BSS Provisional Timetables 2010
Please note: Timetable may change slightly before first day of the course.
DIGGING UP EGYPT’S PAST: Archaeologists and our understanding of ancient Egypt
19-23 July 2010 Course Director: Chris Naunton Sessions taught by Chris unless stated otherwise
Tuesday will be spent at the Egypt Exploration Society
| Monday 19th July | |
| 10:45 – 11:00 | Students assemble in Room G09/10, Dept. of History, UCL |
| 11:00 – 11:30 | Deputy Director's Welcome Address |
| 11:30 – 13:00 | Orientation Meeting teaching room, followed by Intro I: The history and historiography of the subject and why this is important |
| 13:00 – 14:30 | Welcome Lunch in BSS Common Room (G09/10) |
| 14:00 | Short optional tour of UCL (meet in G09/10) |
| 14:30 – 15:45 | Intro II: Before archaeology there was... |
| 15:45 – 16:15 | Afternoon Tea in BSS Common Room (G09/10) |
| 16:15 – 17:30 | Intro III: A noble cause: the beginnings of the EES |
| Tuesday 20th July | |
| 10:00 – 11.15 | Tour of the EES Library and Archives |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | Petrie and Naville in the Delta Dr Patricia Spencer |
| 14:15 – 15:30 | Deir el Bahri I: Hatshepsut, her temple and its uncovering |
| 16:00 – 17:15 | Deir el Bahri II: The Monastery of Phoibammon and Coptic Thebes Dr Jenny Cromwell |
| 17:15 – 18:30 | Reception in the Petrie Museum |
| Wednesday 21st July | |
| 10:00 – 11:15 | Deir el Bahri III: The XI Dyn Temple and other overlooked monuments |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | Kings, Queens and Nobles: The Valley of Kings and other Theban cemeteries |
| 14:15 – 15:30 | The Discovery of the Royal Cache Dylan Bickerstaffe |
| 16:00 – 17:15 | Abydos II: The temples of Sety I and Ramesses II |
| Thursday 22nd July | |
| 10:00 – 11:15 | Abydos I: Egypt in its infancy Dr Alice Stevenson |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | Saqqara I: The Great Tombs of the earliest times Dr Alice Stevenson |
| 14:15 – 15:30 | Saqqara II: The tomb of Horemheb and Sacred Animal Necropolis |
| 16:00 – 17:15 | The work of W.B. Emery at Saqqara and elsewhere William Carruthers |
| Friday 23rd July | |
| 10:00 – 11:15 | Tell el Amarna: Akhenaten and Nefertiti lived here |
| 11:45 – 13:00 | J. D S. Pendlebury: the great Amarna explorer Rosalind Janssen |
| 14:15 – 15: | Akhenaten elsewhere: Sesebi and Amara West Dr Patricia Spencer |
| 16:00 – 17:15 | Conclusion |
| 17:15 – 19:00 | Farewell Drinks Party in the Institute of Archaeology |
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