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SUMMARY:Reading Tool Marks on Egyptian Stone Sculpture by Anna Serotta
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on November 19 for Anna Serotta’s lecture\, Reading Tool Marks on Egyptian Stone Sculptures. \nThis lecture presents a multidisciplinary approach to understanding the production of ancient Egyptian stone sculpture\, including the systematic characterization of tool marks\, the examination of ancient tools\, experimental archaeology\, and consultation with contemporary stone carvers. This approach is demonstrated through a series of case studies which illustrate differences in hard stone and soft stone carving; variations in finishing work on statuary elements; variations in the carving of hieroglyphs; and possible evidence of a changing tool kit. \nObjects conservator Anna Serotta is primarily responsible for the conservation of the Egyptian Art collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her research interests span a broad range of topics\, including stone carving technology\, technical imaging and the mitigation of vibration-induced damage in the museum environment. In addition to her role in the museum\, Anna has worked as an archaeological field conservator on sites in Turkey\, Greece\, Italy and Egypt. Anna is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome as well as a guest lecturer at the Institute of Fine Arts\, New York University.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/reading-tool-marks-on-egyptian-stone-sculpture-by-anna-serotta/
LOCATION:365 Kaplan Hall
CATEGORIES:Egyptology
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SUMMARY:NELC/ARCE-OC Co-Sponsored Lecture: Aidan Dodson
DESCRIPTION:The Nubian Pharaohs of Egypt\nThe region of Nubia—now spanning the modern border between Egypt and Sudan—was long a subject of Egyptian imperial domination by its ancient pharaohs. However\, in the eighth century BC matters were suddenly reversed\, when the kings of Kush\, the ancient name for Nubia\, became the overlords of Egypt for nearly a century\, before being forced to withdraw in the face of Assyrian invasions. Yet the Kushite kingdom would endure back in its heartlands for another millennium\, the heritage of its Egyptian sojourn still visible in its fields of pyramid-tombs. This talk will feature the story of these Nubian pharaohs of Egypt\, from the origins of their kingdom of Kush\, through their time as rulers of Egypt\, to their heritage in the heart of Sudan—and their rediscovery in modern times.  \nThis lecture is co-sponsored with the American Research Center in Egypt Orange County Chapter. \nAidan Dodson is honorary full professor of Egyptology in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Bristol\, UK. He was also Simpson Professor of Egyptology at the American Universityin Cairo in 2013 and Chair of the Egypt Exploration Society during 2011–16. Awarded his PhD by the University of Cambridge in 1995\, he was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 2003. He is the author of some twenty-five books and over four hundred articles and reviews.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/nelc-arce-oc-co-sponsored-lecture-aidan-dodson/
LOCATION:121 Dodd Hall\, 390 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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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:20210304T120000
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SUMMARY:The Goddess Isis and the Kingdom of Meroe
DESCRIPTION:Discussions of the widespread appeal of the cult of Isis in antiquity often omit any mention of the Nubian priests who served the rulers of the Kingdom of Meroe (located south of Egypt in the Sudan) and the royal donations of gold that they delivered to the temple of Isis at Philae\, located at Egypt’s border with Nubia. Those funds were essential to the survival of the temple of Philae\, allowing it to remain in active use for centuries after other temples had been abandoned in Egypt. I will describe the rites performed by the Nubian priests and their participation in a tradition of Nubian pilgrimage to this site that spanned one thousand years.\nAs a Black Egyptologist it is important to me to investigate the southern connections that are evident in the ancient religious practices of Egypt. Much work remains to be done to highlight these connections. \nSolange Ashby received her Ph.D. in Egyptology with a specialization in ancient Egyptian language and Nubian religion from the University of Chicago. She has researched in Egypt at the temple of Philae and participated in an archaeological excavation in El-Kurru\, Sudan (royal Kushite cemetery). Her first book\, Calling Out to Isis: The Enduring Nubian Presence at Philae\, is published by Gorgias Press. Her current research explores the roles of women in traditional Nubian religious practices. Dr. Ashby is working on the first monograph dedicated to the history\, religious symbolism\, and political power of the queens of Kush. \n  \n\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”169″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/the-goddess-isis-and-the-kingdom-of-meroe/
LOCATION:Online Via Zoom
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200224T130000
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SUMMARY:New Insights into the Inscribed Landscape of the Wadi Hammamat Quarries
DESCRIPTION:Located halfway between the Nile and the shores of the Red Sea\, the Wadi Hammamat is the modern name of ancient greywacke and siltstone quarries in the Eastern Desert (Egypt)\, exploited from the Predynastic period onwards. Known to us since the time of its first explorers\, namely K. R. Lepsius and J. Burton (19th century)\, the Wadi Hammamat quarries were explored by many epigraphic and archaeological survey teams throughout the last century. After Dr. Annie Gasse’s survey in the 1980’s—which uncovered hundreds of new to-be-published inscriptions from all periods—new research is currently ongoing. Beyond (re-)publishing the Pharaonic epigraphic material (about 380 inscriptions) in close collaboration with Dr. Gasse\, Vincent Morel and Dr. Jean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier are both seeking—in the course of their own research—to better apprehend this major quarrying area. From shedding new light on the symbolic landscape of the Wadi itself to drafting a new interpretive history of the local writing practices\, the multi-aspect research effort aims at recontextualizing ancient inscriptions\, too often considered as mere “expedition reports.” \n\nVincent Morel\nUniversité de Genève\nÉcole Pratique des Hautes Études – Université Paris\, Sciences & Lettres Yale University \n  \n\n  \nJean-Guillaume Olette-Pelletier Sorbonne Université\nYale University \n  \nEvent Flyer\nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”159″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/new-insights-into-the-inscribed-landscape-of-the-wadi-hammamat-quarries/
LOCATION:243 Royce Hall
CATEGORIES:Egyptology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20200122T133000
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SUMMARY:The Arabicization of Christian Egypt: Reframing the Debate
DESCRIPTION:The linguistic evolution of Egypt has been studied at some length\, and with the invaluable evidence offered by the papyrological sources it has been possible to make very fine and detailed observations on the chronology and distribution of linguistic change. The different linguistic balance established by the Egyptian language with the two imperial languages that entered the country by conquest and served for centuries as languages of power is very striking: while Egyptian was used alongside Greek for a millennium after Alexander\, being redefined and reinforced in the process\, within half that time after the Arab conquest it gave way to Arabic\, having shown only a relatively low and specialised degree of linguistic interaction with it. Even though this difference has been in the background of the academic discussion of the topic in recent decades\, it has not been addressed directly\, because the most recent work has largely been of a micro-historical nature\, focusing on administrative linguistic practice. This presentation will first take a step back to look at the Orientalist historiography that still casts a shadow over the subject\, and then suggest some new avenues of analysis drawing on recent work in socio-linguistics. \nCo-Sponsored by: Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures\, Islamic Studies Program\, Department of History\, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies \n  \nDr. Arietta Papaconstantinou is Associate Professor of Classics at the University of Reading. Her research interests cover the religious\, social and economic history of Egypt and the Near East during the transition from the Roman Empire to the Caliphate. She is particularly interested in the evolution Christian communities during the first two centuries of Islamic rule. She likes to mobilise a wide range of sources and approaches\, from economic to textual and linguistic\, using traditional narrative sources as well as archaeology\, papyrology and epigraphy. Before joining Reading in 2011\, Papaconstantinou was Maitre de Conferences at the Universite Paris 1 – Pantheon Sorbonne\, where she had taught since 1999\, after several years at the Universities of Strasbourg\, Franche-Comte\, and Val de Marne (Paris XII). She was educated at the German School in Athens\, Deree College in Athens\, and the Universite de Strasbourg\, from where she holds an MA in Archaeology and a Ph.D. in Ancient History. \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”103″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/the-arabicization-of-christian-egypt-reframing-the-debate/
LOCATION:365 Kaplan Hall
CATEGORIES:Arabic,Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20191205T140000
DTSTAMP:20191014T181514Z
CREATED:20191014T181514Z
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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:20191121T124500
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SUMMARY:Creative Coptic Religious Leadership: The Strategies of Mother Irini
DESCRIPTION:While religious leadership differs from other forms of leadership such as in the world of business and not-for-profit organisations (NGO’s)\, there is much overlap. For example\, in religious as well as in non-religious settings\, the most successful leaders are creative innovators who apply new strategies to get their message across\, make it visible\, and energize those working with them. In this presentation\, I analyse some of the methods introduced by Mother Irini\, the famous abbess of the Abu Saifein convent (d. 2006) who inspired the renewal of the monastic life for Coptic women. Nowadays\, the new and innovative models of governance she introduced continue to be applied across the Coptic Church. \nNelly van Doorn-Harder is professor of Religious Studies at Wake Forest University\, NC. She has produced numerous articles and books about the contemporary Coptic Church that focus\, among others\, on issues of gender\, leadership\, spirituality\, and freedom of religion. Her latest book is the edited volume Copts in Context: Negotiating Identity\, Tradition\, and Modernity. (2017) Some of her other publications are: The Egyptian Church and Its Leadership from the Ottoman Period to the Present: The Modern Coptic Papacy (1798–2010) (2011\, with Magdi Guirguis)\, Between Desert and City. The Coptic Orthodox Church Today (1997 & 2004)\, and Contemporary Coptic Nuns (1995). Apart from studying the Copts of Egypt\, she has studied and published widely about Islam in Southeast Asia. One of her books in that area is Women Shaping Islam. Indonesian Muslim Women Reading the Qur’an (2006). \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”144″ title=”false” description=”false”]\n  \n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/creative-coptic-religious-leadership-the-strategies-of-mother-irini/
LOCATION:Kaplan 365
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190926T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190926T133000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20190823T222126Z
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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:20190221T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190221T140000
DTSTAMP:20190208T215935Z
CREATED:20190208T215820Z
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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:20190116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20190116T133000
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SUMMARY:DemonBase: The Imaginal Realm of Ancient Egyptian Supernatural Beings
DESCRIPTION:This presentation provides an overview of the Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project: Second Millennium BCE\, centered at Swansea University\, Wales. In both the modern and ancient world\, intangible entities embody and are blamed for a host of physical and psychological afflictions\, as well as being called upon to aid the sufferer. These mythical beings are known in many cultures by many names such as: gremlins\, imps\, faeries\, ghosts\, daemons\, genies\, Mischwesen\, monsters\, small gods\, angels\, superheroes and invisibilia. Although the Ancient Egyptians themselves had no specific all‐encompassing generic label for this category of beings\, as individuals and groups they were described in texts and imagery. For the ordinary person\, these beings played vital roles as mechanisms for coping with and manifesting abstract stress\, afflictions\, and fears. They come in an incredible range of imaginative forms\, made up of bits and pieces of humans\, animals and even objects. This presentation introduces the DemonBase\, a relational database of liminal entities represented on a range of artifacts. The initial dataset was limited to coffins\, wands\, headrests\, and a selection of complete manuscripts (usually papyrus). The approach combines archaeological\, iconographic\, and philological analysis. To date\, the analysis includes 200 objects which resulted in the discovery of over 4500 distinct imaginal beings. The database treats them in the same detail as the artifact on which they appear\, with full context included for the scholar. In this presentation we will also explore these beings in the broader context of cognition: the embodiment and expression of inexpressible concepts through these icons\, memes and archetypes. The aim is to work out the motivation underlying the choice of particular attributes over others and seeing which emotive characteristics still resonate today. \n  \nKasia Szpakowska is Associate Professor of Egyptology at Swansea University\, Wales. Her research focuses on Ancient Egyptian private religious practices\, dreams\, gender and the archaeology of magic. She is an avid proponent of interdisciplinary research and digital humanities\, and collaborates with engineers\, artists\, glaciologists and computer scientists. Kasia is currently focusing on images of ancient Egyptian supernatural beings as mechanisms for coping with stresses\, anxieties\, trauma and health afflictions. Of particular interest is the motivation underlying the choice of attributes (animal\, facial\, gesture) and of archetypes. Discovering which emotive characteristics still resonate today furthers our understanding of our own modern responses\, as well as those of the past. She was elected to Phi Beta Kappa (1987)\, is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (London)\, Patron of the Friends of the Egypt Centre\, and Vice President of the Friends of the Petrie Museum of Archaeology. Her publications include Daily Life in Ancient Egypt: Reconstructing Lahun and Behind Closed Eyes: Dreams and Nightmares in Ancient Egypt. TV work includes National Geographic’s The Egyptian Job and Discovery Kids’ Tutenstein.gy \n  \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”103″ title=”false” description=”true”]\n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/demonbase-the-imaginal-realm-of-ancient-egyptian-supernatural-beings/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181102T120000
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SUMMARY:Graduate Student Research Presentations and Q&A
DESCRIPTION:12:00 – 1:00pm \nOverspecializing the Specialist: Reevaluating the Role of Producers in the Study of Technological Interconnectivity\nNadia Ben-Marzouk (Archaeology) \nAccounting for Kingship: The Samaria Ostraca as Royal Performance Jason Price (Hebrew Bible) \nAn Image on the Stele or a Ghost in the Shell? A Cognitive Scientific Approach to the Material “Soul” in the Levant\nTimothy Hogue (Hebrew Bible) \n1:00 – 2:00pm \nQWS\, Edom\, and Identities: Exploring the Use of Theophoric Elements in Onomastica as Markers of Identity\nAndrew Danielson (Archaeology) \nThe Role of the Hyksos in Technological Transmission and Its Influence on New Kingdom Egypt\nDani Candelora (Egyptology) \nEarthly and Eternal: The Poetics of Violence in Ancient Egypt\nRose Campbell (Egyptology) \n2:00 – 2:30pm \nData Capture Strategies at Tel Shimron during the 2017 Season\nNicholas Schulte (Archaeology) \n‘In Honor or Memory of’ Whom? Exploring the Gendered Nature of Festschrifts and Memorial Volumes\nAmanda Bauer (Archaeology \n  \n  \nEvent Flyer\n  \nRSVP Below:\n[gravityform id=”91″ title=”false” description=”false”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/graduate-student-research-presentations-and-qa/
LOCATION:Kaplan Hall 365
CATEGORIES:Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations,Egyptology,Hebrew & Jewish,Hebrew Bible,Middle Eastern Studies,Near Eastern Archaeology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181015T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20181015T160000
DTSTAMP: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
UID:10652-1535457600-1535464800@nelc.ucla.edu
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
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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:20180411T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20180411T170000
DTSTAMP:20180516T194627Z
CREATED:20180326T222225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180516T194627Z
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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:20171205T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171205T130000
DTSTAMP:20171121T190102Z
CREATED:20171026T190250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171121T190102Z
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SUMMARY:From Pastoral Nomads to Policemen: Ethnicity and Identity of the Medjay in Ancient Egypt
DESCRIPTION:Professor Kate Liszka will provide a lecture on the introduction of the diverse textual\, artistic\, and archaeological sources that help us identify how Medjay evolved from an ethnic group to Egypt’s most important police force. Come learn more about the Medjay people. Lunch will be provided. \n  \nKate Liszka completed her degree in Egyptology at the University of Pennsylvania in 2012. In her dissertation\, she studied the evolution of the Medjay from the Old Kingdom—when they were a Nubian ethnic group of itinerant laborers—to the beginning of the New Kingdom—when they became an elite military group who protected places of pharaonic interest\, like the borders of Egypt against the Nubians. Kate Liszka went on to become a Cotsen Postdoctoral Fellow in the Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts at Princeton University. Currently\, she is proud to be the Benson and Pamela Harer Chair and Assistant Professor of History at California State University\, San Bernardino. \n  \nEvent Flyer\n\nPlease RSVP for Event\n[gravityform id=”60″ title=”false” description=”false” ajax=”true”]
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/pastoral-nomads-policemen-ethnicity-identity-medjay-ancient-egypt/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171106T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20171106T150000
DTSTAMP:20171102T002815Z
CREATED:20171102T002532Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171102T002815Z
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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:20170411T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170411T123000
DTSTAMP:20170404T223030Z
CREATED:20170208T221439Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170404T223030Z
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SUMMARY:Senenmut Redivivus: The Interesting Life & Afterlife of an Ancient Egyptian Official
DESCRIPTION:Senenmut was one of ancient Egypt’s most famous personalities: chief minister and possible lover of Queen Hatshepsut (c. 1473-1478)\, Egypt’s female pharaoh. More monuments are known for Senenmut than for any other official of the New Kingdom\, implying his exceptional status during life. Recently\, an unassuming stone fragment in the Manchester Museum\, UK\, proved the existence of yet another statue of Senenmut. This lecture will present this rediscovery\, and attempt to explain the significance of the man\, his monuments and legacy. \n\nCampbell Price is Curator of Egypt and Sudan at The Manchester Museum\, University of Manchester\, one of the UK’s largest Egyptian collections. He studied Egyptology at the University of Liverpool\, where he is an Honorary Research Fellow. His research focuses on elite monumental expression\, particularly non-royal temple sculpture\, during the First Millennium BC\, and the presentation of ancient Egypt in museums. Campbell has participated in fieldwork at Zawiyet Umm                                                                                    el-Rakham and Saqqara\, lectured widely around the UK                                                                                    and Europe\,and made international TV and radio                                                                                              appearances.
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/senenmut-redivivus-interesting-life-afterlife-ancient-egyptian-official/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170303T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170303T140000
DTSTAMP:20170222T011009Z
CREATED:20170222T003932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170222T011009Z
UID:6871-1488542400-1488549600@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:The unusual New Kingdom Tomb-Chapel of Isisnofret on a rocky outcropping at Northwest Saqqara
DESCRIPTION:  \n\n Dr. Nozomu Kawai specializes in history\, art and archaeology of the New Kingdom in Egypt\, with a particular emphasis on the period from the late Eighteenth Dynasty to the Nineteenth Dynasty. She has been directing Japanese archaeological excavation at Northwest Saqqara / South Abusir since 2001. Her Ph.D. thesis was on the reign of Tutankhamun (Studies in the Reign of Tutankhamun\, Department of Near Eastern Studies\, Johns Hopkins University\, 2005). She is currently working for the revision of her original dissertation for publication. \n  \nEvent Flyer: 03317-Talk-Kawai-Nozomu.pdf
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/unusual-new-kingdom-tomb-chapel-isisnofret-rocky-outcropping-northwest-saqqara/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170228T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170228T150000
DTSTAMP:20170306T182708Z
CREATED:20170208T220848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170306T182708Z
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SUMMARY:Speed Dating (Artifacts) In Ancient Egypt
DESCRIPTION:  \nWorkshop \nEver wanted to know how to date an Egyptian statue? What makes an Amenhotep III face recognizable? How can you tell if a piece was recarved? What about the dating of Egyptian non-royal objects? This workshop will teach some of the tricks of the trade – using the shape of an eye\, or a drooping lotus\, or a distinctive belly button – as well as introducing the standards of portraiture. Come and learn to date Egyptian artifacts like a pro. \nPIZZA WILL BE SERVED! \nDanielle Candelora is an Egyptology graduate student here at UCLA. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nDr. Kathlyn (Kara) Cooney is a professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at UCLA. \nEvent Flyer
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/speed-dating-artifacts-ancient-egypt/
LOCATION:Humanities Room 365\, 415 Portola Plaza\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170223T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170223T170000
DTSTAMP:20170127T201732Z
CREATED:20170127T193244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170127T201732Z
UID:6549-1487863800-1487869200@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Egyptian Coffins and Sarcophagi in the San Diego Museum of Man: Some Technical Studies
DESCRIPTION:  \n  \nThe San Diego museum of man has a collection of Saite and Ptolemaic coffins and mummies which were the subject of a technical study from 2007-2009.  Pigments\, binding media\, grounds\, wood and degradation products were characterized by x ray diffraction analyses\, x ray fluorescence spectroscopy\, polarized light microscopy\, wood anatomy\, gas chromatography mass spectrometry and Elisa\, a synopsis of the results of the study will be presented with examples of specific coffins illustrated. \nLight lunch provided. \nDavid Scott\nProfessor\nArt History\nUCLA Getty Conservation Program\nEvent Flyer \n  \n 
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/egyptian-coffins-sarcophagi-san-diego-museum-man-technical-studies/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities\, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,NELC
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170216T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20170216T153000
DTSTAMP:20170214T185323Z
CREATED:20170214T185200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170214T185323Z
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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: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:20161021T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20161021T150000
DTSTAMP:20161015T002359Z
CREATED:20161015T002359Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20161015T002359Z
UID:5764-1477054800-1477062000@nelc.ucla.edu
SUMMARY:Lunch Time Lecture of Egyptian Ministry Members
DESCRIPTION:
URL:https://nelc.ucla.edu/event/lunch-time-lecture-egyptian-ministry-members/
LOCATION:NELC Seminar Room (Humanities 365)\, 365 Humanities \, Los Angeles\, CA\, 90095\, United States
CATEGORIES:Egyptology,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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BEGIN:VEVENT
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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BEGIN:VEVENT
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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