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THE 70TH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT April 12-14, 2019 Washington, D.C. ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT April 12-14, 2019 Washington, D.C. U.S. Headquarters 909 North Washington Street, Suite 320 Alexandria, Virginia, 22314 703.721.3479 Cairo Center 2 Midan Simón Bolívar Garden City, Cairo, 11461 20.2.2794.8239 [email protected] 2 3 *Dr. Ahmed Abu-Zayed, Head of Libraries and Archives TABLE CONTENTS Janie Abdul Aziz, Grant Administrator of *Djodi Deutsch, Academic Programs Manager Itinerary 12 Zakaria Yacoub, IT Manager Session Schedule 14 *Sally El Sabbahy, Communications & Outreach Associate *Samira El Adawy, Programs Coordinator Presentation Abstracts 18 Andreas Kostopoulos, Project Archives Specialist Student Poster Abstracts 99 Noha Atef Halim, Assistant Finance Manager Yasser Tharwat, Project Financial & Reporting Manager ARCE STAFF Doaa Adel, Accountant U.S. Staff Salah Metwally, Associate for Governmental Affairs Osama Abdel Fatah Mohamed , Supervising Librarian *Dr. Fatma Ismail, Interim US Operations Director Amira Gamal, Cataloguing Librarian *Michael Wiles, Chief Financial Officier Reda Anwar, Administrative Assistant to Office Manager *Laura Rheintgen, Director of Development Salah Rawash, Security & Reception Coordinator *Dr. Heba Abdel Salam, US Programs Advisor Abdrabou Ali Hassan, Maintenance Assistant & Director’s Driver *Claire Haymes, Board Relations Manager Ahmed Hassan, Senior Traffic Department Officer & Driver *Megan Allday, Annual Meeting Coordinator (Consultant) Ramadan Khalil Abdou, ARCE Representative Ellen Flanagan, US Human Resources Coordinator (Consultant) Mohamed Hassan Mohamed, Transportation Assistant & Messenger *Rebecca Cook, Membership & Development Manager Eid Fawzy, Technical Clerk & Messenger Freddy Feliz, IT Manager Nour Ibrahim, Messenger *Beth Wang, Development & Research Assistant ARCE STAFF ARCE STAFF Cairo Staff Luxor Staff *Dr. Louise Bertini, Director for Egypt, Interim Executive Director John Shearman, Associate Director for Luxor *Mary Sadek, Deputy Director for Research & Government Affiliations Shaaban Mohamed, Office Manager Hussein Raouf, Finance Manager Ahmed Badry Abdallah Ahmed, Messenger Rania Radwan, Human Resources & Office Manager Mohamed Saleh Hemed Saleh, Driver *Staff in attendance 4 5 WHO LIVED IN PANEBES, “THE TOWN OF THE JUJUBE-TREE” DURING THE SECOND MILLENNIUM BC? BOARD OF GOVERNORS The Swiss-Franco-Sudanese Mission Betsy Bryan, President Nadine Moeller of Kerma/Dokki Gel Johns Hopkins University University of Chicago, Department of Near Eastern Studies Oriental Institute David Anderson, Vice President Erin Moseley University of Wisconsin – La Crosse Lockheed Martin FRIDAY, APRIL 12 Department of Archaeology and Anthropology Nicholas Picardo 6 P.M. TO 9 P.M. Harvard University Richard (Dick) Larsen, Treasurer The George Washington Masonic Terry Rakolta Melinda Hartwig, Immediate Past National Memorial Theater President, Emory University, Robert Ritner Michael C. Carlos Museum University of Chicago, 101 Callahan Drive, Oriental Institute James Allen Alexandria, VA 22301 Brown University, Department of Ed Snow Egyptology and Assyriology Burr + Forman, LLP Stephanie Denkowicz Paul Stanwick Dominique Valbelle: professor emerita in the Faculté Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP des Lettres of Université Paris-Sorbonne and co-director/ Emily Teeter epigrapher of the Swiss Franco-Sudanese Mission of Kerma/ Denise Doxey Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Deborah Vischak Dokki Gel—will deliver a keynote lecture covering the results Princeton University of her recent archaeological and epigraphic project in the William (Bill) Inglee Northern Province of Sudan. The kings of Kush occupied the Inglee Sauer Market Strategies, LLC Josef Wegner University of Pennsylvania south of Egypt through the Second Intermediate Period. In Fatma Talaat Ismail Egyptian Section 1506 BCE, Thutmosis I realized the dream of his predecessor, Maryland Institute College of Art founding a ceremonial city 1 km north of the town of Kerma. Ex-Officio: Janice Kamrin Louise Bertini, Interim The excavation of Dokki Gel revealed architectural traces Metropolitan Museum of Art Executive Director of the relationship of the Egyptians and people of Kerma Department of Egyptian Art and with the populations from central Sudan, who had constituted traditional allies in the coalitions against the 6 Current as of March 2019 Egyptian will of conquest. 7 ARCE 70th Annual Meeting SPONSORS A FILM MAKER’S ADVENTURE: Traversing the Duat with Zahi Hawass PLATINUM SPONSOR GOLD SPONSOR CHAPTER COUNCIL FUNDRAISER Saturday, April 13, 2019 12:15 – 1:00 p.m. UNDERWRITERS SPEAKER: Nancy Donnelly, a senior producer and writer for the National Geographic Channel. Throughout her career making documentaries, she’s traveled around the world--from Myanmar to Morocco, Kamchatka to Kyoto. Nancy has been nominated for two national Emmy awards in documentary filmmaking, and in 2008 she spent six EXHIBITORS weeks in Egypt for the first time, filming the National Geographic documentary, Egypt Underworld. Engage with Nancy as she shares the details involved in making a documentary in Egypt—the behind-the-scenes red tape, humorous stories about nailing down a TV commitment with Zahi, and other perilous and mysterious adventures while working in Egypt. TICKETS: $25, Advance Sales Only Proceeds support the Best Student Paper and Poster Awards. 8 9 ARCE 70th Annual Meeting ARCE 70th Annual Meeting SAVE THE DATE JOIN US IN TORONTO FOR THE 2020 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE AMERICAN RESEARCH CENTER IN EGYPT APRIL 3-5, 2020 THE HILTON TORONTO ARCE.ORG 10 11 ARCE 70th Annual Meeting ITINERARY STUDENT EVENTS 2018 ARCE Annual Meeting THANKS FROM THE April 20-22 • Tucson, Arizona INTERIM EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR CAREER NETWORKING EVENT FRIDAY, APRIL 12,12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. This year marks the 70th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center ROOM: Hopkins in Egypt, as well as the first time that it will be hosted in Alexandria, Virginia, following the relocation of ARCE’s U.S. offices here. As always, leading scholars See Flyer in Registration Materials in the fields of Egyptology, Archaeology and other areas of Egyptian history and heritage will come together to share, present, and discuss their research GRADUATE STUDENT POSTER DISCUSSION and their passion for Egypt. Having attended myself first as an undergraduate FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 4:15 – 5:00 P.M. student, then as a graduate student presenter and later as a professional, I am ROOM: Prefunction both honored and excited to return to the Annual Meeting this year as Interim Executive Director for ARCE. Poster presenters will be on hand to discuss their research and answer questions. Posters will remain on display throughout the Behind the scenes and across borders, an incredible group of people have Annual Meeting. dedicated many months towards the planning and coordination to ensure the success of the meeting’s 2019 installment. In particular, our Annual Meeting Committee Chair, Denise Doxey, has worked tirelessly to oversee the many FELLOWSHIP INFORMATION SESSION moving parts of this three-day event. Special thanks must also go to committee SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 1:00 – 1:45 P.M. members: James Allen, Stephanie Denkowicz, Nadine Moeller, Robert Ritner, ROOM: Edison EFG Nicholas Picardo, Erin Moseley, and Katherine Davies, as well as our ex-officio Join ARCE’s director for Egypt, the academic programs coordinator members Betsy Bryan, David Anderson, and Megan Allday. and former ARCE fellows to hear about opportunities for graduate, I would also like to recognize ARCE’s Chapter Council and our 13 chapters postdoctoral and faculty research in Egypt. Learn more on funding across North America for their steadfast support of scholars, researchers and opportunities, application guidelines and specific logistics. enthusiasts in the expansive field of Egyptian studies. Acknowledgment is also owed to our partners in the public and private sectors, including the Council of American Oversees Research Centers, the U.S. Department of State’s Educational and Cultural Affairs Bureau, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the U.S. Agency for International Development, for supporting ARCE’s activities over the years. Deep thanks must likewise go to ARCE’s devoted staff, as well as our volunteers, who have worked around the clock in preparation of this year’s meeting. And GRAD STUDENT PUB NIGHT! finally, I’d like to thank our members, donors, and funders for their interest, their generosity, and their appreciation of ARCE’s mission to promote and foster SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 9:00 P.M. research on Egyptian culture and strengthen American-Egyptian cultural ties. See Flyer in Registration Materials Welcome to Old Town Alexandria! 12 13 ARCE 70th Annual Meeting SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2019 MEETING ITINERARY TIME EVENT LOCATION 7:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Meeting Check-In and Inventors Foyer Information Desk THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Speaker Audiovisual Carver TIME EVENT LOCATION Check-In 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Vendor Area Open Prefunction+ Foyer 3:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Meeting Check-In and Inventors Foyer ABCEFG Information Desk 8:30 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. Graduate Student Poster Prefunction Display 8:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Paper and All Rooms FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2019 Panel Sessions 10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break Prefunction TIME EVENT LOCATION 12:15 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Lunch On Your Own 7:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Meeting Check-In and Inventors Foyer 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. Chapter Council Fundraiser Edison ABC Information Desk (see enclosed flyer) 7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m. Speaker Audiovisual Carver 1:00 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Fellowship Information Session Edison EFG Check-In 1:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Concurrent Paper and All Rooms 8:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Vendor Area Open Prefunction+ Foyer Panel Sessions ABCEFG 4:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. General Members’ Meeting Edison EFG 8:30 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Concurrent Paper and All Rooms 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. ARCE Members’ Dinner Edison ABCDEFG Panel Sessions Reception 8:30 a.m.