Egyptological Conference in Copenhagen Life and Heritage in Ancient Egypt Program Wednesday, May 6th 15:00-16:20 16:20 16:30 17:15-20:00 Registration Welcome Ancient Lives in the Papyrus Carlsberg Collection Kim Ryholt (Professor, University of Copenhagen) Reception Thursday, May 7th 8:30-9:00 Presentation of the Papyrus Carlsberg Collection (participants only) 9:00-9:30 Coffee and Tea 9:30-10:15 Cultural Heritage in Sudan Rachael Dann (Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen) 10:15-10:30 Coffee and Tea Chair: 10:30-11:00 Rana Sérida (University of Copenhagen) The Figure of the Foreigner in Egyptian Literature: Let´s Think Outside the Box Gaëlle Chantrain (Universite Catholique de Louvain) 11:00-11:30 Narrative Time Lord – The manipulation of time and chronology in two Demotic stories Lawrence Xu (University of Auckland) 11.30-13:00 Lunch break Chair: 13:00-13:30 Lawrence Xu (University of Auckland) To be burned, or not to be burned? Re-evaluating descriptions of fiery retribution in the Siut threats of Ityiby and Khety II Katrina Edwards (University of Auckland) 1 13:30-14:00 Re-evaluation of the Identification of the snb Plant Dora Petrova (University of Copenhagen) 14:00-14:30 Scribal Education in the Demotic Book of Thoth Amber Jacob (University of Copenhagen) 14:30-15:00 Coffee and Tea Chair: 15:00-15:30 Thomas Christiansen (University of Copenhagen) Roman influences in Egyptian burial customs in Roman Period Katarzyna Szymańska (University of Warsaw) 15:30-16:00 What Ancient Egyptians considered worthy enough to offer to the Gods? Sacrificial Items Depicted on the North Wall of the Southern Room of Amun in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari Katarzyna Kapiec (University of Warsaw) 16:00-16:30 From pharaohs to anchorites: change in the attitude towards magical practices in Egypt Paulina Kedzierska (University of Copenhagen) 16:30-17:00 Break (a glass of wine will be offered) 17:00-17:45 The Antiquities Trade in Egypt, 1880-1930 Fredrik Hagen (Associate Professor, University of Copenhagen) Friday, May 8th 8:30-9:00 Presentation of the Papyrus Carlsberg Collection (participants only) 9:00-9:15 Coffee and Tea Chair: 9:15-9:45 Rune Olsen (University of Copenhagen) The King: Human and Animal. Why is the early Egyptian king portrayed as both human and an animal? Anne-Sofie Drewsen (University of Copenhagen) 9:45-10:15 Patterns of Power: The Blue ‘Lily’ in New Kingdom Egyptian Visual Idiom. Travels of an Exotic Icon, Indigenous Semantic or Multivocality? Andrea Sinclair (University of Leipzig) 2 10:15-10:30 Coffee and Tea 10:30-11:00 Libyan Tribal Society and City-State Systems: A Model for the Development of Settlements during the Third Intermediate Period James Bennett (Durham University) 11:00-11:30 Game theory and the Amarna Letters: You are the Weakest Link! Goodbye! Marsia Bealby (University of Birmingham) 11:30-13:00 Lunch break Chair: 13:00-13:30 Paul John Frandsen (University of Copenhagen) Social Networks and Connectivity in Greaco-Roman Egypt Lena Tambs (University of Copenhagen) 13:30-14:00 Ruling elite at the end of 26th and the Beginning of 27th Dynasty: Henat´s family circle at Sais and Memphis Nenad Markovic (University of Belgrade) 14:00-14:30 Close-kin marriage and congenital abnormalities in Ancient Egypt: The incidence, impact and perception of disability in non-royal families Joanne-Marie Robinson (University of Manchester) 14:30-15:00 Coffee and Tea Chair: 15:00-15:30 Tine Bagh (Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek) Garstang Stela E.31 and the Family of Iy at Abydos Huw Twiston-Davies & Nicky Nielsen (Liverpool University) 15:30-16:00 Levantine Influence on Early Egyptian Architecture Karolina Rosinska-Balik & Joanna Debowska-Ludwin (Jagiellonian University) 16:00-16:30 Break (a glass of wine will be offered) 16:30-17:00 A case of Communication Lise Manniche (Former Assistant Professor, University of Copenhagen) 18:30 - Conference Dinner 3