The University of Arizona
International Amarna Research Conference
(2004)

The University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition hosted an international conference on the Amarna Period of Ancient Egyptian History in Tucson on April 15, 2004. This conference aimed to advance understanding of the Amarna Era through the presentation of new material, ideas and approaches and was international in scope - including invited speakers from five countries:

James P. Allen, Metropolitan Museum of Art
Betsy Bryan, Johns Hopkins University
Alwyn Burridge, University of Toronto
Earl Ertman, University of Akron
Lyn Green, University of Toronto
Zahi Hawass, Holeil Ghaly and Edwin Brock, S.C.A. / American University in Cairo
Michael Mallinson, Cambridge University
Lyla Pinch-Brock, American University in Cairo
Donald Redford, Pennsylvania State University
Susan Redford, Pennsylvania State University
Gay Robins, Emory University
Kristin Thompson, University of Wisconsin
Alain Zivie, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Paris

Papers from the Amarna Research Conference will appear in a forthcoming edition of the Journal Amarna Letters published by KMT Communications


The American Research Center In Egypt
55th Annual Meeting
(2004)

The University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition also hosted the 55th annual meetings of The American Research Center in Egypt, April 16-18, 2004. This national Egyptological conference featured over 125 speakers from a total of twelve countries and occured in conjunction with the Amarna Research Conference described above.


The University of Arizona
International Conference on the Valley of the Kings
(1994)

The University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition hosted an important International Conference on the Valley of the Kings which was held in Tucson in October, 1994. The participants included most of the scholars currently active in Valley of the Kings research and in addition to discussion panels on excavation, analysis of art and artifacts, and conservation, the following papers were read:

  • Daniel Polz: The Location of the Tomb of Amenhotep I
  • Claude Vandersleyen: Who Was the First King in the Valley?
  • Edwin Brock: The Clearance of the Tomb of Ramesses VII
  • Jiro Kondo: The Re-clearance of Tombs WV22 and WVA
  • Lyla Pinch Brock: Theodore Davis and the Rediscovery of Tomb 55
  • Edwin Brock: The Clearance of the Tomb of Ramesses VII
  • Erik Hornung: Studies on the Decoration of the Tomb of Seti I
  • Richard Wilkinson: Symbolic Orientation and Alignment in NK Royal Tombs
  • Catharine Roehrig: Wooden Doors in the Royal Tombs in the Valley of the Kings
  • Earl Ertman: Alterations to the Canopic Jar Portraits and Coffin Mask from KV55
  • Kent Weeks: The Work of the Theban Mapping Project and the Protection of the Valley
  • Garniss Curtis: Deterioration of the Royal Tombs
  • John Rutherford and Donald Ryan: Tentative Tomb Protection Priorities
  • Donald Ryan: Further Observations Concerning the Valley of the Kings
    Papers from the International Conference
    on the Valley of the Kings
     
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