11 Feb 2012 - 09:30
Manchester
KNH Centre Study Day: Mummies and Medicine: Investigating Health in Ancient Egypt
11th February 2012
9.30 – 4.30
A Study Day presented by the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology, The University of Manchester, in the Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester.
All tickets cost £30. Tea and coffee are provided at the breaks: lunch is not provided.
Email any queries to: joyce.tyldesley@manchester.ac.uk
Provisional programme
| 9.30 | Registration |
| 9.45 | Introduction |
| 9.55 | Dr Joyce Tyldesley: Protecting and Healing Tutankhamen: Magic within the Tomb |
| 10.40 | Break |
| 11.05 | Roger Forshaw: Cosmetics, Insecticides and Cures for the Common Cold: The Medical papyri |
| 11.50 | Professor Judith Adams: The Role of Imaging in the Identification of Disease in Ancient Egypt |
| 12.35 | Lunch (not provided) |
| 1.35 | Professor Rosalie David: Film, including intro and questions |
| 2.35 | Break |
| 3.00 | The 2012 Bob Partridge Memorial Lecture Joyce Filer: A Cure For All Ills? – Ancient Egyptian Royalty and their Experience of Health Problems |
| 4.15 | Conclusion and general questions |
| 4.30 | Depart |
This programme is available as a PDF: Mummies and Medicine [6KB]
The venue is the Stopford Building, The University of Manchester. The Stopford Building is situated on Oxford Road, the opposite side of the road to the museum and next to the Holy Name Catholic Church. See:
How to book
The booking fee is £30.00.
Book and pay online here:
To see the full programme and book your place on this study day, please visit the KNH Centre website: