The History of the Peoples of the Eastern Desert
  
(between the Red Sea and the Nile in Egypt and Sudan)
  
from Prehistory to the Present
 
 
 
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Program


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Tuesday 25 November 2008
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Welcome and registration
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Morning session: The Natural Environment and Prehistory of the Desert
Chair: Jennifer Gates-Foster
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9:00–9:30
K. DUISTERMAAT and H. BARNARD
Welcome, Announcements and Introduction
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G.L. ANDERSEN
Vegetation and Management Regime Continuity in the Eastern Desert
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K. PLUSKOTA
Bir Nurayet: A Rock Art Gallery in the Red Sea Hills
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                the Eastern Desert 11:00–11:30
P.M. VERMEERSCH
Contributions to the Understanding of the Prehistory of the Egyptian Eastern Desert
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                Eastern Desert Ware 11:30–12:00
F. LANKESTER
Rock Art in Egypt's Eastern Desert
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                Nomadism 12:00–12:30
D. HUYGE
Proto–Bedouin? Eastern Desert Dwellers in the Late Palaeolithic and Epipalaeolithic Periods
ARCHBASE 12:30–13:00
Knut KRZYWINSKI
The Eastern Desert Tombs and Continuity in Funerary Cult
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13:00–14:00 Lunch




Afternoon Session: Development of Research and the Desert
Chair: Michael Jones

14:00–14:30
Suzan Bakri HASSAN
Sustainable Desert Tourism: A Tool for Competition

14:30–15:00 Mohamed AL-AAWAH and C. DE SIMONE
The Establishment of a Trans–Boundary Biosphere Reserve in Wadi Allaqi

15:00–15:30
P. WESCHENFELDER
Prolegomena to the Ethnohistory of the Eastern Desert Dwellers

15:30–16:00 Tea break

16:00–16:30
C. NÄSER
Nomads at the Nile: Towards an Archaeology of Interaction

16:30–17:00
A.–K. RIEGER and Th. VETTER
The Desert Dwellers of the Marmarica (Western Desert) as a Case Study for the Eastern Desert

17:00–18:00
Plenary discussion




18:00–20:00
Reception





Wednesday 26 November 2008


Morning Session: The Graeco–Roman Heyday?
Chair: Claudia Näser

8:30–9:00
J.H.F. DIJKSTRA
Blemmyes, Noubades and the Eastern Desert in Late Antiquity

9:00–9:30
J.L. HAGEN
Beside Christian Nubia and Muslim Egypt: The Blemmyes or Beja Around 758–759 CE According to Written Sources from Qasr Ibrim

9:30–10:00
B. TRATSAERT
Wadi Bakariya: A Roman Gold Mine Settlement in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

10:00–10:30
J. GATES–FOSTER
The Ptolemaic Eastern Desert in its Theban Context

10:30–11:00 Coffee break

11:00–11:30
Andreas REICHERT
Rock Art in the Sinai and the Eastern Desert: A Methodological Approach

11:30–12:00
Jonatan KRZYWINSKI
The Culture of the Blemmyes: A Graeco–Roman Construct or a Genuine Desert Culture?

12:00–12:30
Gábor LASSÁNYI
On the Archaeology of the Late Antique Population of the Eastern Desert

12:30–13:00
R.H. PIERCE
The Blemmyes, by Any Other Name...




13:00–14:00 Lunch





Afternoon Session: Guests in the Desert
Chair: Francis Lankester

14:00–14:30 A.D. ESPINEL
Gods in the Red Land: Developments of Cults and Pious Activities in the Eastern Desert

14:30–15:00
Rageh Z. MOHAMED
Nabataeans in the Eastern Desert During the Roman Period

15:00–15:30
T. POWER
The Material Culture and Economic Rationale of Sedentary Arabs in the Late Roman Eastern Desert of Egypt

15:30–16:00 Tea break

16:00–16:30
Monica HANNA, Fatma KISHK and Sarah ABU BAKR
"Sinai:" Another Name for Cultural Exchange in the Mediterranean

16:30–17:00
K.M. KLEIN
To See or Not to See: Invisible Monks, Human Eyes and the Eastern Desert in Late Antique Hagiography

17:00–17:30
M. JONES
Nomadism and Monastic Life in the Eastern Desert of Egypt

17:30–18:00
Plenary discussion





Thursday 27 November 2008




10:00–13:00
Discussion with Ma'aza and Ababda Bedouin




18:00–19:00
Cleveringa Lecture by J.L. BINTLIFF, Professor of Classical Archaeology at Leiden University (the Netherlands):
  
The History of the Peoples in the Eastern Deserts of Egypt and Sudan: Summary and Discussion




19:00–21:00
Reception


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                NVIC
Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo
1, Sharia Dr. Mahmoud Azmi
11211 Zamalek, Cairo
Arab Republic of Egypt
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                Cotsen Institute
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA
PO-Box 951510
Los Angeles, CA 90095
United States of America



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