Fourth International Congress for Young Egyptologists
„Cult and Belief in Ancient Egypt“
22 – 25 September 2012,
Sofia, Bulgaria
22nd September
New Bulgarian University (Sofia)
09:00 – 09:30 Registration
09:30 – 10:00 Opening
Prof. Dr. Sergei Ignatov, Minister of Education, Youth and Science of theRepublic ofBulgaria
10:00 – 10:30 Dr. Richard Parkinson (Chair)
Texts, pragmatic reality and religion
Morning Session
10:30 – 10:50 Roberto Diaz Hernandez (University of Tubingen, PhD)
The Rites around the Mastaba according to Ramesseum Papyrus E
11:10 – 11:30 Anne Landborg (University of Liverpool, PhD Candidate)
The composite identity of the dead in Egyptian Coffin Texts
11:30 – 11:50 Daniel Potter (University of Liverpool, MA)
“The hand(s) of the god”: The Lexicalisation of a Religious Idiom
11:50 – 12:10 Cheresse Burke (Copenhagen University, MA)
Advancing the Pharaonic Tradition – Graeco-Roman Funerary Texts and their rootsin the Pyramid Texts, the Coffin Texts and the Book of the Dead
12:10 – 13:30 Cocktail
Afternoon Session
13:30 – 13:45 Prof. Dr. Joachim Quack (Chair)
The place of belief in cultic practice
13:45 – 14:05 Alys Cox (University College London, MA)
Gods, Knowledge, and Power in Ancient Egyptian Stories
14:05 – 14:25 Carlo Rindi (University ofPisa, BA)
Some remarks on the positioning of Ptah-Sokar-Osiris figures in Late Period burials
14:25 – 14:45 Giorgia Cafici (Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, PhD Student)
The Pontificate of Amun at Thebes in the Ptolemaic Period: prosopographicalanalysis based on the Demotic, Hieroglyphic and Greek documentation
14:45 – 15:05 Ronaldo G. Gurgel Pereira (Universidade Nova de Lisboa – Post-Doc)
Some Remarks on the Book of Thoth: concerning Seshat, Shai and the “invention” of the Hermetic Agathos Daimon
15:05 – 15:25 Paolo Marini (Universiteta di Pisa, Scholarship holder)
Shabti-jars and funerary practices
19:00 – Reception hosted by the Minister of Education Prof. Dr. Sergei Ignatov
At National Institute of Archaeology with Museum
23rd September
Bulgarian Academy of Science
Morning Session
Prof. Dr. Teodor Lekov (chair)
09:30 – 09:50 Barbara Gilli (University of Ca’foscari, Venice, PhD degree)
The cult of Royal ancestors at Karnak in the Middle Kingdom
09:50 – 10:10 Mohamed Megahed (Czech Institute of Egyptology, PhD student)
The altar of Djedkare’s funerary temple from south Saqqara
10:10 – 10:30 Hana Vymazalova (Czech Institute of Egyptology, scientific researcher)
Royal cult in the Fifth Dynasty pyramid complexes in Abusir
10:30 – 10:50 Valeria Turriziani (Sapienza University of Rome, PhD Student)
Some reflections on the cult of minor deities during the Old Kingdom: evidences from textual and epigraphic sources
10:50 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 11:35 Filip Coppens (Czech Institute of Egyptology, PhD)
Cult on the Move. The transmission of cultic concepts in first millennium BC Egypt
11:35 – 11:55 Alba Maria Villar Gomez (AutonomousUniversity of Madrid, PhD student)
The Priesthood of Khonsu in Thebes during the Third Intermediate Period
11:55 – 12:15 Maria Rosa Guasch Jane (Universidade Nova de Lisboa, PhD)
On the orientation of the magical bricks in Tutankhamun’s Burial chamber
12:15 – 12:35 Diana Liesegang (University of Heidelberg, MA)
The Phenomenon of “Personal Religion” in the Ramesside Period, from the Poem of Ramses II. Through to the Prayers of Ramses III
12:35 – 14:40 Break for lunch
Afternoon Session
14:40 – 15:00 Dr. Ian Shaw (Chair)
The Small Temple at Gurob: royal cult and ancestor worship at a harem city
15:00 – 15:20 Angelo Colonna (SapienzaUniversity of Rome, PhD Student)
Theoi and Ieroi: some remarks on animal worship in ancient Egypt with reference to classical and Egyptian texts
15:20 – 15:40 Vessela Atanassova (Paris IV – Sorbonne/NewBulgarianUniversity, PhD
Student)
The Representations of Priests during the Old and the MiddleKingdoms
15:40 – 16:00 Audrey Degremont (University of Brussels, PhD student)
Religious beliefs and praxis of myth in Theban tombs of the reigns of Thutmosis IV and Amenhotep III
16:00 – 16:20 Dan’el Kahn (University of Haifa, PhD)
Remarks on Egyptian Elements in Kushite Religion and Rituals
16:20 – 16:40 Coffee break
16:40 – 17:00 Alessandra Colazilli (SapienzaUniversity of Rome, PhD Student)
Skin in ancient Egyptian belief: Sacred texts and rituals
17:00 – 17:20 Yordan Chobanov (New Bulgarian University, PhD student)
The Presence of the Harper Songs in the Private Tombs of the New Kingdom
17:20 – 17:40 Katharina Aldenhoven (Humboldt University of Berlin, MA)
Throne, Wabet, Daisor Altar? – Some remarks on a unique feature in Kushite Amuntemples
24th September
Morning Session
Dr. Emil Buzov (chair)
09:30 – 09:50 Mladen Tomorad (University of Zagreb, Asst. Prof. PhD)
“Shabtis” – Ancient Egyptian funerary figurines: Classification (typology), findings and role in Ancient Egyptian cults and beliefs during Late and Graeco-Roman periods
09:50 – 10:10 Arlette David (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, PhD)
Hoopoes and Acacias: Decoding an Ancient Egyptian Funerary Scene
10:10 – 10:30 Hannah Pethen (University of Liverpool, PhD student)
The Pharaoh as Horus and the religious context for mineral extraction in the Middle Kingdom
10:30 – 10:50 Joanne Backhouse (Liverpool University, PhD student)
Domestic Cult at Deir el-Medina
10:50 – 11:10 Coffee break
11:10 – 11:30 Kerry Muhlestein (Brigham Young University, PhD)
Pyramid Cult at the dawn of the 4th dynasty: revelations from the excavation of a 4th Snefru pyramid in the Fayoum
11:30 – 11:50 Anne-Christine V. Schnoor (University of Copenhagen, BA)
Function and Context of Wooden Statues in the Old and Middle Kingdoms
11:50 – 12:10 Amgad El Wakeel (Helwan University, MA)
Osiris Beds in Ancient Egypt
12:10 – 12:30 Gabrielle Heffernan (University of Birmingham, MA)
Celebrations of Royalty: Royal Mortuary Cults as Cultural Memory Resources
12:30 – 14:30 Break for lunch
Afternoon Session
14:30 – 15:00 Dr. Eleni Vassilika (Chair)
The Funeral Directors and the tomb of Kha and Merit
15:00 – 15:20 Maksim Lebedev (Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of
Sciences, PhD)
Encountering gods of the desert: the Ancient Egyptians beyond the Nile Valleyduring the Old and Middle Kingdoms
15:20 – 15:40 Ilaria Davino (SapienzaUniversity of Rome, MA)
Amon and the God’s Wife: the ritual activity at Karnak
15:40 – 16:00 Amr Gaber (Alexandria University, PhD)
A Study on the Cult of BA-nb- +dt in Ancient Egypt
16:00 – 16:20 Hanadah Tarawneh (Macqurie University, Sydney, MA)
Religious thoughts in the Amarna letters
16:20 – 16:40 Coffee break
16:40 – 17:00 Andrea Kahlbacher (University of Vienna, Postgraduate student)
Bon Appétit! Tradition and Innovation in the Offering Table Scene of the Old andMiddle Kingdom
17:00 – 17:20 Alice Springuel (Université Librede Bruxelles, Postgraduate)
Local cults in the oasis of Bahariya
17:20 – 17:40 María Silvana Catania (Universidad Nacionalde Tucumán-CONICET,
Argentina, PhD)
Solar Journey Images in Private Tombs: Material and Symbolic Configuration
17:40 – 18:00 Andrea Fuller (ELTE Department of Egyptology, Budapest, MA)
Cultic Function of Female Bronze Statues in the Libyan Period
Conclusions
Announcing the next Congress
Closing
19:30 Reception at the Museum of Sofia
25th September
Tour to Rila Monastery
Poster Presentations
23-24.09
Bulgarian Academy of Science
Stepien Urszula (Jagiellonian University, Poland, PhD student)
Flint knives without traces of used on the edge from Tell el-Farkha (Eastern NileDelta) – their function and significance
Nenad Markovic (University ofBelgrade)
Death of the Sacred Bull Apis: The Route of the Funeral Procession and its Impact on the Population of Memphis during the Late Period (664-332 B.C.)“
Birgit Schiller (Humboldt University of Berlin, PhD student)
Minoan Cultic Practice in Egypt
Ulrich Friesenegger (University of Vienna, BA student)
The divine legitimation of Egyptian Kings
Martin Thygesen Jensen (University of Copenhagen, BA)
The Elevation of Bes from Private Deity to Royal Protector
Marsia Bealby (University of Birmingham, PhD candidate) and Tom Hobbs(Nottingham Trent University, MA)
A Lichfieldian in Egypt
Veronika Dulikova (Czech Institute of Egyptology, PhD student)
Unearthing already non-existent tombs at Abusir South
Fruzsina Bartos (ELTE Department of Egyptology, Budapest, MA)
The history of burials in Theban Tomb 65 during the Third Intermediate Period
Karolina Rosinska-Balik (Jagiellonian University, Krakow, PhD candidate)
The administrative-cultic center on Western Komat Tell el-Farkha from an architectural point of view
Magdalena Sobas (Jgiellonian University, Krakow, PhD candidate)
The pottery from the cult room from the Western Komat Tellel-Farkha
Dejan Pernjak & Danijel Struklec (Centre for Croatian Studies)
Egyptian cults in the Croatian territory with special emphasis on syncretic divinities
Silvia Kremenska (New Bulgarian University)
The role of god Seth as a fighter and protector of the sun bark
Milen Milanov (New Bulgarian University)
The Land of Punt and its importance for the incense import
Svetla Ilieva (New Bulgarian University)
Structure and Types of Rubrics in the Coffin Texts and Book of the Dead
Raina Zlateva (New Bulgarian University)
The Concept of PAwt in the Ancient Egyptian Religious Literature
Magdalena Kazimierczak (Jagiellonian University)
The adoption of Egyptian gods cult into Nubia during New Kingdom Period
Svetoslav Mishev
The medicine in Ancient Egypt