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Divine Kingship with Dr Robert Morkot
4 lectures delivered over 2 afternoons. Sunday 17th and 24th November 2024
2pm UK time.
We love to see you for the live lectures, but if you have to miss one, don't worry, you can of course catch up (or watch again) at your leisure via the recordings. You will have access to the recorded lectures for a whole month after the last live lecture. Recordings will be available until 24th December.
Egyptian Kingship differed from that in contemporary cultures of Western Asia.
Going back to the foundation of the state, the king was regarded as, in many ways, divine. Over the span of Egyptian history this aspect of kingship changed and developed. The many types of crown and other regalia (not found in other cultures) also changed: we consider what some of this iconography means, and why royal statues are so large compared with those of gods.
In these talks we explore some of the issues: the differences between Egyptian and other forms of rulership; the changing relationship of king and gods; and whether we really understand how Egyptian kingship functioned.
The abundance of evidence from New Kingdom Egypt forms the basis, looking back to the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom, and forward to changing kingship of the later periods. We also consider the impact of Egyptian kingship on other regions and cultures, and whether approaching the kingship from alternative perspectives might help us to understand one of the unique features of ancient Egypt.
Join us for a set of 4 lectures delivered over two afternoons as we explore the divine aspect of pharaoh.
Dr Robert Morkot
Robert Morkot gained both his BA and PhD from University College London. Part of his postgraduate studies were spent at the Humboldt University in Berlin (GDR as it was then) which was the leading centre for Meroitic studies. He held a post-doctoral research position at Oxford and for many years taught in the Archaeology Department of a UK University. He was Chair of the Society for Libyan Studies and worked on the Eastern Marmarica Coastal Survey, and served for a long time on the Committee and Board of the EES. He is currently President of the Friends of the Petrie Museum. His best-known books are The Black Pharaohs, Egypt’s Nubian Rulers and (along with colleagues) the controversial Centuries of Darkness.
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