London seminar: Quarrying, writing and praying at Hatnub: new insights into archaeology and texts at the famous travertine quarries
Event Info
Host: EES
Type: Education - Lecture
Time and Place
Start Time: Saturday, 16th October 2010, 11:00 am
End Time: Saturday, 16th October 2010, 4:00 pm
Location: The EES
Street: 3 Doughty Mews
City/Town: London WC1N 2PG
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Contact Details
Email: contact@ees.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)20 7242 1880
Link: http://tinyurl.com/2v6lpev
Description
The site of Hatnub was discovered by Howard Carter and Percy Newberry in 1891; instead of finding the tomb of Akhenaten, where their local guides had claimed to be taking them, they stumbled on the famous travertine (Egyptian alabaster) quarries, which had previously only been known from references in offering texts. The seminar, which accompanies the publication of Ian Shaw's EES monograph Hatnub: Quarrying Travertine in Ancient Egypt (see the link above), will combine discussion of the archaeology of the site with interpretation of the rich corpus of inscriptions and graffiti from the Old Kingdom to the New Kingdom. The seminar will be led by:
Dr Ian Shaw, Chair of the EES and Senior Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology, University of Liverpool
Dr Roland Enmarch, Lecturer in Egyptology, University of Liverpool
Hannah Pethen. PhD Research Student, University of Liverpool