SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Walls of the Ruler

Fortifications, Police Beats, and Military Checkpoints
in Ancient Egypt

University of Wales Swansea International Conference: May 22-25, 2006
 Department of Classics, Ancient History and Egyptology, and the
Centre for Egyptology and Mediterranean Archaeology (CEMA)
in collaboration with the Callaghan Centre for Conflict Studies
       
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MONDAY - May 22, 2006
4:00 – 6:00 pm Registration Faraday Building Main Lecture theatre A
6:00 – 7:00 pm Keynote Speaker
Paper-1 		Prof. Manfred Bietak (Universität Wien; Austrian Archaeological Institute in Cairo). Title: Military Stronghold and Discipline Enforcement in the Northeastern Nile Delta.
7:00 – 9:00 pm Reception and introduction to the Egypt Centre & staff Taliesin Building, Egypt Centre - Egypt Centre collections open to delegates.

TUESDAY - May 23, 2006
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration and papers  Faraday Building Main Lecture theatre A (formerly Esso Theatre)
Egypt’s Frontiers: an Overview
9:00 – 9:30 am Paper-2 Dr. Sarah Parcak (University of Wales Swansea)
Title: Settlement Patterns, Geography and Politics on Egypt’s Frontier.
9:30 – 10:00 am Paper-3 Dr. Carola Vogel (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität)
Title: Keeping the Enemy out: The Fortification System of Middle Kingdom Egypt.
10:00 – 10:30 am Paper-4 Dr. Gregory Gilbert (Royal Australian Navy Sea Power Centre)
Title: The Wooden Walls: the Maritime Protection of Ancient Egypt.
10:30 – 11:00 am  BREAK Refreshments (Fulton House Refectory)
Egypt’s Eastern Frontier: Pharaonic to Late Period
11:00 – 11:30 am Paper-5 Prof. Eliezer Oren (Ben-Gurion University)
Title: The Administration of the ‘Ways-of-Horus’ Network: An Overview.
11:30 – 12:00 pm Paper-6 Dr. Mohammed Abd el-Maksoud (Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt)
Title: Tell Heboua-Tjaru: The Northeastern Gate of Egypt. Recent Excavations of the Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt.
12:00 – 12:30 pm Paper-7 Prof. James Hoffmeier (Trinity International University)
Title: The Contribution of Tell el-Borg to Understanding Egypt’s Eastern Frontier’s Defense System in the New Kingdom.
12:30 – 2:00 pm LUNCH Prepaid Buffet lunch (Fulton House Refectory)
Egypt’s Eastern Frontier: Late Period
2:00 – 2:30 pm Paper-8 Dr. David Gill (University of Wales Swansea)
Title: Greeks on the Eastern Frontier: reassessing the pottery from Tell Defenneh.
2:30 – 3:00 pm Paper-9 Prof. Alan Lloyd (University of Wales Swansea)
Title: The Defence of Egypt in the Fifth and Fourth Centuries B.C.
3:00 – 3:30 pm Paper-10 Dr. Alexandra Villing (Curator, Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum).
Title: Greeks, Carians and Cypriots in Egypt: new research on the pottery from Naukratis.
3:30 – 4:00 pm  BREAK Refreshments (Fulton House Refectory)
Egypt’s Frontiers: Ptolemaic-Roman Period
4:00 – 4:30 pm Paper-11 Prof. Valerie Maxfield (University of Exeter)
Title: Security and Defence – the Disposition of the Roman Army in Egypt.
4:30 – 5:00 pm Paper-12 Prof. Steven Sidebotham (University of Delaware)
Title: Numbers, Sizes and Garrisons of Roman Forts in the Eastern Desert of Egypt.
7:00 – 9:00 pm BANQUET Location: Sketty Hall; advance payment of £20.

WEDNESDAY - May 24, 2006
9:00 am – 5:00 pm Registration  Faraday Building Main Lecture theatre A (formerly Esso Theatre)
Beyond Egypt’s Frontiers: Pharaonic Period
9:00 – 9:30 am Paper-13

Dr. Gregory Mumford (University of Wales Swansea)
Title: A Newly Discovered Old Kingdom Fort in South Sinai.
9:30 – 10:00 am Paper-14

Dr. Brett Heagren (University of Auckland)
Title: A Tactical Analysis of Select New Kingdom Siege Scenes.
10:00 – 10:30 am Paper-15

Prof. Anthony Spalinger (University of Auckland)
Title: The Iconic Role of the Fortress in the New Kingdom.
10:30 – 11:00 am  BREAK Refreshments (Fulton House Refectory)
Military Life in Ancient Egypt: Pharaonic-Roman Period
11:00 – 11:30 am Paper-16

Dr. Kasia Szpakowska (University of Wales Swansea)
Title: Snake Cults and Egyptian Military Bases.
11:30 – 12:00 pm Paper-17

Prof. Philip Kaplan (University of North Florida)
Title: Sojourner in the Land: A Comparative Perspective on the Resident Alien in Late Period Egypt.
12:00 – 12:30 pm Paper-18

Dr. Nigel Pollard (University of Wales Swansea)
Title: Military Bases, Soldiers and Society in Late Antique Egypt.
12:30 – 2:00 pm LUNCH Prepaid Buffet lunch (Fulton House Refectory)
Egypt’s Libyan Frontier: Pharaonic Period
2:00 – 2:30 pm Paper-19

Prof. Thomas Schneider (University of Wales Swansea)
Title: Did Egypt have a Western Frontier?
2:30 – 3:00 pm Paper-20

Dr. Stephen Snape (University of Liverpool)
Title: Repulsing the Libu? Grand Strategy and Local Tactics at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham.
3:00 – 3:30 pm Paper-21

Dr. Neal Spencer (British Museum)
Title: Kom Firin: More Evidence from the Western Delta Frontier.
3:30 – 4:00 pm  BREAK Refreshments (Fulton House Refectory)
4:00 – 4:30 pm Paper-22

Dr. Susanna Thomas (University of Liverpool)
Title: Excavations at Tell Abqa’in.
4:30 – 5:00 pm Paper-23

Dr. Jolanda Bos (Netherlands)
Title: Crowd Control in Ancient Egypt.

THURSDAY - May 25, 2006
9:00 am – 1:00 pm Registration  Faraday Building Main Lecture theatre A (formerly Esso Theatre)
Egypt’s Nubian Frontier:
9:00 – 9:30 am Paper-24

Dr. Bruce Williams (University of Chicago)
Title: Security and its Methods in the Middle Kingdom.
9:30 – 10:00 am
10:00 – 10:30 am		 Paper-25A
Paper-25B

Dr. Brigette Gratien and Michel Azim (CNRS)
Title: Mirgissa Fortress during the Middle and New Kingdom.
10:30 – 11:00 am Paper-26

Prof. Stuart Smith (University of California, Santa Barbara)
Title: Egyptian Dominance, Nubian Revival: Cultural Interaction on Egypt’s New Kingdom Imperial Frontier.
11:00 – 11:30 am BREAK Refreshments (Fulton House Refectory)
Nubia, Sinai and Other Aspects of Fortifications and Military Systems
11:30 - 12:00 pm Paper-27 Carolyn Graves-Brown, Curator, Egypt Centre, University of Wales Swansea.
Title: Flints and Forts.
12:00 - 12:30 pm Paper-28

Dr. Ian Shaw (University of Liverpool)
Title: Mining and frontier reinforcements: studies of turquoise and amethyst mining settlements as fortified outposts.
12:30 - 1:00 pm Paper-29

Prof. John France (University of Wales Swansea)
Title: The Divergence of the Architectural Tradition between Europe and the West.
1:00 - 1:30 pm Response to papers: Paper-30 Dr. Ellen Morris (University of Wales Swansea; Columbia University)
Imperialism and Border Maintenance and Concluding Remarks.

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Special thanks to the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences and a School of Humanities Research Support Fund (from the University of Wales Swansea) for grants towards this conference. Further thanks to the Egypt Centre (Curator Carolyn Graves-Brown) and staff for assistance and support.