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EGYPTIAN FUNERARY CULTURE IN THE 21ST DYNASTY

“Bab el-Gasus” (Gate of the Priests) is the modern name given to the collective tomb of the priests and priestesses of Amun located in the Theban necropolis dating to the 21st Dynasty (1069-945 BC), discovered in 1891 beneath the first courtyard of the temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari. It yielded 153 burials found totally undisturbed since Antiquity consisting of coffins, papyri, shabti-boxes, statuettes, stelae among many other artefacts.

Despite the significance of this major discovery - Bab el-Gasus is the largest undisturbed tomb ever found in Egypt - the find has remained insufficiantly studied. However, during the last decades Bab el-Gasus has been acknowledged as a major documental source, originating a good number of new publications and new exhibitions on the subject.

125 years after the discovery and dispersion of the find of Bab el-Gasus, this Colloquium aims to discuss the most recent developments on the history of the find, archival research and reconstruction of the burial assemblages, technical advances in the examination of the documental sources and critical views on the history, chronology, religion, linguistics, iconography, prosopography and anthropology of the 21st Dynasty.

The contributions are expected to be published in the Gate of the Priests Series, by Brill.

Organization
The colloquium is organized by the Gate of the Priests Project, the Center of Classical and Humanistic Studies (University of Coimbra), the Center of History (University of Lisbon) and the Center of Religious History Studies (Universidade Católica).

Organizing Committee

Rogério Sousa – Center of Classical and Humanistic Studies (University of Coimbra)

Delfim Leão – Center of Classical and Humanistic Studies (University of Coimbra)

Carmen Soares - Center of Classical and Humanistic Studies (University of Coimbra)

José Augusto Ramos – Center of History (University of Lisbon)

Nuno Simões Rodrigues – Center of History (University of Lisbon)

António Matos Ferreira - Centre of Religious History Studies (Universidade Católica)

Consultive Committee

Luís Manuel de Araújo – University of Lisbon

Telo Canhão - Center of History (University of Lisbon)

Salima Ikram – American University in Cairo

José das Candeias Sales – Open University

Scientific Committee

Alessia Amenta – Vatican Museums

Kathlyn Cooney – University of California, Los Angeles

Luc Delvaux - Royal Museums of Art and History of Brussels

Hélène Guichard – Louvre Museum

Christian Greco – Turin Egyptian Museum

René van Walsem – University of Leiden

Lara Weiss – National Museum of Antiquities of Leiden

Executive Committee

Armando Norte - Center of History (University of Lisbon)

Sara Reis - Center of History (University of Lisbon)

Daniela Dantas - Center of History (University of Lisbon)

Eduardo Ferreira - Center of History (University of Lisbon)

André Silva - Centre of Religious History Studies (Universidade Católica)

João Pedro Graça - (Universidade Católica)

João Pedro Gomes - Center of Classical and Humanistic Studies (University of Coimbra)

Organization and Support