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SUMMARY:Living on Sacred Ground: The Priests’ Houses in the Temple of Am
 un in Karnak - Dr. Aurélia Masson
DTSTART:20120531T121000Z
DTEND:20120531T130000Z
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CONTACT:Sven Friedemann
DESCRIPTION:As the largest religious complex in Egypt\, the site of Karnak
  has attracted impressive scholarly interest. However\, since the research
  mainly focused on the more alluring architecture of the temples\, compara
 tively little attention has been given to dwellings built on this sacred g
 round. Such remains offer an interesting opportunity to study how secular 
 and ritual culture can intermingle at a site of religious significance.\nI
 n this talk\, I will present the recent archaeological investigations of a
  residential quarter located within the precinct of the temple of Amun in 
 Karnak. During the First Millennium BC\, this quarter was almost continuou
 sly occupied by priests performing their cultic service\, away from their 
 families. Their material culture\, social and religious status\, as well a
 s their diet have been established by a multidisciplinary approach to exca
 vations and post excavation studies. We will discuss to what extent the ma
 terial evidence reflects the ideal of piety of the Egyptian priests as rep
 resented in writing and formal art.
LOCATION:Entertaining Room\, Darwin College
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