More Causing Their Names to Live

For the past five weeks, participants on the recent Egypt Centre short course have been delving into the lives of some of the personalities of ancient Egypt. The Causing Their Names to Live course looked at well-known figures such as Amenhotep son of Hapu, Imhotep, Paneb, and Naunakhte. We also examined some lesser-known individuals, such as the Edfu priest Pasherienimhotep, who is known from a stela in the Egypt Centre collection (fig. 1), a female Vizier called Nebet, and the Divine Adoratrice Qedmerut. In total, about sixty individuals were covered, but there were many others that we never had the chance to look at.

Fig. 1: Stela of Pasherienimhotep (W1041)

The course received a lot of positive feedback, with one participant writing that it was “great to hear about a range of fascinating people, brings them to life. LPH [‘live, prosperity, and health’]”. I have, therefore, decided to run a follow-up course that will look at further personalities from ancient Egypt. This will include men such as Senenmut, who served as the Steward of the King’s Daughter Neferure; Antinous, the lover of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, who was deified following his untimely death; and Hemionu, the architect of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Women including Hetepheres, the mother of Khufu, whose mysterious tomb was discovered in 1925; Amenirdis, the God’s Wife of Amun; and Mutnodjemet, the possible sister of Nefertiti, will also be featured. We will also look at Seniseneb, the mother of Thutmose I who is depicted in the wonderful watercolour by Howard Carter, which recently arrived at the Egypt Centre on loan from the Egypt Exploration Society (fig. 2). By discussing these individuals, we will be fulfilling the wishes of the ancient Egyptians by causing their names to live!

Fig. 2: Howard Carter watercolour (EES.ART.224)

In order to be as accessible as possible, this course will be run twice a week: Sunday evenings 6–8pm (UK time); Wednesday mornings 10am–12noon (UK time). Additionally, one of the sessions will be recorded and made available for a limited time to registered participants.

 

Week 1 (Sunday 17 and Wednesday 20 March)

Week 2 (Sunday 24 March and Wednesday 27 March)

Week 3 (Sunday 31 March and Wednesday 03 April)

Week 4 (Sunday 07 and Wednesday 10 April)

Week 5 (Sunday 14 and Wednesday 17 April)

 

Tickets for the course are now available via the following link. Fees for this course go directly to supporting the Egypt Centre, for which we are extremely grateful!

 

Note, while this is follow-up to the previous course of the same name, attendance on the first part is not necessary to participate in the second.