Innovation and Renewal in Ancient Egyptian and Coptic Culture
Hybrid Conference
1st June – 5th June, 2026, Budapest, HU
20 minutes lecturing, 5 minutes Q&A
(Hungarian or English)
Program for the Conference
Monday, 16h / Semmelweis Museum, 1013, Apród u. 1-3. (zoom link)
Opening ceremony
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Greetings by
H.E. Dr. Ahmed Fahmy, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to Hungary
Benedek Varga, General Director of the Semmelweis Museum of Medical History
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Keynote Lecture by
Wagdy, Abdelghaffar, Dr.: Activities of Joint Egyptian-Foreign Missions and Egyptian Missions in Luxor (Season 2025-2026)
General Director of Luxor Antiquities, co-director of CFEETK (Centre Franco-Égyptien d’Étude des Temples de Karnak), Luxor, EG
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Closing words, Dr. Hedvig Győry, PhD, president of HEFS Ancient Egyptian Committee
Tuesday (zoom link)
arrival between 9,00-9,30 / Library of the Semmelweis Museum, 1023, Budapest, Török u. 12)
1. session (9,30-11,00)
Fábián, Zoltán, Prof.: Around the Most Ancient Decorated Rock-Cut Tombs in the Theban Necropoleis – 2026
Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary, Budapest, HU
Vasáros, Zsolt, Prof.: New Results from the fieldwork of the South Khokha Project in Thebes: 2021–2026
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Explorative Architecture, Budapest, HU
2. session (11,30-13,00)
Simon, Rita: A Predynastic Boat Petroglyph in Wadi Asafir, Saudi Arabia
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Humanities, Egyptology Doctoral Program, Budapest, HU
Chudzik, Patryk Dr.: Royal versus non-royal at the Middle Kingdom Theban necropolis
The latest excavations at Deir el-Bahari and North Asasif; Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, PL
Young, Robin: Threat by Allegory: What Apophis Really Told Seqenenre Tao to Provoke the Revolution of 1580 BC
Independent Scholar, Virginia, USA
3. session (15,00-16,30)
Jolanda Bos, Dr.: Was New Always Better? The Case of Tutankhamun’s Beaded Sandals
Independent Scolar / Faculty of Humanities Leiden University, NL
Wilde, Heike, PD. Dr.: Innovation without Replacement: Glass Vessels and the Persistence of Faience in Egyptian Culture
Department of Ancient and Medieval Thought, Institute of Philosophy of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, CZ
Hamdi, Emad & Elsaid Abouzeid: Inventing Tradition: Innovation and Cultural Renewal in Ancient Egyptian Religious Texts
Inspectorate of Antiquities, MoTA (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities), Cairo, EG
Evening lecture in Hungarian (17h)
Priskin, Gyula, PhD.: Új csillagképek beazonosítása Szenenmut csillagászati diagramján
Szegedi Tudományegyetem, Ókortörténeti Tanszék, Szeged, HU
Wednesday (zoom link)
arrival between 9,00-9,30 / Library of the Semmelweis Museum, 1023, Budapest, Török u. 12)
1. session (9,30-11,00)
Wahba, Afaf: An Intact Inscribed Wooden Coffin with Wedjat-eyes: A Study of Funerary Traditions during the Transition from the Late Old Kingdom to the First Intermediate Period
Head of the Bioarchaeology Department in the Magazines, MoTA (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities), Cairo, EG
Chudzik1, Patryk Dr. (1), Konopko, Anna Dr. (2): Roman painted shrouds and mummy masks from the latest excavation in the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari
(1) Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw; (2) The Faculty of Conservation and Restoration of Works of Art, Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, PL
Dietze, Klara, Dr. des.: Current Research at DAI Cairo: Archaeology in the Longue Durée from Pharaonic to Islamic Egypt
Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, Abteilung Kairo, GE
2. session (11,30-13,30)
Hamad, Mohsen: Thresholds and Protection in Ancient Egyptian Houses: Archaeological Evidence for Domestic Apotropaic Practices
Inspectorate of Antiquities, MoTA (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities), Cairo, EG
Hegazi, Hossam – El Tablawy, Hatem Abdel Mawla: Silent Rituals in Ancient Egypt: Reconstructing Unwritten Religious Practice through Archaeological Images and Embodied Experience
Egypt Central Delta Antiquities Zone, MoTA (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities), Cairo, EG
Jiří Janák, Doc. ThD.: The role of the Sons of Horus in mummification. Creating a protected space for renewal and resurrection
Czech Institute of Egyptology, Charles University, Prague, CZ
Nagy, Essam, PhD.: Resurrection Osiris: The Chapel of Osiris-Ptah neb-ankh
Director of Osiris-Ptah Neb-ankh Research Project (OPNARP), MoTA (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities), Cairo, EG
3. session (15,00-16,30)
Babcock, Jennifer Miyuki, PhD.: Interpreting Animal Representations in Ancient Egyptian Art and Design
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N.Y., USA
Simon, Rita: Ram Horns for Tutankhamon in his Libyan Desert Glass Funerary Pectoral
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Humanities, Egyptology Doctoral Program, Budapest, HU
Győry, Hedvig, Dr. PhD.: Amarna style Taweret amulet in Semmelweis Museum’s Egyptian Collection
HEFS AEC (Hungarian-Egyptian Friendship Society Ancient Egyptian Committee), Budapest, HU
Evening lecture in Hungarian (17h)
Szűcs, Bernadett: Továbbélés és transzformáció: az óegyiptomi istenek szerepének újraértelmezése a kopt mágikus szövegekben
Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, HU
Thursday (zoom link)
arrival between 9,00-9,30 / House of Nations (Budapest, Bajza u. 54)
1. session (9,30-11,00)
Marthot-Santaniello, Isabelle, Prof. Dr.: Innovation and renewal in palaeography: current digital research in Greek papyrology
Department of Ancient Civilizations, University of Basel, PI SNSF Starting Grant project “EGRAPSA: Retracing the evolutions of handwritings in Graeco-Roman Egypt thanks to digital palaeography”, Basel, CH
Russo, Francesca: The Recycling of Inscribed Papyrus into Cartonnage artefacts: Presenting New Discoveries from the Third Intermediate Period
PhD studies at the University of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Caputo, Clementina, PhD.: Divergent Paths? Reconsidering Oasis Red Slip Ware through the Kharga-Dakhla Comparison
RTDA – STAA-01/B Egittologia e Civiltà Copta, Dipartimento di Architettura, Ingegneria delle Costruzioni e Ambiente Costruito (DABC), Politecnico di Milano, IT
2. session (11,30-13,00)
Irsay-Nagy, Balázs J. PhD.: The Rosetta Stone and the Chronology of the Accession of Ptolemy V
Department of Egyptology, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, HU
Zaki, Fadi Zaki Kamel: Echoes of Eternity: Innovation and Cultural Transformation in Ancient Egyptian and Coptic Architecture
Archaeological Conservator & Researcher in Heritage Science, MoTA (Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities), Cairo, EG
Scheffer, Krisztina, The Aegyptiaca Therapeutica Tutelaresque Project
Semmelweis Museum of Medical History, Budapest, HU
Evening lecture in Hungarian (17h)
Petró, Marcell: Megújítás vagy Megismétlés: az Egyiptomi-Hettita egyezmény jelentősége a nemzetközi kapcsolatokban
ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Humanities, Egyptology Doctoral Program, Budapest, HU
Friday
Boat trip to Visegrád or Szentendre (own expence)