We’re sharing some photos from our seminar "State and estates: formal and informal powers in Old Kingdom Egypt". The seminar took place on October 15 and 16 at the Faculty of Geography and Humanities of the University of Seville. It followed a hybrid format with both in-person and online lectures. The seminar was organized as part of the activities of the project: VIIPPIT-2023-II.5 “Patronazgo y culto funerario en el ámbito provincial en el Reino Antiguo Egipcio”
Opening of the seminar with Prof. José Carlos Saquete, Director of the Department of Ancient History, Prof. José Miguel Serrano, Professor of Egyptology, and Dr. Raúl Sánchez Casado organiser of the event
Prof. Christopher Eyre during his talk "Methodological Problems in Old Kingdom Historiography"
Prof. Laure Pantalacci during her talk " Pharaoh’s footprint on the Western Desert: a view from Dakhla"
Prof. Richard Bussmann durig his talk "Urbanism and administration in the Old Kingdom"
Dr Petra Andrassy durin her talk "The Gebelein Papyri - Insights into a provincial domain of the Old Kingdom"
Prof. Juan Carlos Moreno García during his talk "Weni of Abydos and Shemai of Coptos: Two Overseers of Upper Egypt in the late Old Kingdom"
Prof. Massimiliano Nuzzolo during his talk "Structures of Power in Fifth Dynasty Egypt: the evidence from the Palermo Stone"
Dr. Francisco Borrego during his talk "Affiliation with a cultic community? On the social aspects of imAx in the Old Kingdom"
Dr. Raúl Sánchez Casado during his talk "How to Maintain a Private Mortuary Cult: Royal Donations, Personal Investment, and Family Piety"