The Two Brothers: Kinship in Ancient Egypt – Manchester Museum Day School
Full Programme and Abstracts here
The ‘Two Brothers’ tomb group has been an important part of the Egyptology display in the Manchester Museum for over a hundred years. It is one of the finest group of objects from a private burial of the Middle Kingdom and this year’s annual study day brings together experts to review this collection, examine the scientific investigations that have been carried out and the results of the latest DNA studies. The discussion will widen to consider kinship in general in ancient Egypt. Proceeds from this event will be donated to hellofuture – Manchester Museum’s new development project.
Venue – Lecture Theatre A, University Place (opposite Museum). Price – £35. Bookings can be made here: www.bit.ly/AEkinship.
Programme
9.15 Registration: tea/coffee
9.45 Welcome and Introduction
10.00 Interpreting the Two Brothers at Manchester Museum – Campbell Price
10.45 The Two Brothers: Health and disease – Rosalie David
11.30 – Tea/coffee break –
12.00 Were they brothers? The DNA evidence – Roger Forshaw
12.30 Picture perfect and bad blood: Funerary evidence of familial relationships from the Ancient Egyptian necropolis at Saqqara – Iwona Kozieradzka-Ogunmakin
1.15 – Lunch – (please make own arrangements)
2.15 So what did it mean to be brothers in ancient Egypt? – Leire Olabarria
3.15 – Tea/coffee break
3.40 Gladden her heart as long as you live: wealth, death and divorce in non-royal close-kin marriages in ancient Egypt – Joanne Robinson
4.30 Conclusion
Egypt at the Manchester Museum 