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READING HIEROGLYPHS: PHARAOH AND HIS FOLLOWERS

Bloomsbury Summer School

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Mon, 07 Jul, 2025 at 11:00 am

University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT London, United Kingdom

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Mon, 07 Jul, 2025 at 11:00 am - Fri, 11 Jul, 2025 at 05:15 pm (BST)

University College London, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT London

8 Gower Street, WC1E 6DP, London, United Kingdom

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READING HIEROGLYPHS: PHARAOH AND HIS FOLLOWERS
READING HIEROGLYPHS: PHARAOH AND HIS FOLLOWERS

Course Director: Dr Luigi Prada (Uppsala University)

This is a 5-day course to be held in person at UCL (for our online Reading Hieroglyphs class, see below and the BSS website).

Fee:
£370 in person

Details below and on our website:
www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/summer-school-programme-2025.htm#reading-hieroglyphs1-2025

Description:
Once again, we have prepared a new course for lovers of ancient Egyptian textual culture! This year’s readings will focus on a chronologically-varied selection of hieroglyphic texts related to the central figure of the Egyptian state: Pharaoh. We will delve into royal ideology thought writings about being pharaoh, serving pharaoh -- and even competing with pharaoh. From the kings of the Fifth Dynasty to a First Intermediate Period nomarch, we will meet well-known figures from Egyptian history, as well as more obscure ones, including banished temple priests and courtly officials overly eager to please their sovereign. Readings will include the funerary inscription of Rewer, a royal letter from the late Old Kingdom, the Koptos decree of King Nubkheperre Intef, a tract known as the ‘King as Sun Priest’, and the inscription of Somtutefnakht, amongst others (the selection can be fine-tuned based on the participant interest).

NB: This is an advanced reading class for students with good experience of hieroglyphic Middle Egyptian. A couple of the texts that we will read pre-date the Middle Kingdom, but their language is largely identical to standard Middle Egyptian (and any unusual grammatical features will be highlighted and explained by your tutor).

Further details and to book:
www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/summer-school-programme-2025.htm#reading-hieroglyphs1-2025

Contact Kathryn:
Tel: +44 (0)779 155 8195
Email: a2F0aHJ5biB8IGJsb29tc2J1cnlzdW1tZXJzY2hvb2wgISBjbyAhIHVr

For our online reading hieroglyphs course, see:
https://www.egyptology-uk.com/bloomsbury/summer-school-programme-2025.htm#beginning-hieroglyphs2-2025

(Header image credit: Luigi Prada)


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READING HIEROGLYPHS: PHARAOH AND HIS FOLLOWERS, 7 July | Event in London | AllEvents
READING HIEROGLYPHS: PHARAOH AND HIS FOLLOWERS
Mon, 07 Jul, 2025 at 11:00 am