Mummies and the Ancient Egyptians
Hybrid Conference
29th January – 2nd February, 2024, Budapest, HU
20 minutes lecturing, 5 minutes Q&A

Program for the conference

29th January, 2024 – Monday
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest

 from 10h

Registration in the Hungarian  Natural Museum (free visite to the exhibitions, and/or skating in the central hall – skates can be rented)

 16.00

Opening / greetings

Presentation of the organising institutions
Hungarian Natural History Museum / Dr. Gubányi András PhD, deputy general director of science and collections
HEFS Ancient Egyptian Committee / Dr. Győry Hedvig PhD, president
HNM Semmelweis Museum for Medical History / Varga Bendek, director

Reception

30th January, 2024 – Tuesday
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest

                            Registration from 8.40 (via zoom)

  9.00

Keynote Lecture:

Dario PIOMBINO-MASCALI
Mummiographies. The bioarchaeology of mummies and mummification at Vilnius University
Faculty of Medicine, Vilnius University, LT

Coffee break

1. session, Investigation of mummies
chairwoman: Salima Ikram

 10.00

Prof. Rosalie DAVID, (zoom)
The Potential of Proteomics for Disease Studies in Egyptian Mummies
The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK

 10.30

Stanisław SZILKE, Marcin JAWORSKI,
Imaging techniques of Egyptian mummies
Mummy Research Centre/Warsaw Mummy Project, PL

 11.00

Wojciech EJSMOND, Marzena OZAREK-SZILKE, Stanisław SZILKE, Marcin JAWORSKI,
Warsaw Mummy Project – current state of the research and perspectives
Mummy Research Centre/Warsaw Mummy Project, PL

 11.30

Krisztina SCHEFFER1, Alica PETROVICS2, Miklós SZOKOLY3, Andrea FERENCZ2
Mummy feet from the László family in the Semmelweis Museum / Nephthys Project
1HNM Semmelweis Museum for Medical History, Budapest • 2Semmelweis University, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgical Research and Techniques • 3Péterfy Sándor Street Hospital-Outpatient Department and Trauma Centre

Lunch

2. session, Investigation of mummies

chairman: Wojciech Ejsmond

 13,30

Alexandra MUSSAUER,1,2 Christina WURST1,3, Alice PALADIN1, Valentina COIA1, Frank MAIXNER1, Albert ZINK1,2
Genetic study of Predynastic to early Islamic ancient Egyptian human remains
1Eurac Research. Institute for Mummy Studies, Bolzano, IT • 2Faculty of Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Munich, DE • 3Palaeogenetics Group, Institute of Organismic and Molecular Evolution, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, DE

 14.00

Robert LOYNES,1 Sabina MALGORA,1 Jonathan ELIAS,1 Chantal MILANI,1 Albert ZINK,1,2 Patrizia PERNTER,3 Elmar GOBBI,4 Tiziano ROSANO4 (zoom)
The Lady of Meran
1Mummy Project • 2Institute for Mummy Studies, Eurac Research • 3Bolzano Hospital • 4Palais Mamming, Meran, IT

 14.30

Michele Lorraine KOONS,
Old Friends, New Tales: The Mummies and Coffins of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Colorado, USA

 15.00

Alicia MARAVELIA1, Argyro GRIGORAKI2, Constantinos COUVARIS3, Panagiotis LAZARIS4, Ioannis PANTAZIS5,  Georgios MICHAILIDIS5, Kiriakos KALAMPOUKAS5, Nikolaos BONTOZOGLOU5  (zoom)
CT-Scanning of Mummies from the Egyptian Collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens – 1st Part: An Overview of the Research Project  
1Hellenic Institute of Egyptology & People’s University of Athens, Athens, Hellas  • 2Department of Prehistoric, Egyptian, Cypriot & NE Antiquities, National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Hellas  • 3Athens Forensic Authority, Athens, Hellas  • 4Department of Conservation, P-C Research & Archaeometry, National Archaeological Museum, Athens • 5CT & MRI Department, Athens Medical Centre, Athens, GR

 coffee break

3. session, Exhibitions

Chairwoman: Alicia Maravelia

 16.00

Campbell PRICE, (zoom)
Displaying Transformation: The Exhibition “Golden Mummies in Egypt” 
Manchester Museum, UK

 16.30

Yekaterina BARBASH, (zoom)
Funeral Gallery in the Brooklyn Museum, New York
Egyptian, Classical and Ancient Near Eastern Art Brooklyn Museum, USA

 17.00

Robert KUHN,1 Barbara TEßMANN2 et alii,
Gebelein at the Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz Berlin. A review of the human remains and archaeological objects
1Ägyptisches Museum und Papyrussammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin • 2Museum für Vor- und Frühgeschichte, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, GE

 17.30

Dr. Mahrous ELSANADIDY, (zoom)
A new vision for exhibiting the royal mummies at the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization
National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, Cairo, EG

31st January 2024. Wednesday
Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest

Registration from 8,40 (via zoom)

 9.00

Keynote Lecture:

Albert ZINK and alii
The multidisciplinary study of ancient Egyptian mummies
Institute for Mummy Studies, Eurac Research, Bolzano, IT

Coffee break

4. session, Human remains at excavations
Chairman: Albert Zink

 10.00

Afaf WAHBA,
A case of either Brucellosis or Tuberculosis in a New Kingdom double burial, Saqqara, Egypt
Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, Cairo, EG

 10.30

Samar Ahmed Abu-Dahab Haredy MOHAMED, (zoom)
The Discoveries at Tanis street cemetery site “Burial practices at the eastern cemetery of Alexandria”
Scientific Training Center of Western Delta and Alexandria, EG

 11.00

Claudia CARVALHO1, Sabina MALGORA,2 Paula VEIGA,3 (zoom)
Survey of the human remains in the funerary Complex of Harwa and Akhamunru (TT37 and TT404) in Luxor – updated information
1Museu Nacional (MN), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) • 2Mummy Project Milan, IT • 3Institut für Ägyptologie, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, DE

 11.30

Magdalena ŁAPTAS,1 Marzena OZAREK-SZILKE,2 AbdelRahman MEDHAT,3 Tomasz POBOZY,4 Wafaa HABIB,5 Mohammed Abd El RAHMAN6
Reality or idealization? A comparison between the mummy portrait of a woman in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and her real remains
1History of Art Institute, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, PL • 2Mummy Research Centre/Warsaw Mummy Project, PL • 3Department of Conservation, Egyptian Museum in Cairo, EG • 4Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Ciechanów Hospital, Ciechanów, PL • 5Egyptian Museum in Cairo, Department of Greeco-Roman Antiquities, EG • 6Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, EG

Lunch

5. session, Human remains at excavations
Chairman: Robert Loynes

14.00

Zoltán FÁBIÁN,1 Orsolya MATEOVICS-LÁSZLÓ2
Make them visible 
1Károly Gáspár Reformed University, Budapest, HU • 2Archäologischer Dienst GesmbH, St. Pölten, AT

 14.30

Yolanda de la TORRE ROBLES,1 Inmaculada Alemán AGUILERA,2 Ángel Rubio SALVADOR2 (zoom)
New data concerning the individuals from the Tombs of the Nobles in West Aswan: anthropological and historical issues
1University of Jaén, ES • University of Granada, ES

 15.00

Marzena OZAREK-SZILKE,
Anthropological Studies of Mummies and Skeletal Remains from Naqlun Cemeteries in the Fayum Oasis
Mummy Research Centre/Warsaw Mummy Project, PL

   coffee break

6. session, Conservation / Restauration
Chairwoman: Barbara Teßmann

 16.00

Rasha SHAHEEN1, Youssef ELREWWNY2, Hany YOUSSEF3 (cancelled)
Sustainability: Innovative Conservation Strategies for Damaged Human Remains Due to Bad Display in the Egyptian Textile Museum
1Egyptian Museum, Cairo • 2Ain Shams University, Cairo • 3Cairo University, Cairo, EG

 16.30

Jenefer METCALFE, (zoom)
A Reflective Review of the Manchester Mummy Tissue Bank, University of Manchester
School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, UK

 17.00

Chantal MILANI, (zoom)
From Forensics to Museums: Facial Reconstruction in the Historical-Archaeological Context
Mummy Research Centre/Warsaw Mummy Project, PL

1st February 2024. Thursday
HNM Semmelweis Museum for Medical History, Budapest
(Török street 12)

Registration from 8,40 (via zoom)
 

  9.00

Keynote Lecture:

IKRAM, Salima1 – Federica FACCETTI2 – Sara AICARDI2 – Matilde BORLA2 – Cinzia OLIVIA2 – Johannes AUENMÜLLER 2 – Federico POOLE2 – Alberto VALAZZA2 – Debora ANGELICI2
An Ancient Egyptian Zoo in Turin
1American University in Cairo, EG • 2Museo Egizio, Turin, IT

Coffee break

7. session, Mummification
Chairman: Dario Piombino-Mascali

 10.00

Jiří JANÁK, Květa SMOLÁRIKOVÁ, Renata LANDGRÁFOVÁ, Ladislav BARES,
Embalming deposits of the Late Period: their content, meaning and significance
Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University, CZ

 10.30

Marie VANDENBEUSCH,
Exploring mummification practices in the 25th Dynasty Theban necropolis
Department of Egypt and Sudan at the British Museum, UK

 11.00

Laura GEEST,
A smile to die for: An analysis of oro-facial trauma caused by the Opening of the Mouth procedure
Classics and Ancient Civilisations, Egyptology, Leiden, NL

 11.30

Valerie BOUDET,
An investigation of the treatment of the human feet during human anthropogenic mummification in ancient Thebes
Biomedical Egyptology at the University of Manchester, UK

Lunch

8. session, Conservation / Restauration
Chairman:  Benedek Varga

 13.30

Francesca RUSSO,
Cartonnage papyri, a complex phenomenon
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK

 14.00

Venice Ibrahim Shehatta Attia, (zoom)
Examples of conserved mummies in the Mummies & Organic remains lab, Grand Egyptian Museum conservation center (GEMCC)
Director of Conservation researches & Training Department, Projects sector, Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities (MoTA), Cairo, EG

 14.30

Venice Ibrahim Shehatta Attia, (zoom)
Conservation of a severely damaged Ibis mummy
Director of Conservation researches & Training Department, Projects sector, Egyptian Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities (MoTA), Cairo, EG

 15.00

Lidija McKNIGHT, (zoom)
3D Printing in Mummy Studies: visualisation, identification and engagement
University of Mancheste, UK

   coffee break

9. session, Religious life and animal mummies
Chairman: Afaf Wahba

 16.00

Essam ELSAEED, (cancelled)
The afterlife belief was the cornerstone of the Ancient Egyptian civilization
Faculty of Arts  and Social Siences, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate Oman (OM)

 16.30

Ottó SOSZTARITS1, Anita KÓSI1, Krisztina SCHEFFER2, Enikő SZVÁK3, Hedvig GYŐRY4
Crocodile mummy in the Iseum and crocodile cult
1Savaria Museum – Iseum Saveriense, Szombathely • 2Semmelweis Museum for Medical History, Budapest, HU2 •  3University Of Szeged, Ph.D School in Biology, Department of Biological Anthrolopology, Szeged • 4HEFS AEC, Budapest, HU

 17.00

Zsigmond HAJDÚ1, József KOVÁCS1, Enikő SZVÁK3, Krisztina SCHEFFER4, Hedvig GYŐRY2,
Fish mummy in the Déri Múzeum
1Déri Múzeum, Debrecen • 2HEFS AEC, Budapest  •  3University Of Szeged, Ph.D School in Biology, Department of Biological Anthrolopology, Szeged • 4Semmelweis Museum for Medical History, Budapest, HU

2nd February 2024. Friday
 

Trip to Vác, Tragor Ignác Múzeum (Budapest – Vác – Budapest, from 8,30h to 16,30h)
 

We start from in front the NHungarian Natural History Museum

Presentation of the Story of the Vác Mummies
Guided tour in the Museum exhibition and church, where the mummies were found

Lunch

Town tour