Lectures
New discoveries of the Swiss-French Archaeological Mission at Saqqara – Philippe Collombert
info@museitorino.it
011 44 06 903
From Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
On Tuesday, January 20 at 6 PM, in collaboration with ACME (Amici e Collaboratori del Museo Egizio) we will host a lecture held by Philippe Collombert.
The Swiss-French Archaeological Mission at Saqqara has been working for years in the royal necropolis located 30 kilometres south of Cairo. After excavating the pyramid of Pharaoh Pepi I (c. 2310-2260 BC) and discovering the funerary complexes and pyramids of eight of his wives, most of whom were previously unknown, the Mission set itself a new goal in 2022: to excavate the necropolis of the kingdom's great administrators (viziers, chiefs of works, etc.) during the reign of King Pepi I. This group of once-monumental tombs is now buried under 6 metres of sand. From the start of the excavations, the Mission discovered the remains of the tomb of one of the most famous high officials of King Pepi I’s reign: the ‘Chief of the South’ Weni. This man is best known in Egyptology for having engraved the longest autobiography of that period in another tomb in Abydos, more than 500 kilometres south of Saqqara. The talk will also focus on some spectacular and unexpected new discoveries.
Philippe Collombert studied Egyptology in Paris (École du Louvre and École Pratique des Hautes Études), where he obtained a PhD in Egyptology in 2000. He was then appointed Scientific Member of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (Cairo 2000-2003). He is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Geneva and Director of the Swiss-French Archaeological Mission at Saqqara since 2008. He is a specialist in ancient Egyptian writing and ancient Egyptian religion.
The lecture will take place in our Conference Room*, admission is free with a reservation on Eventbrite. Click HERE to book your place.
The lecture will be broadcast via streaming on the Museum's Facebook page and YouTube channel.
*Entrance from Via Maria Vittoria 3M.
The Swiss-French Archaeological Mission at Saqqara has been working for years in the royal necropolis located 30 kilometres south of Cairo. After excavating the pyramid of Pharaoh Pepi I (c. 2310-2260 BC) and discovering the funerary complexes and pyramids of eight of his wives, most of whom were previously unknown, the Mission set itself a new goal in 2022: to excavate the necropolis of the kingdom's great administrators (viziers, chiefs of works, etc.) during the reign of King Pepi I. This group of once-monumental tombs is now buried under 6 metres of sand. From the start of the excavations, the Mission discovered the remains of the tomb of one of the most famous high officials of King Pepi I’s reign: the ‘Chief of the South’ Weni. This man is best known in Egyptology for having engraved the longest autobiography of that period in another tomb in Abydos, more than 500 kilometres south of Saqqara. The talk will also focus on some spectacular and unexpected new discoveries.
Philippe Collombert studied Egyptology in Paris (École du Louvre and École Pratique des Hautes Études), where he obtained a PhD in Egyptology in 2000. He was then appointed Scientific Member of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology (Cairo 2000-2003). He is Professor of Egyptology at the University of Geneva and Director of the Swiss-French Archaeological Mission at Saqqara since 2008. He is a specialist in ancient Egyptian writing and ancient Egyptian religion.
The lecture will take place in our Conference Room*, admission is free with a reservation on Eventbrite. Click HERE to book your place.
The lecture will be broadcast via streaming on the Museum's Facebook page and YouTube channel.
*Entrance from Via Maria Vittoria 3M.
info@museitorino.it
011 44 06 903
From Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
