Lectures
NYMPHAEA: A visual survey on yellow coffins – Rogério Sousa
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011 44 06 903
From Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
On Friday, January 9 at 6 PM, join us in the Conference Room* for the presentation of the book NYMPHAEA: A visual survey on ancient Egyptian yellow coffins.
Yellow coffins form one of the largest and more intriguing corpus of Ancient Egyptian body containers. In terms of pictorial decoration, they excel in quality and levels of complexity, forming a unique art historical phenomenon. This book proposes an innovative approach for the examination of the visual culture displayed in these objects with a view not only to carry out an ‘iconographic mapping’ of the repertoire used in the several components of the yellow coffins but also to understand how and why they evolved along the 21st Dynasty. Ultimately this examination helps us to unravel the several layers of meaning displayed in these objects and to foresee the sociopolitical role they played in the Theban society of the 21st Dynasty.
Rogério Sousa is Professor of Egyptology and Ancient History at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Lisbon and coordinates several projects related to Heritage Studies in Egyptology. Since 2009 he has been engaged in the study of yellow coffins, with a particular focus on those uncovered in the Tomb of the Priests of Amun (Bab el-Gasus) in Thebes. He coordinates the Gate of the Priests Project set up in 2013 aiming at the study and publication of the antiquities found in this archaeological site. He is Co-Editor of the Gate of the Priests Series published by Brill and has authored and edited various works on this subject.
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The event will also be available via streaming on our Facebook page and YouTube channel.
*Entrance from Via Maria Vittoria 3M.
Yellow coffins form one of the largest and more intriguing corpus of Ancient Egyptian body containers. In terms of pictorial decoration, they excel in quality and levels of complexity, forming a unique art historical phenomenon. This book proposes an innovative approach for the examination of the visual culture displayed in these objects with a view not only to carry out an ‘iconographic mapping’ of the repertoire used in the several components of the yellow coffins but also to understand how and why they evolved along the 21st Dynasty. Ultimately this examination helps us to unravel the several layers of meaning displayed in these objects and to foresee the sociopolitical role they played in the Theban society of the 21st Dynasty.
Rogério Sousa is Professor of Egyptology and Ancient History at the Faculty of Humanities of the University of Lisbon and coordinates several projects related to Heritage Studies in Egyptology. Since 2009 he has been engaged in the study of yellow coffins, with a particular focus on those uncovered in the Tomb of the Priests of Amun (Bab el-Gasus) in Thebes. He coordinates the Gate of the Priests Project set up in 2013 aiming at the study and publication of the antiquities found in this archaeological site. He is Co-Editor of the Gate of the Priests Series published by Brill and has authored and edited various works on this subject.
Click HERE to reserve your seat.
The event will also be available via streaming on our 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.
