SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7th 2020
9:00 Work of the Theban Mapping Project
Dr. Kent Weeks, Theban Tombs Project
10:00 An Early Tourist Encounters the Theban Tombs: Mary MacDonald, 1859
Mark Trumpour, In Search of Ancient Egypt in Canada
10:15 "The Speculation of Civilised Cupidity, Virtuosi, and Antiquarians”: Early Nineteenth Century Excavations at Thebes
Prof. John Gee, Brigham Young University
11:00 The Genesis of the New Kingdom Royal Necropoleis of Thebes
Prof. Aidan Dodson, University of Bristol
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1:00 In the Footsteps of Theodore Davis in the Valley of the Kings
Dr. Donald P. Ryan, Pacific Lutheran University
2:00 In the shadow of the Royals: the gated community necropolis of Deir el-Medina
Dr. Cedric Gobeil, Museo delle Antichità Egizie di Torino
3:00 Monumental tomb building at Thebes in the first millennium BC: the rediscovery of a late heyday
Dr. Julia Budka, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Scholars Colloquium Schedules for Friday Nov. 6 and Sunday Nov. 8 are available here
The schedule for the Symposium is downloadable here.
Abstracts for all papers and presentations can be found here.