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The full list of award recipients can be found on the website: https://www.gov.pl/web/premier/nagrody-premiera
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The Centre of Research for Egyptian Temple, Polish Academy of Sciences
cordially invites you for the lecture on
The temple of Amenhotep III at Wadi es-Sebua:
Analyzing its evolving theological setting and ritual focus
The lecture will take place d. 25 November 2024 at 2 p.m.
in room no. 166 (1st floor), Staszic Palace, 72. Nowy Świat, Warsaw + online
The presentation will focus on the numerous alterations traceable in the wall paintings from the inner part of a cult building erected by Amenhotep III (14th century BCE) at Wadi es-Sebua in northern Nubia.
These unique paintings have been kept in the magazines of the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (EMC) since their removal from the temple in 1964. Due to lack of information about this rescue operation and the submergence of the temple building, the knowledge about this important archaeological site had gradually declined over the years. During recent years the paintings have been investigated as part of a larger study by the Wadi es-Sebua Project, headed by the speaker. In this project we also worked at the reconstruction of the building phases of the temple and the setting up of a permanent exhibition of the paintings in a redesigned area of the EMC, opened in September 2023.
Our examination of the paintings by various multimodal imaging techniques revealed very complex sequences of paint layers in some parts of the walls. Varied segments of the decoration underwent numerous alterations at different points in time. The stratigraphy of the paint layers shall be presented and discussed as well as an interpretation of these modifications based upon their historical and religious setting.
Prof. Dr. Martina Ullmann is the Associate Professor of Egyptology at Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich.
Main Areas of Research:
● Egyptian temples, especially architectural features, decoration programs, theology and cult
● Morphology and evolution of sacred landscapes in Egypt and Nubia
● Royal ideology and royal cult in Egypt and Nubia
● History of Egyptology at LMU Munich
Current Main Projects:
● The temple of Amenhotep III at Wadi es-Sebua within the ritual landscape of ancient Nubia
● Conservation and exhibition of paintings from the palace of Amenhotep III at Malqata in the Egyptian Museum Cairo
Link to the lecture is HERE
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We are pleased to announce that Dr Nicolas Levi (Section for the Study of Cultures along the Silk Road, Department of Modern Cultures of Asia and Africa) has been awarded funding under the MINIATURA 8 competition for the project entitled “An analysis of the heritage of Confucianism on the Korean Peninsula based on documents of the Research Center of the Cultural Preservation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) – Library queries in Seoul”.
A list of subsidised projects is available on https://www.ncn.gov.pl/konkursy/wyniki/miniatura8.
We would like to congratulate Dr Nicolas Levi and wish him much success!
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It is with great pleasure that the Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures and the Humanities Department of the University of Trieste invite everyone interested to the conference "Ancient Egypt in context: The role of Egypt and Egyptology in shaping European culture of the 19th and 20th century", which will take place both in presence in Trieste and online via MS Teams on 21 and 22 November.
The conference, co-organized by the Institute and by the Humanities Department of the University of Trieste, focuses on how cultural and political trends influenced the practice of Egyptology or on how political propaganda exploited the image of ancient Egypt and its artefacts. The conference languages are Italian and English. The complete programme is attached here.
For those interested in joining online, please get in touch with Susanna Moser at and you will be provided with the access link.
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We would like to congratulate Katarzyna Kapiec (Department of Ancient Egyptian and Near East Cultures) on receiving a grant
from the National Science Centre in the Sonatina 8 competition!
Grant title: Textiles in the Ritual Context in the New Kingdom Ancient Egypt: Lexicography, Symbolism and Use.
Project number: 2024/52/C/HS3/00352
Project implementation period: 2024 - 2027
The amount awarded: 649 487 PLN
Short description of the grant:
The main goal of the project is to elucidate the multifaceted use of textiles in ritual contexts during the New Kingdom through lexicographic and iconographic analyses, as well as interdisciplinary research on the pigments used in depictions. The investigation will provide comprehensive insights into the symbolic and ritual significance of linen, filling gaps in the research on Egyptian textiles and expanding our understanding of ancient Egyptian rituals.