Apr 27th, 2023 - A SPECIAL LECTURE IN EGYPTOLOGY AT KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY 'New insights from a tomb discovered in 2012 in the Valley of the Kings (KV 64, Luxor, Egypt)'
Speaker: Prof. Dr. Susanne Bickel, Professor of Egyptology, University of Basel
| Date: | April 27th, 2023 (Thu.) / 13:00-14:30 (Japan Standard Time). |
| Venue : | Human and Social Science Lecture Hall 2, Room 401 , Kanazawa University |
| Participation fee: | free |
| Language: | English(Japanese translation) |
| Sponsorship: | Sponsorship: Institute for the Study of Ancient Civilizations |
| Co-sponsorship: | Institute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University |
ABSTRACT
The Valley of the Kings in the desert to the west of today’s city of Luxor was used during the Egyptian New Kingdom (ca. 1470–1100 BCE) for the burials of the pharaohs. A number of smaller and undecorated tombs was prepared for people from the royal family and entourage. In 2012 the University of Basel Kings’ Valley Project had the chance to discover a hitherto unknown tomb, KV 64. Not only the discovery came as a surprise, but also the rare fact that this tomb had not been looted since it was last used. Although the tomb is very small, the remains attest at least three phases of use: Originally the tomb was made for a lady of the 18th Dynasty (ca.1400 BCE) whose name is not preserved, but who most probably belonged to the royal family. Around 1100 BCE, the whole necropolis, KV 64 included, was massively plundered, all valuable goods were stolen. However, sometime later, in the 22nd Dynasty (ca. 800 BCE), some tombs were reused, not by pharaohs, but by priests. In KV 64, the daughter of a priest from the temple of Karnak was buried in a wooden coffin and accompanied by a very nicely painted stela.
BIOGRAPHY
Susanne Bickel is professor of Egyptology at the University of Basel, Switzerland, and Vice-Chair of the Department of Ancient Civilizations. She received her PhD from the University of Geneva with a study on creation narratives in the Middle Kingdom Coffin Texts. Her research interests focus on ancient Egyptian religious and social history as well as funerary culture. She has held positions at the Swiss Institute of Archaeology, the French Archaeological Institute in Cairo and the University of Fribourg, Switzerland. She has participated in several archaeological and epigraphical projects in Upper Egypt, among others at the temple of Karnak, and is currently the director of the Swiss Mission at Sheikh Abd el-Qurna and the University of Basel Kings’ Valley Project.
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