The Multiple Histories of the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun - Lauriston Castle Lectures
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Tuesday 4 August, 10.30am
The Multiple Histories of the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun: Investigating Context and Impact in 1920s Egypt and Beyond
The talk will present a number of angles, some lesser known, surrounding the time in which the famous tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered. The Egyptian colleagues, from officials to those present during the clearance of the tomb, are often kept in the background of the history of the discovery and one element of this talk is to introduce them. We will survey what is known about the discovery itself and its impact on the archaeological practices from the contemporary sources – and how the narrative around it evolved and changed in the century that followed, and how this ever evolving narrative still influences the public image of Egyptian archaeology, perpetuating colonial ideas of the early 20th century.
Joanne Rowland
With degrees, including her PhD from University College London, Jo has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Oxford on the Egyptian Chronology Project, and at the Royal Museums of Art and History on the Elkab Project in southern Egypt. Jo moved to the Free University of Berlin in 2010 where she worked as a Junior Professor in Egyptian Archaeology until 2016 when she came to the University of Edinburgh. She teaches various phases of Egyptian Archaeology and History, having started teaching back in 1999. Active in fieldwork in Egypt, she has directed projects since 2005 and most recently has directed the project at Neolithic Merimde Beni Salama, and currently directs the Naqada Regional Archaeological Survey and Site Management Project in southern Egypt.
Zsuzsanna Végh
Zsuzsanna got her master's degree at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, and her PhD in Egyptology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Subsequently moved to UK where she worked as a project curator in the British Museum, taught courses at the University of Glasgow and since 2019 teaching courses related to the ancient Egyptian language and culture at the University of Edinburgh.
The Multiple Histories of the Discovery of the Tomb of Tutankhamun: Investigating Context and Impact in 1920s Egypt and Beyond
The talk will present a number of angles, some lesser known, surrounding the time in which the famous tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered. The Egyptian colleagues, from officials to those present during the clearance of the tomb, are often kept in the background of the history of the discovery and one element of this talk is to introduce them. We will survey what is known about the discovery itself and its impact on the archaeological practices from the contemporary sources – and how the narrative around it evolved and changed in the century that followed, and how this ever evolving narrative still influences the public image of Egyptian archaeology, perpetuating colonial ideas of the early 20th century.
Joanne Rowland
With degrees, including her PhD from University College London, Jo has held postdoctoral positions at the University of Oxford on the Egyptian Chronology Project, and at the Royal Museums of Art and History on the Elkab Project in southern Egypt. Jo moved to the Free University of Berlin in 2010 where she worked as a Junior Professor in Egyptian Archaeology until 2016 when she came to the University of Edinburgh. She teaches various phases of Egyptian Archaeology and History, having started teaching back in 1999. Active in fieldwork in Egypt, she has directed projects since 2005 and most recently has directed the project at Neolithic Merimde Beni Salama, and currently directs the Naqada Regional Archaeological Survey and Site Management Project in southern Egypt.
Zsuzsanna Végh
Zsuzsanna got her master's degree at the Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest, and her PhD in Egyptology at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Subsequently moved to UK where she worked as a project curator in the British Museum, taught courses at the University of Glasgow and since 2019 teaching courses related to the ancient Egyptian language and culture at the University of Edinburgh.
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