Cross-Cultural Contacts Between Egypt and the Roman Empire

Egypt was part of the Roman world for seven centuries, from the Roman conquest of Egypt in 31 BC to the annexation of Egypt by the Rashidun caliphate in AD 646. The period saw the exchange of languages, cultural and religious ideas and concepts across borders, including the spread the Egyptian Isis cult into the Roman West and the emergence of Christian monastic culture in Egypt’s deserts.

Time and place: – , The Norwegian institute in Rome
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Mummy with an inserted portrait of a youth, Fayum, c. 100 CE. Metropolitan Museum, NYC

This two-day and two-venue conference aims to gather scholars across diverse disciplines such as Egyptology, Classical archaeology, art history and religious studies, to examine the ways in which cross-cultural encounters between Egypt and the Roman Empire resulted in the exchange of religions and ideas, and impacted visual and material culture. 

Conference programme

Scholarly organization: Lecturer in Ancient History Maiken Mosleth King, University of Bristol, in collaboration with the Norwegian Institute in Rome and the American University in Rome. 

Thursday 13 April
Venue:  American University in Rome, Via Pietro Rosselli 4

Host: Dr. Maiken Mosleth King

Friday 14 April
Venue: The Norwegian Institute in Rome, Viale Trenta Aprile 33, 00153 Rome

Host: Prof. em. J. Rasmus Brandt 

 

Tags: Rome, Egypt, Ancient History
Published Mar. 27, 2023 12:11 PM - Last modified Mar. 31, 2023 2:57 PM
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