Lectures
The stories of the oldest geological map of mankind: The Turin Gold mine Papyrus – Andreas Dorn
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011 44 06 903
From Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
On Thursday 2nd May 2024, at 6.00 pm, in collaboration with ACME (Amici e Collaboratori del Museo Egizio) we will host the lecture held by Andreas Dorn.
The Turin Gold Mine Papyrus is considered mankind’s oldest geological map. From a marketing point of view, the name “Goldmine Papyrus”, which was applied to the map more than a hundred years ago, could not be better chosen, but it completely ignores the main action that was documented: the transport of Bekhen stone, gray black slate / Greywacke for the production of statues which took place in the middle of the 20th Dynasty (New Kingdom, around 1150 BC).
The map on the front shows a section of Wadi Hammamat, a desert valley connecting the Nile Valley with the Red Sea. The well-written and easy-to-read captions have been reproduced and described in hundreds of publications on cartography, geology, and scholarly and popular Egyptological works. The opposite happened with the reverse, which contains more than ten different texts, including a letter to the king, several hymns and prayers, the delivery of grain, administrative notes on the central administration's collection of copper chisels, and several unrelated drawings, including one of a crocodile. These texts, the origins of the papyrus, the Bekhen quarries and gold mines are presented in their larger geographical and historical context, with the aim of understanding the papyrus as an exceptional testimony to the dynamic Ramesside writing culture.
Andreas Dorn has been a professor at Uppsala University since 2018. Other places of work were Göttingen, Liège, Bonn and Fribourg. He completed his studies in Basel with a master's degree on boxes and shrines that were used in processional festivals at the end of the Old Kingdom and a dissertation on workmen’s huts in the Valley of the Kings from the New Kingdom period. His research includes in particular the cultural and social history of Ancient Egypt with a focus on religion, literary and administrative texts, architecture and art. His research is closely linked to various archaeological projects. These include the excavation of the tomb of the scribe Amunnacht in Deir el-Medine (New Kingdom), the documentation of several hundred graffiti in Western Thebes (Prehistory to late antiquitiy), the publication of jar labels from the “Golden City” from the time of Amenhotep III. and work in Elkab.
The event will be held in English, 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
The Turin Gold Mine Papyrus is considered mankind’s oldest geological map. From a marketing point of view, the name “Goldmine Papyrus”, which was applied to the map more than a hundred years ago, could not be better chosen, but it completely ignores the main action that was documented: the transport of Bekhen stone, gray black slate / Greywacke for the production of statues which took place in the middle of the 20th Dynasty (New Kingdom, around 1150 BC).
The map on the front shows a section of Wadi Hammamat, a desert valley connecting the Nile Valley with the Red Sea. The well-written and easy-to-read captions have been reproduced and described in hundreds of publications on cartography, geology, and scholarly and popular Egyptological works. The opposite happened with the reverse, which contains more than ten different texts, including a letter to the king, several hymns and prayers, the delivery of grain, administrative notes on the central administration's collection of copper chisels, and several unrelated drawings, including one of a crocodile. These texts, the origins of the papyrus, the Bekhen quarries and gold mines are presented in their larger geographical and historical context, with the aim of understanding the papyrus as an exceptional testimony to the dynamic Ramesside writing culture.
Andreas Dorn has been a professor at Uppsala University since 2018. Other places of work were Göttingen, Liège, Bonn and Fribourg. He completed his studies in Basel with a master's degree on boxes and shrines that were used in processional festivals at the end of the Old Kingdom and a dissertation on workmen’s huts in the Valley of the Kings from the New Kingdom period. His research includes in particular the cultural and social history of Ancient Egypt with a focus on religion, literary and administrative texts, architecture and art. His research is closely linked to various archaeological projects. These include the excavation of the tomb of the scribe Amunnacht in Deir el-Medine (New Kingdom), the documentation of several hundred graffiti in Western Thebes (Prehistory to late antiquitiy), the publication of jar labels from the “Golden City” from the time of Amenhotep III. and work in Elkab.
The event will be held in English, 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
info@museitorino.it
011 44 06 903
From Monday to Saturday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
