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BSS Provisional Timetables 2010

Please note: Timetable may change slightly before first day of the course.

CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN ANCIENT EGYPT

26 - 30 July 2010 Course Director: Dr Karen Exell
Sessions taught by Karen unless stated otherwise

 

Monday 26th 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 in teaching room, followed by Maat: Divine Justice
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 Crime and Punishment in Ancient Egypt (Joyce Tyldesley)
15:45 – 16:15 Afternoon Tea in BSS Common Room (G09/10)
16:15 – 17:30 Crime and Punishment in Ancient Egypt (Joyce Tyldesley)
   
Tuesday 27th July  
   
10:00 – 11:15 Group A: Magic and the Law in the Petrie Museum (object handling)
  Group B: Private Study
11:45 – 13:00 The King, the Vizier and the Law
14:15 – 15:30 The Kenbet-court at Deir el-Medina
16:00 – 17:15 Oracles and the Law
17:15 – 18:30 Reception in the Petrie Museum
   
Wednesday 28th July  
   
10:00 – 11:15 Group B: Magic and the Law in the Petrie Museum (object handling)
  Group A: Private Study
11:45 – 13:00 The Tomb Robberies: Sources
14:15 – 15:30 The Tomb Robbers of No-Amun (Dylan Bickerstaffe)
16:00 – 17:15 The Tomb Robberies: Beliefs, Memories and Economies
   
Thursday 29th July  
   
10:00 – 11:15 The Harim Conspiracy of Ramesses III: Sources
11:45 – 13:00 Magical Practice in Ancient Egypt
14:15 – 15:30 The Harim Conspiracy of Ramesses III: A Case Study in Magical Practice and Punishment
16:00 – 17:15 Visit to British Museum
   
Friday 30th July  
   
10:00 – 11:15 Punishing the Enemies of Egypt: The Execration Texts
11:45 – 13:00 Punishing the Enemies of Egypt: Counting the Hands
14:15 – 15:30 Transgressing Against the Gods: Seeing Darkness at Deir el-Medina
16:00 – 17:15 Transgressing Against the Neighbours: Bribery and Adultery at Deir el-Medina
   
17:15 – 19:00 Farewell Drinks Party in the Institute of Archaeology

 

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