UK Lectures

Saturday, 16th February 2013

Study Day - Gateway to an artistic and cultural renaissance
South Asasif Conservation Project in context

Dr Elena Pischikova and Dr Chris Naunton will be the principal speakers for this exciting study day which explores the process of artistic and cultural renaissance alongside political unification and the dawn of the Late Period.  The day will focus on the case study of the tombs of the South Asasif necropolis in Thebes which provide an early example of what was to follow in Late Period tomb architecture, texts and decoration.  

10.00 - Registration
10.30 - The Kushite conquest and Thebes in the 25th Dynasty by Dr Chris Naunton
11.30 - Break
11.50 - South Asasif Conservation Project update - overview & latest results from 2011 and 2012 by Dr Elena Pischikova
12.50 - Q&A and Discussion
13.00 - Lunch (please make your own arrangements)
14.30 - Titles in the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty by Dr Chris Naunton
15.00 - South Asasif Conservation Project - anatomy of an excavation by John Billman
15.30 - Break
15.50 - Kushite art in Karakhamun and Karabasken – Inspiration, Style and Technique by Dr Elena Pischikova
16.50 - Q&A and Discussion
17.00 - Close

Venue: G6 Lecture Theatre, Institute of Archaeology, Gordon Square, London, WC1

Cost is £35 / £30 for South Asasif Conservation Trust Friends/Patrons and
Friends of the Petrie Museum.
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