Current Research in Egyptology 2009

Proceedings of the Tenth Annual Symposium

Daniel Boatright, Judith Corbelli, Claire Malleson, Judith Corbelli, Claire Malleson

• Publisher: Oxbow Books
• Year: 2011
• eBook ISBN: 9781842175613
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Egyptian Ancient History
• Index: History

The tenth annual Current Research in Egyptology conference was held at the University of Liverpool in January 2009 and welcomed Egyptology graduates from all over the world. This volume is a compilation of some of the papers that were given at the conference, that show the diverse nature of current research in Egyptology.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Symposium papers not included in this volume
• Introduction
• Crossing of the Lake Ritual
• Is Selket ‘The Lady of Chemmis and Wife of Horus’?
• Dwarves at Amarna; Social Acceptance or Amusement for the Royal Family?
• The Use of Scientific Techniques and the Study of Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Weaponry from the Garstang Museum, School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool
• Egypt's Encounter with the West: Race, Culture and Identity
• ‘ The Like of Which Never Existed ’: The Memphite Building Programme of Amenhotep III
• New Technology or Regression? A Compositional Study of Faience Beads from Two Tombs in Abydos
• Mass-Production in New Kingdom Egypt: The Industries of Amarna and Piramesse
• The Veterinary Papyrus of Kahun
• A Brief Presentation of the Egyptian Collection at the ‘Accademia dei Concordi’, Rovigo, Italy. A look at published and unpublished objects
• Embodiment Theory and the Body in Ancient Egypt
• House to House. A Comparative Study of Ancient Egyptian Houses from the New Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Period (1539–32 BC)
• Counting the Dead – Some Remarks on The Haker-Festival
• The Images of Fortifications in the Sety I Battle Reliefs: Comparing Art and Archaeology
• The word wnḫ.wj: its writings, determinatives, meaning and use in the Old Kingdom