Plants and Climate from Ancient Egyptians until Present
Hybrid Conference
27th January – 31st January, 2025, Budapest, HU
20 minutes lecturing, 5 minutes Q&A

(Hungarian or English)

Preliminary Program for the Conference

 

27th January, Monday, Hungarian Agricultural Museum (Budapest, XIV. Városliget, Vajdahunyadvár)
10h-11h, Opening ceremony

Greetings
presentation of the organising Institutions:

Hungarian Agricultural Museum
HNM Semmelweis Museum for Medical History
HEFS Ancient Egyptian Committee

14h-17h: Plenary lectures

Henn Tamás: Jurassic Park a Mecsekben – egy jura időszaki trópusi édenkert / Jurassic Park in Mecsek – a tropical paradise from the Jurassic period / The Komlosaurus and the flora of its time  (Mezozoikum)

Rimóczi Imre, Pillanatképek a növény- és gombavilág fejlődéstörténetéről a földtörténeti korok folyamán / Snapshots of the history of the development of plants and fungi during the geological ages

Hedvig Győry, Egyiptom növényvilága – 5000 év / Plant world in Egypt – 5000 years

Ossama A.W. Abdel Meguid, Climate change mitigation and adaptation of museums in Egypt / Az éghajlatváltozás mérséklése és a múzeumok adaptálása Egyiptomban

28th January, Tuesday, Hungarian Agricultural Museum (Budapest, XIV. Városliget, Vajdahunyadvár)

9-9,15: greeting, opening

Morning session

9,15-9,35 Why Black Cumin? Understanding a Coptic Magical Formulary and its Recurring Offering (P.Strasb. inv. K 549) / Krisztina Hevesi
9,35-9,40 Questions and discussions
9,40-10,00 The coriander (sAw), an ancient Egyptian medicinal herb / Hedvig Győry  
10.00-10,05 Questions and discussions
10,05-10.25 Ancient Egyptian Way of Classifying plant material: Understanding Antju and Senetjer / Heike Wilde
10.25-10,30 Questions and discussions

Coffee break

11,00-11,20 A hévizi tündérrózsa reliktum eredetének vizsgálata / Investigation on the origin of the Héviz “fairy rose” (lotus) relic / Balázs András Lukács
11.20-11.25  Questions and discussions
11,25-11.45  Purposes of plants. Archaeobotanical studies on the use of plants in the Pompeian green spaces / Chiara Comegna
11,45-11,50  Questions and discussions

Lunch break
Afternoon section

14,00-14,20 On the use of scented resin-made varnishes in Theban tomb painting / Alexis Den Doncker 
14,20-14,25  Questions and discussions
14,25-14,45 Plants selected for the gods – plants chosen to cure: the case of pharaonic kyphi / Alicia Maravelia
14,45-14,50  Questions and discussions
14,50-15,10  Plants as Protectors: An In-depth Exploration of Ancient Egyptian Cultural Traditions for Protection / Marwa elKady
15,10-15,15  Questions and discussions

Coffee break
Hungarian section

16,00-16,30  Gránátalma a magyar népművészetben / Pomegranate in Hungarian folk art / Nagy-Pölös Andrea
16,30-16,35   Questions and discussions
16,35-16,55  Mag- és famaradványok a Magyar Mezőgazdasági Múzeum gyűjteményében / Seed and wood remains in the collection of the Hungarian Agricultural Museum / Körösi Andrea
16,55-17,00   Questions and discussions

 

29th January, Wednesday, Hungarian Agricultural Museum (Budapest, XIV. Városliget, Vajdahunyadvár)

9-9,15: greeting, opening

Morning session

9,15-9,35 Overview of Archaeobotanical material excavated during ground water lowering project in Kom Ombo Temple / Essam Ahmed Soliman
9,35-9,40 Questions and discussions
9,40-10,00 Reed Coffin of an intact Old Kingdom burial, Southwest of step pyramid cemetery,
Saqqara, Egypt / Afaf Wahba
10.00-10,05 Questions and discussions
10,05-10.25 „Use of Pulses in Ancient Egypt. Examples from the Pharaonic Period”/ Agata Bebel-Nowak
10.25-10,30 Questions and discussions

Coffee break

11,00-11,20 Historical Trajectories and Future Prospects of Coffea arabica in a Changing Climate / Mufungizi Mutwangashaba Medard
11.20-11.25  Questions and discussions
11,25-11.45  Mutwedu Mwishingo, Eli, Sustainable strategies for the future of Hevea brasiliensis (Willd. ex A. Juss.) Mull. Arg.  cultivation in Africa: addressing environmental and economic challenges

11,45-11,50  Questions and discussions

Lunch break
Afternoon section

14,00-14,20  Survival Herbs: How the Poor in Ancient Egypt Used Medicinal and Food Plants to Face Crises and Famine / Hossam Hegazi
14,20-14,25  Questions and discussions
14,25-14,45  The Artemisia maritiama L. and ancient Egypt / A tengeri parlagfű és az ókori Egyiptom / V. Lajtai Anna – Scheffer Krisztina – Győry Hedvig
14,45-14,50  Questions and discussions
14,50-15,10  Erdei fafajaink viszontagságos története a pleisztocéni klímafluktuációk idején. Kik a túlélők! / The turbulent history of our forest tree species during the Pleistocene climate fluctuations . Who are the survivors! / Höhn Mária
15,10-15,15  Questions and discussions

Coffee break
Hungarian section

16,00-16,30  A Magyar Mezőgazdasági Múzeum és Könyvtár Agrobotanikai Gyűjteményének ékessége – A Simonkai Lajos herbárium tudományos és múzeológiai jelentősége / The jewellery of the Agrobotanical Collection of the Hungarian Agricultural Museum and Library – The scientific and museological significance of the Lajos Simonkai Herbarium / Kerényi-Nagy Viktor
16,30-16,35   Questions and discussions
16,35-16,55  Az örökség, az emlékezet, a helyi identitás és a fák kapcsolata Békés vármegyében / The relationship between heritage, memory, local identity and trees in Békés county / Nagy-Laczkó Balázs
16,55-17,00   Questions and discussions

30th January, Thursday, Library of the Semmelweis Museum for Medical History  (Budapest, II., Török utca 12.)

9-9,15: greeting, opening

Morning session

9,15-9,35 On the use of scented resin-made varnishes in Theban tomb painting / Alexis Den Doncker 
9,35-9,40 Questions and discussions
9,40-10,00 The Overlooked Potential of Phytolith Analysis in Ancient Egyptian Archaeology / Kefie Blair
10.00-10,05 Questions and discussions
10,05-10.25 Plant depictions on the Graeco-Roman gems in Asia Minor / Ergün Lafli and Martin Henig
10.25-10,30 Questions and discussions

Coffee break

11,00-11,20 Plants and environmental change at Wadi Allaqi, Egypt / Hanaa Ali Hassan Abdou (Hanaa Kandal)
11.20-11.25  Questions and discussions
11,25-11.45  Ancient nomadism in the Nile Basin: Seasonality & transhumance since the Neolithic / Julien Cooper 
11,45-11,50  Questions and discussions

Lunch break
Afternoon section

14,25-14,45 Medicinal uses of Meadow saffron (Autumn crocus) In ancient Egypt / Venice Ibrahim Shehatta Attia
14,45-14,50  Questions and discussions
14,50-15,10  The „Hortus Isidis Project”: The Castor – medicine or poison? / A Hortus Isidis Projekt: A ricinus – gyógyszer vagy méreg? / Krisztina Scheffer
15,10-15,15  Questions and discussions

Coffee break
Hungarian section

16,00-16,30  Papiruszsors, a papirusz tündöklése és bukása / Papyrus fate, the rise and fall of papyrus/ Fráter Erzsébet
16,30-16,35   Questions and discussions
16,35-16,55  Ínségételek és növények megjelenítése a Korgó valóság. Az éhezés és az élelmiszer-bizonytalanság tapasztalatai című kiállításban / Famine food and plants in the exhibition “Rumbling Reality. Experiences of Hunger and Food Insecurity” / Nagy Dóra
16,55-17,05  Questions and discussions
17,05-17,25 A fito/humán hormon abszcizinsav karrierje  / The carrier of the phyto/humanhormon Abscisin / Blázovics Anna 
17,25-17,35   Questions and discussions

31st January, Friday
Excursion