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Uphill MSS 7
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Notes made during lectures and conferences
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1 folder
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(1929-2018)
Archival history
The estate of Eric Uphill.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by the executors of the estate of Eric Uphill in 2022.
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Scope and content
Uphill's notes made during meetings, lectures and conferences, including notes made by others
87 typewritten pages (59 single-sided + 28 double-sided)
- "Egypt Through the Eyes of John Gardiner Wilkinson', lecture given by Jaromir Malek, Egypt Exploration Society, 01/11/1978
- 5 typewritten pages, notes on lecture and the slides used
- Created by "PR", who notes, "Notes do not show the artistry and delicacy with which the simple facts were woven together, nor the great respect the speaker felt for his subject"
- "Lectures 20 July 1993"
- 1 typewritten page
- Notes on papers presented: "Jebel Haridi" , Christopher Kirby, and "The Monuments of Ahmose at Abydos Recent Excavations", Stephen Harvey
- "Ramesses II Libyan Fortress", Stephen Snape, University College London, 23/11/1994
- 1 typewritten page
- "Ulu Burun Wreck", Claire Calcagno, Birkbeck Archaeological Society, 23/02/1996
- 1 typewritten page
- "Egypt and Canaan in the Late Bronze Age", E. Oren, University College London, 27/02/1997
- 1 typewritten page
- "Assyria (Iron Age) on the Border of Egypt and the Archaeological Perspective", E. Oren, University College London, 06/03/1997
- 3 typewritten pages with annotations
- [Roman mummy portraits], Euphrosyne Doxiadis, British Museum, 18/03/1997
- 1 typewritten page
- "Recent Excavations at the Pyramid of Senwosret III", Dieter Arnold, Sackler Lecture, British Museum, 16/07/1997
- 2 typewritten pages
- SARS Lectures on recent fieldwork, 22/05/2002
- 2 typewritten pages (1 single-sided + 1 double-sided)
- "Searching for Solomon: the Bible and Archaeology", Jonathan Tubb, British Museum, 10/10/2002, and "Tel Rehov: the excavations and their implications for the Archaeology of the Early Monarchy in Israel", Amihai Mazar, University College London, 07/10/2002
- 1 typewritten page
- "Goliath's People", Jonathan Tubb, British Museum, 17/10/2002
- 2 typewritten pages
- "The Origins of Ancient Egyptian Civilisation", Michael Rice, 12/02/2004, Egyptian Embassy, London
- 2 typewritten pages
- "The Elamites and their contribution to the creation of Iran", lecture by D. Potts, 29/04/2004, SOAS University of London
- 1 typewritten page
- "Piramesse Capital of Ramesses the Great and Portal to the E. Med", lecture by Edgar Pusch, Sackler Lecture, British Museum, July 2005
- 1 typewritten page
- "Autobiography as self explanation", Miriam Lichtheim, Turin, date not recorded
- 1 typewritten page
- [Kerma], [Charles] Bonnet, Meroitic Congress, British Museum, date not recorded, probably 1999
- 1 typewritten page
Handwritten notes and associated documentation, including flyers and programmes, relating to other Egyptological conferences and seminars, including:
- "Early Egypt Colloquium" British Museum, 22/07/1993
- 5 typewritten pages (4 single-sided + 1 double-sided)
- Notes for papers on "The earliest evidence for writing", Gunter Dreyer; "The elite graves at Hierakonpolis", Barbara Adams; "The ceremonial centre at Hierakonpolis", Renée Friedman; "The Predynastic site of Adaima", Beatrix Midnant-Reynes; "Relative chronology of the Naqada Period", Stan Hendrickx; "Mishat Abu Omar", Karla Kroeper; "Town and state in the early Old Kingdom", Stephan Seidlmayer
- Papers given at the Eighth Egyptologists Congress in Cairo, 28 March - 3 April 2000
- 11 typewritten pages with annotations
- "Egypt and the Hittites: contacts, conflict and diplomacy in the Late Bronze Age", British Museum, International Colloquium 2005
- 12 typewritten and photocopied pages (9 single-sided + 3 double-sided)
- Includes a copy of the abstracts and typed notes for other speakers, including "Forerunners of the Hattusili-Ramesses treaty", Dietrich Surenhagen and "The Eternal Treaty from the Hittite Perspective" T. R. Bryce, also two maps
- "The Heavens on Earth: Astronomy and Ancient Egypt", Egypt Exploration Society Study Day, [17/08/2006]
- 2 pages (1 single-sided printed page, 1 double-sided handwritten page)
- 12th International Conference on Nubian Studies organised by the British Museum and Naga-Project and Friends of the Egyptian Museum and Papyrussammlung, Germany, 1-6/08/2010
- 6 pages (1 single-sided printed page, 5 double-sided handwritten pages)
- "The Men of the Gang: the Village of Deir el-Medina and its Inhabitants", Egypt Exploration Society Study Day, 25/10/2008
- 3 pages (1 double-sided printed page, 1 single-sided printed page, 1 single-sided handwritten page)
- "New Explorations: the EES in 2009", Egypt Exploration Society Annual Conference, 20-21/06/2009
- 2 pages (1 double-sided printed page, 1 double-sided handwritten page)
- Seminar for Arabian Studies Annual Conference, British Museum, 22-24/07/2010
- 3 pages (2 double-sided printed pages, 1 single-sided handwritten page)
- Seminar for Arabian Studies Annual Conference, British Museum, 28-30/07/2011
- 4 pages (2 double-sided printed pages, 2 double-sided handwritten pages)
- Third British Egyptology Congress held between the British Museum and UCL, 11-12/09/2010
- 6 pages (2 double-sided printed pages, 4 single-sided handwritten pages)
- "Grand Designs - Amenhotep III & the Landscape of Thebes", Egypt Exploration Society Study Day, 09/06/2012
- 1 handwritten, double-sided page
- "Nubia in the New Kingdom: Lived Experience, Pharaonic Control and Indigenous Traditions", Annual Egyptology Colloquium, British Museum, 11-12/07/2013
- 7 pages (1 double-sided printed page, 1 single-sided printed page, 4 double-sided handwritten pages, 1 single-sided handwritten page)
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