Le séminaire de recherche de l'Ifao
The Egyptian Role in the Excavation and Conservation of Tutankhamun’s Collection (1923-1930)
Hend Mohamed AbdelRahman
Language of the seminar : English
The 9th session of the IFAO Research Seminar of this academic year 2021/2022, introduced by Donald M. Reid, Emeritus Professor of History at Georgia State University, and moderated by Hadrian Collet, Scientific member of the IFAO, features Hend Mohamed AbdelRahman, Associate Researcher at the IFAO.
Abstract:
Howard Carter’s work on clearing and restoring Tutankhamun’s collection continued from 1922 to 1932. The Egyptian contribution in the works of Tut’s tomb was limited. The missed identification of the Egyptian labors, the report of Anastasi Alfiri, a dissimulation that needs justification. The contribution to the mummy examination was the only well-promoted Egyptian contribution. The reasons and the results for these facts will be tracked. However the Egyptians could not score a big contribution in this work for many reasons, but Tut’s excavation was a turning point for the Egyptians who worked hard, since then, to improve & enlarge their contribution in the archaeological excavation field.
The Spreaker:
Hend Mohamed AbdelRahman is an associate Professor of Egypt’s Modern & Contemporary History, Faculty of Tourism & Hotels Management Minia University and an Associate Researcher at the IFAO since 2020.
The Discussant:
Donald M. Reid is a Professor of History Emeritus at Georgia State University (Atlanta, Georgia, USA). His publications include Contesting Antiquity in Egypt: Archaeologies, Museums, and the Struggle for Identities from World War I to Nasser (2015); Whose Pharaohs? Archaeology, Museums, and the Struggle for Egyptian National Identity from Napoleon to World War I (2002); and Cairo University and the Making of Modern Egypt (1990).
The Moderator:
Hadrien Collet is a scientific member of the IFAO since September 2019. Specialized in the history of medieval Islam and an Arabist, Hadrien Collet came to Mamluk Egypt research through African studies. His thesis, Le sultanat du Mali (XIVe-XVe siècle). Historiographies d’un État soudanien de l’Islam médiéval à aujourd’hui, (The Sultanate of Mali (14th-15th century). Historiographies of a Sudanese state from medieval Islam to the present day) defended at the University of Paris 1 - Panthéon-Sorbonne in 2017, was awarded the prize for the best history thesis by the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. His research project in Cairo focuses on the history of relations between medieval Egypt and sub-Saharan Africa. "
