Bloomsbury Summer School
Fascinated by ancient civilisations?
We offer anyone with any level of knowledge, inspiring short courses on ancient Egypt and other areas of the ancient world.
2021 Course timetables
Monday 21 to Friday 25 June
This is a 5-day summer course that will be held online only.
Cleopatra’s Hieroglyphs: Reading Hieroglyphic Texts from the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods ** Fully Booked **
Course Director: Dr Luigi Prada (University of Uppsala)
This course will be delivered online via the video communication platform Zoom (details provided upon enrolment).
Monday 21 June
11:00* – 11:30**
Participants log into Zoom; BSS Director’s Welcome Address
11:30 – 13:00
1. Introduction: Reading and writing hieroglyphs in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt (online w/ Luigi)
14:00 – 15:15
2. Getting to Know Graeco-Roman Hieroglyphs: Script & language (online w/ Luigi)
15:45 – 17:15
3. It’s Just Some Odd-looking Middle Egyptian! Some exercises (online w/ Luigi)
Tuesday 22 June
10:00* – 11:15
4. Getting There! Some practice with Graeco-Roman hieroglyphic orthographies (online w/ Luigi)
11:45 – 13:00
5. Alexander’s Here! The inscription of Somtutefnakht (1) (online w/ Luigi)
14:00 – 14:30
6. The Inscription of Somtutefnakht (2) (online w/ Luigi)
14:30 – 16:00
6a. The Inscription of Somtutefnakht (3) (individual work – include your 30 min. break!) ***
16:00 – 17:15
7. At the Origins of Egyptology: The Memphis Decree and the Rosetta Stone (1)
(online w/ Luigi)
Wednesday 23 June
10:00* – 11:00
8. The Memphis Decree and the Rosetta Stone (2) (online w/ Luigi)
11:00 – 12:30
8a. The Memphis Decree and the Rosetta Stone (3) (individual work – include your 30 min. break!) ***
12:30 – 13:00
9. Life and Death Under Cleopatra: The stela of Taimhotep (1) (online w/ Luigi)
14:00 – 14:30
10. The Stela of Taimhotep (2) (online w/ Luigi)
14:30 – 16:00
10a. The Stela of Taimhotep (3) (individual work – include your 30 min. break!) ***
16:00 – 17:15
11. The Stela of Taimhotep (4) (online w/ Luigi)
Thursday 24 June
10:00* – 11:00
12. Praising the Goddess: Hymns to Isis at Philae (1) (online w/ Luigi)
11:00 – 12:30
12a. Hymns to Isis at Philae (2) (individual work – include your 30 min. break!) ***
12:30 – 13:00
13. A Visit to Edfu: the Ptolemaic myth of Horus (1) (online w/ Luigi)
14:00 – 14:30
14. The Ptolemaic myth of Horus (2) (online w/ Luigi)
14:30 – 16:00
14a. The Ptolemaic Myth of Horus (3) (individual work – include your 30 min. break!) ***
16:00 – 17:15
15. Isis Goes to Italy: the twin obelisks of Beneventum (online w/ Luigi)
Friday 25 June
10:00* – 11:00
16. Isis’ Favourite: Domitian’s obelisk in Piazza Navona (online w/ Luigi)
11:00 – 12:30
16a. A Roman Emperor Creates an Egyptian God: The apotheosis of Antinoos (1) (individual work – include your 30 min. break!) ***
12:30 – 13:00
17. The Apotheosis of Antinoos (2) (online w/ Luigi)
14:00 – 14:30
18. The Apotheosis of Antinoos (3) (online w/ Luigi)
14:30 – 16:00
18a. Back to the Start: From the tomb of Petosiris in Tuna el-Gebel (1) (individual work – include your 30 min. break!) ***
16:00 – 17:15 1
9. From the Tomb of Petosiris in Tuna el-Gebel (2) / Followed by conclusion,
discussion, and Q&A (online w/ Luigi)
17:15 – 19:00
End-of-Course Drinks Party and BSS Online Social (guests welcome)
* Zoom waiting room opens 15 minutes prior to the start.
** All times are GMT +1 or British Summer Time (BST)
*** During individual work sessions, the Course Director will remain online, ready to answer your questions.
Timetables, once published, are unlikely to change, but remain provisional until the first day of the course.
