Nouveau regard sur un masque de momie du Musée d’Art & d’Histoire (E.6884) On Sunday February 9, 2020, P&P-member dr. Dorian Vanhulle will give a lecture (in French) at the Art & History Museum (Brussels). Location Auditorium Art & History Museum Cinquantenaire park 10 - 1000 Brussels Abstract (in ...

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A fantastic discovery has recently been made by the Egyptian-German archaeological mission led by Hourig Sourouzian at Kom Al-Hettan . A granodiorite colossus of Horus, of approximately 1,85 m high, has been unearthed in the hypostyle hall of Amenhotep III’s Temple of Millions of Years, on the west ...

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Leopold II, the second king of the Belgian (1835-1909, r. 1865-1909), travelled twice in Egypt while he was still Prince and Duke of Brabant: once between January 1854 and March 1855, then between December 1862 and February 1863. From these trips and through the contacts he made there, he ...

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On Wednesday December 11, 2019, P&P-member dr. Marleen De Meyer will give a lecture (in Dutch) at KU Leuven. This event is organised by Ex Oriente Lux Leuven and Egyptologica Vlaanderen. This lecture will be repeated in Gent on December 12 at Atheneum Wispelberg, Wispelbergstraat 1, 9000 Gent. For ...

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Location KU Leuven, Mgr. Sencie-Instituut MSI 00.28, Erasmusplein 2, 3000 Leuven Abstract Jaroslav Černý, the modern ‘scribe of Deir el-Medina’, introduced Egyptology to the daily life of ancient Egyptians, and the ancient Egyptian daily life to the general public. But his career and Egyptological ...

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On Monday November 11, 2019, P&P organises the symposium "The History of Egyptology in the Low Countries" at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo , Egypt. Program 14.00h. Dr. Martijn Eickhoff (NIOD; Bissing Link Project) ‘Aus dem Volksleben heraus’. The short career of Friedrich Wilhelm ...

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On Sunday November 10, 2019, 18h, P&P-member dr. Harco Willems will give the annual Cleveringa lecture at the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo , Egypt. The title of his lecture will be The Second Congress of Orientalists in London (1874). Or: the early development of Egyptology in geopolitical ...

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On Tuesday November 5, 2019, P&P-member Vincent Oeters MA will give a lecture at the Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists - ICE XII which will be hosted in Cairo, Egypt from 3-8 November 2019. The title of his lecture will be The Sharing of Ideas: The Position of Belgian Egyptology in ...

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On Monday November 4, 2019, P&P-member dr. Athena Van der Perre will give a lecture at the Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists - ICE XII which will be hosted in Cairo, Egypt from 3-8 November 2019. The title of her lecture will be “A quoi servent les égyptologues?”: Jean Capart and the ...

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On Sunday November 3, 2019, P&P-member dr. Marleen De Meyer will give a lecture at the Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists - ICE XII which will be hosted in Cairo, Egypt from 3-8 November 2019. The title of her lecture will be “Capart the American!” From Brussels to Brooklyn in the 1930s ...

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A glimpse behind the façade of the obscure belle époque Hasse-Gitten estate Sunday morning, you’re awake way too early and you end up watching an American ‘hoarders’-reality show. Before you even realise it, you’re gazing at someone who has crammed all the corners of a house with piles of clutter ...

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"Pyramids and Progress" is looking for a full-time archivist. If this is a job for you, send in your application before 14 October via the link below. Applications both in French and in Dutch are accepted. More info: https://efficy.ulb.ac.be/EFFICY.DLL/guest?app=ULBRH&page=Publ.htm&kpubl=1429&fbclid ...

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On Saturday September 21, 2019, P&P-member dr. Dorian Vanhulle will give a lecture at La Séance de Rentrée d'Egyptologica which will be hosted in Woluwe-Saint-Pierre. The title of his lecture will be La petite histoire de la collection d’antiquités égyptiennes du Duc de Brabant, futur Léopold II ...

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According to the weather forecasts, we will reach temperatures around 38°C this week. One can say it is almost starting to feel like you are in Egypt!

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On Friday September 13, 2019, P&P-member dr. Jan Vandersmissen will give a lecture at the 1st Conference of ​the International Academy of the History of Science: Science in different cultures and civilizations - Towards a transcultural history of knowledge.

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