Lectures
In the arms of Min and Isis. The religious landscape of Coptos – Cédric Gobeil
info@museitorino.it
011 44 06 903
From Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
On Tuesday 11th May 2023, at 6.00 pm, we will host the lecture "In the arms of Min and Isis. The religious landscape of Coptos" held by Cédric Gobeil, curator of the Museo Egizio.
Major religious and urban center of Egypt since the Predynastic period, Coptos has remained a prominent city of Upper Egypt throughout the Pharaonic history. During the Greco-Roman period, the site even became a cosmopolitan metropolis of international scope, becoming a hub for the Red Sea trade with the Middle East, the Indian continent and the regions beyond, before declining in the 6th century AD. The wealth of the city was made visible through its divine temples surrounded by monumental enclosures, the main one being dedicated to Min and Isis, all of which being now almost entirely lost.
In this respect, the main objective of the French archaeological mission of Coptos, founded in 2002, is to uncover and restore the religious and architectural landscape of the site in order to improve its readability.
Cédric Gobeil is an Egyptologist born in Quebec City (Canada), specializing in archaeology of daily life and New Kingdom material culture, with a primary focus on Deir el-Medina, topics for which he is carrying annual fieldwork in Egypt and Sudan. After having obtained his PhD in France (Université Paris IV-Sorbonne), he worked in Egypt for the Institut français d’archéologie orientale du Caire and in the United Kingdom for the Egypt Exploration Society, before being appointed curator at the Museo Egizio in 2019. In addition to his curatorial duties, he is also adjunct professor in the History Department at the Université du Québec à Montréal and research associate at the HiSoMA Research Unit in Lyon (CNRS).
The event will be held in English and will be introduced by Alessia Fassone, curator of Museo Egizio.
Free admission to the conference room subject to availability.
The lecture will be broadcast via streaming on the Museum's Facebook page and Youtube channel.
Major religious and urban center of Egypt since the Predynastic period, Coptos has remained a prominent city of Upper Egypt throughout the Pharaonic history. During the Greco-Roman period, the site even became a cosmopolitan metropolis of international scope, becoming a hub for the Red Sea trade with the Middle East, the Indian continent and the regions beyond, before declining in the 6th century AD. The wealth of the city was made visible through its divine temples surrounded by monumental enclosures, the main one being dedicated to Min and Isis, all of which being now almost entirely lost.
In this respect, the main objective of the French archaeological mission of Coptos, founded in 2002, is to uncover and restore the religious and architectural landscape of the site in order to improve its readability.
Cédric Gobeil is an Egyptologist born in Quebec City (Canada), specializing in archaeology of daily life and New Kingdom material culture, with a primary focus on Deir el-Medina, topics for which he is carrying annual fieldwork in Egypt and Sudan. After having obtained his PhD in France (Université Paris IV-Sorbonne), he worked in Egypt for the Institut français d’archéologie orientale du Caire and in the United Kingdom for the Egypt Exploration Society, before being appointed curator at the Museo Egizio in 2019. In addition to his curatorial duties, he is also adjunct professor in the History Department at the Université du Québec à Montréal and research associate at the HiSoMA Research Unit in Lyon (CNRS).
The event will be held in English and will be introduced by Alessia Fassone, curator of Museo Egizio.
Free admission to the conference room subject to availability.
The lecture will be broadcast via streaming on the Museum's Facebook page and Youtube channel.
info@museitorino.it
011 44 06 903
From Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
