the Alphabet — Erudite Scribes or Unlettered MinersOrly
DESCRIPTION:According to Orly Goldwasser’s analysis of the evidence\, the alphabet was invented around 1840 BCE by illiterate Canaanite mining experts working in the Sinai site of Serabit el-Khadem. This conclusion is based on a painstaking comparative analysis of the paleography of the Middle Kingdom hieroglyphs in the Egyptian temple on the site and the so-called “Proto-Sinaitic” inscriptions that were discovered primarily in and around the neighboring mines.The inventors of the alphabet were inspired by the highly pictorial hieroglyphs around them\, but they used them only as hardware for their new script in an innovative\, distinctly un-Egyptian manner.The graphemes of the Proto-Sinaitic inscriptions represent mono-consonants (letters)\, and the pictorial meaning of each sign should always be discarded in order to reach the correct reading.Two related issues have often been raised in response to her theory. First\, how could illiterate\, “simple” people accomplish such an intellectual leap without prior education? Second\, is it not evident that erudite scribes would have had the necessary experience and culture to adopt the idea of mono-consonants from the ancient Egyptian script that they knew so well? \n\nOrly Goldwasser is an Israeli Egyptologist\, professor of Egyptology at the Hebrew University. She received her B.A. at Tel Aviv University\, continued studying at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem\, where she was awarded her M.A. and PhD degrees. She occupies the chair of Egyptology at the Hebrew University\, and is a Honorary Professor at the University of Göttingen\, she was guest professor at the University of Göttingen\, Harvard University and at the Collège de France. Her main interests are the semiotics of the hieroglyphic script\, intercultural relations: Egypt and the Levant\, metaphors and literary images in ancient Egyptian literature and the origin of the alphabet. She is the discoverer of the classification system in the hieroglyphic script. \n  \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/inventors-alphabet-erudite-scribes-unlettered-minersorly/
LOCATION:Humanities Bldg. Rm 311
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Levantine,Levantine Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170216T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170216T153000
DTSTAMP:20170214T185323Z
CREATED:20170214T185200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170214T185323Z
UID:6806-1487259000-1487259000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The Archaeological Adventure of Museo Egizio (1903-1920)
DESCRIPTION:Ernesto Schiaparelli\, director of Museo Egizio between 1894 and 1928 responded to the need for an enlarged Egyptian collection at Turin. In 1903 the Missione Archeologica Italiana (M.A.I.) was founded\, promoting 12 archaeological expeditions at 11 sites in Egypt. With the important assistance of collaborators\, Schiaparelli undertook this fieldwork to better document the history of Ancient Egypt. Significantly\, the anthropological interest in human remains of these expeditions was at that time innovative\, and gave the Museo Egizio an original multidisciplinary perspective. The rich photographic\, and documentary archive of the M.A.I.’s allows the reconstruction not only of their organisation and the discoveries they made\, but also the daily life of an expedition. Excavations ended in 1920 with the fourth archaeological campaign of the site in Gebelein\, though the last crates of artefacts arrived in Turin in 1923. The extraordinary corpus of objects found during the excavations required the opening of new rooms to visitors\, and increased and completed the documentation of historical periods already on display. From then until the present day\, Museo Egizio has been excavating at Saqqara in a collaborative project with the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden. The excavation in Saqqara allows the archaeological exploration\, and study\, of one of the New Kingdom’s most important necropolis. \nChristian Greco\nCurator\, Dutch National Museum of Antiquities \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/archaeological-adventure-museo-egizio-1903-1920-2/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170210T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170210T130000
DTSTAMP:20170119T175627Z
CREATED:20170117T015424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170119T175627Z
UID:6449-1486724400-1486731600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:New Light on Qubbet el-Hawa
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Bommas will be giving two lectures. First lecture will be from 11:00A-11:50A. Second lecture will be from 12:15P-1:00P. \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Martin Bommas\nReader in Egyptology\nGetty Scholar 2016-2017\nCurator of the Eton Myers Collection of Egyptian Arts at the University of Birmingham\nDirector of the Qubbet el-Hawa Research Project\nEditor-in-chief of the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology  \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/new-light-qubbet-el-hawa/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170120T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170120T130000
DTSTAMP:20170119T161725Z
CREATED:20170105T193537Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170119T161725Z
UID:6397-1484913600-1484917200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Modelling Long-Distance Interaction in the Middle Bronze Age
DESCRIPTION:The Old Assyrian trade network c. 1895-1865 BCE is by far the best documented example of how a long-distance commercial circuit was organized and run in the ancient world. But the Assyrian records show that the circuit to which they relate was not isolated. It formed part of a chain of comparable units and was kept intentionally separate from competing entities. This talk will explore some of those other linked and competing commercial networks of the Middle Bronze Age in the Near East (2000-1500 BCE)\, both through the Assyrian trade records and the contemporary archaeological assemblage from Anatolia and beyond. \nLight lunch provided. \nGojko Barjamovic\nLecturer on Assyriology; Director of Undergraduate Studies \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/modelling-long-distance-interaction-middle-bronze-agethe-old/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Levantine,Levantine Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170119T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170119T130000
DTSTAMP:20170112T201949Z
CREATED:20170112T201932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170112T201949Z
UID:6441-1484827200-1484830800@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Divine Priestesses: The Ptolemaic Queens in the Egyptian and Hellenistic Cults
DESCRIPTION:The Ptolemaic kings and queens were not only venerated as synnaoi theoi (‘temple-sharing gods’) in the Egyptian temples and received various cults of their own (including the Hellenistic and Egyptian ruler cults)\, but they also served as priests and priestesses themselves. In the ancient Egyptian understanding\, the king was per definitionem the high priest. This lecture will focus on the queens serving as priestesses\, both in the Hellenistic and the Egyptian contexts\, and analyse how these two worlds were possibly interlinked and based on existing traditions. \n\n \nLight lunch provided. \nDr. Martina Minas-Nerpel\nSwansea University\, United Kingdom \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/divine-priestesses-ptolemaic-queens-egyptian-hellenistic-cults/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170112T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170112T173000
DTSTAMP:20170109T181800Z
CREATED:20170109T181738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170109T181800Z
UID:6417-1484236800-1484242200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Sea Peoples and Neo-Hittites in the ‘Land of Palistin’: Recent Discoveries at Tayinat on the Orontes
DESCRIPTION:Recent archaeological discoveries have begun to challenge the prevailing view of the Early Iron Age (ca. 1200-900 BCE) as an era of cultural devolution and ethnic strife\, or a ‘Dark Age’\, in the eastern Mediterranean\, as depicted in the Homeric epics and the Hebrew Bible. This illustrated talk will highlight the exciting discoveries of the University of Toronto’s ongoing excavations at ancient Tayinat. \nTIMOTHY HARRISON\n(University of Toronto) \nCosponsored by the\nUCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages & Cultures\nUCLA Cotsen Institute of Archaeology
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/sea-peoples-neo-hittites-land-palistin-recent-discoveries-tayinat-orontes/
LOCATION:Faculty Center
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Hebrew & Jewish,Hebrew Bible,Jewish Studies,Jewish Studies,Levantine,Levantine Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161201T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161202T170000
DTSTAMP:20160929T021437Z
CREATED:20160927T225359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160929T021437Z
UID:5215-1480618800-1480698000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:New Light on the Egyptian Origin of the Hebrew Alphabet
DESCRIPTION:The publication of a new inscription from Theban Tomb 99 sheds new light on the early history of the Hebrew Alphabet.  This ostracon is a bilingual “abecedary” written in Egyptian Hieroglyphic and Semitic.  It gives further evidence for an Egyptian connection to the origins of the early Hebrew alphabet. \nSponsored by the\nUCLA Near Eastern Languages & Cultures \nCosponsored by the\nUCLA Alan D. Leve Center for Jewish Studies\nUCLA College of Humanities\nKershaw Chair of Ancient Eastern Mediterranean Studies\nCotsen Institute \n  \nComplete Program Schedule\n  \n\n[gravityform id=”15″ title=”true” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/new-light-egyptian-origin-hebrew-alphabet/
LOCATION:Young Research Library (YRL) Room 11360\, 280 Charles E Young Dr N \, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Assyriology,Egyptology,Hebrew & Jewish,Hebrew Bible,Jewish Studies,Jewish Studies,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161006T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161006T193000
DTSTAMP:20161006T221429Z
CREATED:20160929T164606Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161006T221429Z
UID:5273-1475778600-1475782200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:I Can Hear The Barbarians
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/can-hear-barbarians/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities \, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Arabic,Arabic & Islamic Studies,Armenian,Assyriology,Egyptology,Hebrew & Jewish,Hebrew Bible,Israel Studies,Jewish Studies,Jewish Studies,Levantine,Levantine Studies,Middle Eastern Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC,Semitics,Turkic,Turkic Studies
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160922T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160922T170000
DTSTAMP:20160918T012830Z
CREATED:20160918T012304Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160918T012830Z
UID:5077-1474516800-1474563600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Undergraduate Ice Cream Social
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/undergraduate-ice-cream-social/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Arabic & Islamic Studies,Armenian,Jewish Studies,Jewish Studies,Middle Eastern Studies,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160419T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160419T133000
DTSTAMP:20160708T185047Z
CREATED:20160708T170240Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160708T185047Z
UID:2369-1461067200-1461072600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Painters and Painting Practices in the Theban Necropolis During the 18th Dynasty
DESCRIPTION:The lecture will outline some of the main results of a project funded by a Research Incentive Grant of the National Foundation for Scientific Research of Belgium (F.R.S. – FNRS) and devoted to the study of the painters responsible for the decoration of private tombs in the Theban Necropolis during the 18th dynasty\, their techniques\, practices\, work organisation\, employability and relations to their patrons. It will start by addressing the often skirted issue of art and artists in Ancient Egypt\, before analysing the various Egyptological data as well as new methodological strategies that allow us to study and track down those artists in their social but also individual identities.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/painters-painting-practices-theban-necropolis-18th-dynasty/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160418T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160418T180000
DTSTAMP:20160708T184955Z
CREATED:20160708T170111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160708T184955Z
UID:2368-1460998800-1461002400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Lucille Ball in Ancient Egypt? The Business Dealings of Lady Tsenhor in Persian Egypt
DESCRIPTION:If Tsenhor were alive today\, she would be wearing jeans\, drive a pick-up and enjoy a beer with the boys. Instead she was born c. 2500 years ago\, leaving behind an archive of Demotic papyri now kept in various European museums. These papyri allow us to reconstruct her life (in a way)\, showing that apart from being a housewife she worked as a funerary priest\, bought her own slaves\, owned land and did construction work with her second husband. A woman of many talents indeed. \n  \nKoen Donker van Heel is University Lecturer at the Papyrological Institute of the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. He is a specialist in abnormal hieratic and early Demotic documents (8th to 4th c. BCE.). His research deals with legal and socio-economic history of Egypt in the Nubian to Persian Periods.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/lucille-ball-ancient-egypt-business-dealings-lady-tsenhor-persian-egypt/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Near Eastern Archaeology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160226T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160226T133000
DTSTAMP:20160721T215220Z
CREATED:20160708T162815Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20160721T215220Z
UID:2359-1456488000-1456493400@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Tracing the Skill of Fresco Painting in Tell El-Dabca
DESCRIPTION:Around 1500 B.C.E. a palatial district has been constructed at the site of Tell el-Dabca\, directly above the Pelusiac branch of the Nile. There\, below the ramps of the entrances of both main buildings about 20 000 fragments of wall paintings have been discovered since 1992. These paintings are rather unusual in context of the Egyptian material culture: they display a rather strangely appearing ‘minoanizing’ iconography\, they are painted on lime plaster instead of the more widespread gypsum plaster and also not the usual tempera-\, but the fresco technique is extensively used. The latter aspect if of particular importance when we want to better understand the kind of transmediterranean relations during this period. Hence the seminar will discuss the different techniques traceable at the site\, try to approach the different necessary skills for their execution and how these might be spread in the Eastern Mediterranean.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/tracing-skill-fresco-painting-tell-el-dabca/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Near Eastern Archaeology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160121T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20160121T130000
DTSTAMP:20160708T182244Z
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SUMMARY:Secret Knowledge and Doubtful Priests in Ancient Egyptian Literature
DESCRIPTION:This lecture will discuss two themes of my ongoing book project “Cult Practice in Ancient Egyptian Literature”. First\, Egyptian literary texts (narratives\, wisdom texts and discourses) often make reference to “secret knowledge.” What does this mean? Second\, doubt is an important motif in several of these texts\, that is\, doubts about the claims of certain priests\, doubts about the efficacy of magic and offerings\, and even priestly self-doubt. What role does this motif play in these texts? \n  \nFranziska Naether is assistant professor of Egyptology at the Egyptological Institute and Egyptian Museum “Georg Steindorff” at the University of Leipzig. Her dissertation “Sortes Astrampsychi” focused on a complex Greek lot oracle from Roman Egypt and other divinatory methods and their legacy. Naether’s research interests include ancient Egyptian literature\, religion and its material culture\, representation and communication of rulers\, papyrology and digital humanities. From 2005 to 2008\, she was collaborator of the initial phase of the “Trismegistos” database and is now working for the “Demotistische Literaturübersicht\,” a review project for demotic studies featured in the journal “Enchoria” and in Trismegistos. Naether is a Visiting Research Scholar at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World in New York for the 2015-16 academic year and currently for a short leave at the Getty Research Institute.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/secret-knowledge-doubtful-priests-ancient-egyptian-literature-2/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities \, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Near Eastern Archaeology
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SUMMARY:Egypt and Israel
DESCRIPTION:This talk will survey the many interconnections between Egypt and Israel during the biblical period\, with a special focus on the manner in which Egyptian literary\, religious\, and magical texts inform the biblical narratives of Joseph (Genesis 37-50) and Moses (Exodus 1-15). To mention just two examples here: just as Isis hides baby Horus amongst the papyrus reeds\, so does Moses’s mother hide her baby in similar fashion; and just as Isis suckles Horus\, as depicted in various statuettes\, so must Moses’s mother become the wet-nurse of her child.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/egypt-and-israel/
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near East & Egyptology,Egyptology,Israel Studies
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