FRIDAY NOVEMBER 5

Time

Scholar

Affiliation

Title

9:00 - 9:05

Welcome and introduction

9:05 - 9:35

Prof. Arlette David

and 

Dr. Robert Verginieux 

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Institute of Archaeology

Université Bordeaux-Montaigne, C.N.R.S.

Akhenaten and Nefertiti's Morning Toilette in Karnak

9:35 - 10:05

Judith Jurjens

PhD Candidate, Leiden University, Netherlands

A School Exercise from Ancient Egypt Featuring a New Didactic Method

10:05 -10:35

Anita Kriener

German Archaeological Institute, Cairo; Freie Universität Berlin

Mummy Masks from Sedment: A Study on the Earliest Cartonnages of the 20th Upper Egyptian Nome

10:35 - 10:45

BREAK

10:45- 11:15

Ariadna Guimerà Martínez

PhD Researcher, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona and Institut Français d'Archeologie Orientale du Cairo

The Thebaid: From Temple to Church?

11:15 - 11:45

Eleuterio Abreu deSousa and  

Haskell Greenfield

Macquarrie University, Sydney Australia 

University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Butchery, flint knives and Old Kingdom cattle offerings

11:45 -1:00

LUNCH

1:00 - 1:30

Edson Poiato Filho

Phd candidate, Université Paul Valéry, Montpellier. Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranées (ASM)

Abstract Markers: The Egyptian Idiomatic Expression of Abstraction

1:30 - 2:00

Sarah M. Schellinger and Ed Meltzer

Ohio State University

Pacifica Graduate Institute

The King's Brother, Kariben: An examination of Stela AMUM 1981.1.42"

2:00 - 2:10

                                                             BREAK

2:10 - 2:40

Anais Montoto Soto

Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranées (ASM)

The ancient Egyptian friendship code: How to behave as a friend

2:40 - 3:10

Yossra Ibrahim

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz

A Fresh Look at the Egyptian Celestial Diagrams

3:10 - 3:20

                                                             BREAK

3:20 - 3:50

Joseph Cross

University of Chicago, Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Group writing as text-making technique

3:50- 4:20

Gayle Gibson

Departmental Associate, Royal Ontario Museum

Hatshepsut, Nubia and a Lost Prince

4:20 - 4:30

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45^th SSEA/SÉÉA SYMPOSIUM, SATURDAY NOVEMBER 6, 2021

IN SICKNESS AND IN HEALTH: THE HEALING ARTS IN ANCIENT EGYPT

TIME

TOPIC

SPEAKER(S)

9:00

Opening Welcome and Introduction

9:15-10:00

Keynote: Papyrus Edwin Smith, a Field Surgeon’s Manual

James P. Allen

10:00-10:30

My Son the Doctor: Considering the Status of Doctors in Pharaonic Egypt

Gayle Gibson

10:30-10:40

BREAK

10:40-11:30

Medicine in the Edwin Smith Papyrus

Ed Meltzer/Gonzalo Sanchez

11:30-12:00

Discussion and Q&As

Chaired by Gayle Gibson

12:00-1:00

LUNCH BREAK

1:00 – 1:35

 Herbal Approaches: Green Osiris: The Flora Connection

Paula Veiga

1:35 - 2:35

What we Know from Human Remains:  

Sickness and Health in Saite and Roman Period Giza

The Bioarchaeology of Care in Ancient Egypt

Jessica Kaiser

Casey Kirkpatrick

2:35 - 2:50

BREAK

2:50 - 3:45

Dental health, disease and dentistry in ancient Egypt

Roger Forshaw

3:50 - 4:40

In the Grip of Demons and Gods: Deliverance from mental illness through faith, prayer, and spells

Kasia Szpakowska

4:40 - 5:10

Discussion and Q&As

Chaired by Kerry Muhlestein

SUNDAY NOVEMBER 7

Please Note: Toronto Time Changes Today to Eastern Standard Time

11:00 - 11:30

Dr Susanne Beck

and

Christian Komposch

Institute for the Studies of the Ancient Near East/Department for Egyptology (IANES), University of Tübingen

Institute of Animal Ecology and Landscape Planning (OEKOTEAM)

Medical aspects of scorpion incantations in Ancient Egypt

11:30 - 12:00

Sohair Ahmed

Associate Professor, Ain Shams University, Cairo

Asking Food and Drink to Heal Sick Persons: Brief Evidence from Coptic Ostraca

12:00 -1:00

LUNCH

1:00 - 2:00

POSTER PRESENTATIONS (20 MIN. EACH)  

1:00 - 1:20

Noémie Fathy

Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier - Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranées (ASM)

Le haut clergé d'Amon à Karnak à la XVIIIe Dynastie: premier état sur l'origine, l'essor et les stratégies sociales

1:20 - 1:40

Maria Belén Castro

and

Myriam Hara

National University of La Plata, Institute of Research in Humanities and Social Sciences

National University of La Plata, Historical Archive

Tomb of Amenmose in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna: Condition Survey & Future Actions

1:40 - 2:00

Augusto Gayubas

Universidad de Buenos Aires/ CONICET (Argentina)

War and Emotions in the Iconography of the Old Kingdom

2:00 - 2:10

                                                                  BREAK

2:10 - 2:40

Noura Seada

Doctoral candidate at Helwan University and assistant lecturer, October 6 University

Back to Roots: Iconography of Ancient Egyptian Animals' Dystocia in Relation to Modern Veterinary Practices

2:40 - 3:10

Bianca Grier

University of Toronto

A Prosopography of Medical Practitioners in Deir el-Medina

3:10 - 3:20

                                                                     BREAK

3:20 - 3:50

Andrew Nelson

University of Western Ontario

Arm and Leg Position in Egyptian Mummies – a large scale comparative approach

3:50 - 4:20

W. Benson Harer Jr.

 Independent researcher

Further information on Tutankhamun's Embalming and Cause of Death

4:20 - 4:30

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