Alternative Geographies for Egyptology

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In-Person
Date: October23,2025
Location: McDonald Institute Seminar Room, United Kingdom
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Alternative Geographies for Egyptology in the 21st Century This conference addresses the need for new and alternative geographies in Egyptology, with a view to questioning how we understand ancient Egypt internally, relationally, and theoretically. The conception of Egypt as a homogenous, territorial nation-state is not only a modern distortion due to the Eurocentric development of Egyptology, but also the deliberate product of the ancient Egyptian worldview, elite culture, and royal ideology. Alternative geographies are therefore needed in order to achieve a more realistic understanding of ancient Egypt in its complexity and diversity, and Global History may outline three possible avenues for their definition and implementation.

Participants & Organizers

University of Cambridge Department of Archaeology, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research(Organizer, Host)

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