Events
Forthcoming events
Saturday, 11th February 2012
Mummies and Medicine: Investigating Health in Ancient Egypt
A Study Day presented by the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology, The University of Manchester, in the Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester.
All tickets cost £30. Tea and coffee are provided at the breaks: lunch is not provided.
Email any queries to: joyce.tyldesley@manchester.ac.uk
Provisional programme
| 9.30 |
Registration |
| 9.45 |
Introduction |
| 9.55 |
Dr Joyce Tyldesley:
Protecting and Healing Tutankhamen: Magic within the Tomb |
| 10.40 |
Break |
| 11.05 |
Roger Forshaw:
Cosmetics, Insecticides and Cures for the Common Cold: The Medical papyri |
| 11.50 |
Professor Judith Adams:
The Role of Imaging in the Identification of Disease in Ancient Egypt |
| 12.35 |
Lunch (not provided) |
| 1.35 |
Professor Rosalie David:
Film, including intro and questions |
| 2.35 |
Break |
| 3.00 |
The 2012 Bob Partridge Memorial Lecture
Joyce Filer:
A Cure For All Ills? - Ancient Egyptian Royalty and their Experience of Health Problems |
| 4.15 |
Conclusion and general questions |
| 4.30 |
Depart |
This programme is available as a PDF: Mummies and Medicine [6KB]
The venue is the Stopford Building, The University of Manchester. The Stopford Building is situated on Oxford Road, the opposite side of the road to the museum and next to the Holy Name Catholic Church. See:
How to book
The booking fee is £30.00.
Book and pay online here:
Mummies & Medicine Day School
Past events
Thursday 24th - Sunday 27th June 2010
The Second KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology and The Manchester Museum Summer School
A Summer School presented jointly by the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology and the Manchester Museum, taught by experts from the Manchester Museum and The University of Manchester. The Summer School includes object handling sessions, a visit to the stores of the Manchester Museum, and a visit to the labs of the KNH Centre.
For more details,
For enquiries, please contact: joyce.tyldesley@manchester.ac.uk
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