Lectures
The Anastylosis of an Ancient Monument: Evaluating the modern Reconstruction of The Hypostyle Hall at Karnak – Jean Revez
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Dal lunedì al sabato dalle ore 9:00 alle 18:30
On Tuesday 26th October 2021, at 6pm, in collaboration with ACME (Amici e Collaboratori del Museo Egizio) we will host the online lecture The Anastylosis of an Ancient Monument: Evaluating the modern Reconstruction of The Hypostyle Hall at Karnak, (Karnak Hypostyle Hall Project, 2017-2021) held by Jean Revez.
Since 2011, the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) – University of Memphis joint epigraphic mission at Karnak has been studying the decoration carved on the 134 columns that originally stood inside the Hypostyle Hall of the temple of Amen-Ra at Karnak. Since the beginning of our project, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and other agencies, we have been able to gain a much better understanding of the decoration layout and chronology with the help of emerging techniques.
One of the greatest challenges in studying the Hall is taking into consideration the fact that a certain number of columns now standing inside the monument are no longer in their original position, since some mistakes in their reconstruction were made in the early 20th century, when Georges Legrain, the former director at Karnak courageously took on the daunting task of re-erecting most of the fallen columns that had collapsed in 1899 and at earlier times. Another great challenge is putting back together the loose drums and abaci that lay outside of the monument. These blocks, sometimes in fragmentary state, are stored in various areas inside the precinct of Amun-Ra. The main objective of the conference is to present our project, with a focus on the principal results of the ongoing anastylosis study of the columns, carried out during the past three fieldwork seasons (2017-2019).
Jean Revez is professor at the History Department of the University of Quebec in Montréal (UQÀM). He has a B.A. in liberal arts and pursued graduate studies in Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg, and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. He has worked extensively in Egypt, most notably at Karnak, where he joined the permanent French mission of the CNRS, as well as excavation teams from the University of Toronto. He is currently the co-director of the joint UQÀM-University of Memphis epigraphic mission at Karnak. Professor Revez's research interests cover kingship and royal ideology, Nubian’s cultural inheritance of Egyptian Civilization, as well as new approaches to computerized methods of epigraphic survey of Egyptian monuments.
The event will be held in English and will be introduced by Cédric Gobeil, Curator at the Museo Egizio.
It will be broadcast via streaming on the Museum's Facebook page and Youtube channel.
Since 2011, the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) – University of Memphis joint epigraphic mission at Karnak has been studying the decoration carved on the 134 columns that originally stood inside the Hypostyle Hall of the temple of Amen-Ra at Karnak. Since the beginning of our project, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and other agencies, we have been able to gain a much better understanding of the decoration layout and chronology with the help of emerging techniques.
One of the greatest challenges in studying the Hall is taking into consideration the fact that a certain number of columns now standing inside the monument are no longer in their original position, since some mistakes in their reconstruction were made in the early 20th century, when Georges Legrain, the former director at Karnak courageously took on the daunting task of re-erecting most of the fallen columns that had collapsed in 1899 and at earlier times. Another great challenge is putting back together the loose drums and abaci that lay outside of the monument. These blocks, sometimes in fragmentary state, are stored in various areas inside the precinct of Amun-Ra. The main objective of the conference is to present our project, with a focus on the principal results of the ongoing anastylosis study of the columns, carried out during the past three fieldwork seasons (2017-2019).
Jean Revez is professor at the History Department of the University of Quebec in Montréal (UQÀM). He has a B.A. in liberal arts and pursued graduate studies in Egyptology at the University of Heidelberg, and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Paris-Sorbonne. He has worked extensively in Egypt, most notably at Karnak, where he joined the permanent French mission of the CNRS, as well as excavation teams from the University of Toronto. He is currently the co-director of the joint UQÀM-University of Memphis epigraphic mission at Karnak. Professor Revez's research interests cover kingship and royal ideology, Nubian’s cultural inheritance of Egyptian Civilization, as well as new approaches to computerized methods of epigraphic survey of Egyptian monuments.
The event will be held in English and will be introduced by Cédric Gobeil, Curator at the Museo Egizio.
It will be broadcast via streaming on the Museum's Facebook page and Youtube channel.
info@museitorino.it
011 44 06 903
Dal lunedì al sabato dalle ore 9:00 alle 18:30
