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SEMINARIUM 25.04.2023 ENG 1

 

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The lecture by Dr Jadwiga Iwaszczuk (IMOC-PAS) will address the disputed question of the definition of niche in public architecture in ancient Egypt. In presentation, the term ‘niche’ will be used to refer to any recess in the wall that was used for a cultic purpose (the practice of a cult or the storage of cult objects). Research on niches of the Upper Terrace in Hatshepsut's Temple was previously conducted by Dr Mikołaj Budzanowski as part of his doctoral thesis. After 20 years of its defence, the publication by him and a present speaker is being prepared, as it is necessary to update it and to have a new discussion about it.
Three types of niches are attested on the Upper Terrace of the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari: Osiride niches, gods cult niches and royal cult niches. The niches can be identified thanks to their decoration and architecture. The Osirid niches are open and contain an Osirid statue and their side walls depict the gods of the Ennead. The niches dedicated to the gods can be open or closed with a double-leafed door, and their decoration varies from niche to niche. It is possible that this type of niche contained statues made of organic materials.
Unlike the cult niches of the gods, the royal cult niches are always grouped together, although the number of niches in each group varies. The side walls have a consistent decoration: in all cases the king is depicted seated before the sacrificial table with a list of offerings above. The rear walls vary from group to group. The royal niches most likely contained the statues of organic materials depicting the Thutmosid kings and were always closed with double door. This latter group niches devoted to the royal cult will be a subject of the presentation. The special attention will be paid to the peculiarities of their architecture and decoration, as well as their position in the architectural setting and how they relate to the architecture and decoration of the rooms in which they are located.

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We are pleased to inform you that the electronic version of the 35th volume of our journal, Études et Travaux, is already available (without any limitations) on the journal’s website (http://www.etudesettravaux.iksiopan.pl/index.php/en/current-issue).

The 35th volume of Études et Travaux has been co-funded through the programme of the Ministry of Education and Science of Poland entitled “Rozwój Czasopism naukowych/Development of Scientific Journals” (project no. RCN/SP/0612/2021/1).

 

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SEMINARIUM 04.04.2023 2 ENG

 

Abstract of the Archaeological Seminar, April 4 2023:

Almost all Christian buildings known from the Gulf region and dated to the 7th-9th centuries were originally decorated with stucco. Were these decorations coherent in style and iconography or are the visual language and formal features of the Gulf stuccoes a conglomerate of various traditions and influences? What was the specificity of stucco production of the Islamic sites located within the same geographical area and dated to around the 9th-11th centuries? To what extent was Christian art of the region dependent on the Sasanian tradition and to what extent were stuccoes produced by Muslim communities of this region related to the mainstream of Abbasid stucco production? During the presentation, these and other questions will be discussed and collections of stucco from a number of early Islamic sites located in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, and Iran will be presented.

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SEMINARIUM 15.02.2022 ENG

 

 

Archaeological Seminar IMPC PAS 28.02.2023, abstract:

During the lecture,  Joanna Popielska-Grzybowska (associate professor PhD, IMOC PAS) will discuss briefly her current and planned research on the Pyramid Texts with references to other ancient Egyptian religious texts. She will present the basics of the method used in her study against the background of other approaches. Consequently, she will consider and review her multilateral analysis formulated within the methodology developed in contemporary anthropological linguistics, focused on the “linguistic worldview” (Językowy Obraz Świata/JOS). JOS is fixed in language – in grammatical categories, lexis and phraseology, in common judgments expressing common ideas, as well as in beliefs, myths and rituals – interpretation of reality common within a certain group. This approach allows one to start from very detailed intra-textual analyses and elevate the problem of interpretation to the level of a comprehensive analysis of the concepts found in the formulae of the Pyramid Texts or other. 
J. Popielska-Grzybowska will also delineate perspectives of her future work done in collaboration, in particular, ongoing attempts to outline the main thematic threads of the oldest religious texts. 
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