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Glanville Symposium

23 May 2009

Zoology Lecture Theatre
10 am – 4 pm

As in previous years, the Glanville Lecture for 2009 will be preceded by a series of talks on related subjects. This year's symposium is entitled Egypt in the age of the pyramids: new research in the Memphite area.

The Symposium will be followed at 5 pm by this year's Glanville Lecture by Dr Jaromir Malek (Oxford) entitled A city on the move: Egypt's capital in the Old Kingdom. After the Lecture there will be a reception at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Reception tickets can be obtained by contacting Anna Lloyd-Griffiths, The Ftizwilliam Museum, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RB or by email: .

Symposium Programme

  Miroslav Barta
(Prague) 		The Collapse of the Old Kingdom state: current archaeological and environmental evidence
 Ann Roth
(New York)		Notes on a Scattered Cemetery: three mastaba chapels in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
 Karol Mysliwiec
(Warsaw)		Some problems concerning the tomb of Ny-ankh-Nefertem, its owner and his children (6th Dynasty, Saqqara)
 Miroslav Verner
(Prague)		Why was the Fifth Dynasty cemetery founded at Abusir?
 Mark Lehner
(Boston)		New investigations in the Khentkawes Town, Giza
 Florence Friedman
(Rhode Island)		Issues Related to Titulary and Orientation in Menkaure's Valley Temple Sculpture
 Laurie Flentye
(Cairo)		The decorative programmes of the pyramid complexes of Khufu and Khafra at Giza

Booking is essential

Cost of attending the Symposium, including tea and coffee: £35 (concessions £25). Cheques should be made payable to 'The Fitzwilliam Museum'.

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Write to: Glanville Symposium 2009
Department of Antiquities
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Trumptingon Street
Cambridge CB2 1RB