{"id":3750,"date":"2025-01-26T10:04:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-26T10:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/?page_id=3750"},"modified":"2025-09-28T18:48:42","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:48:42","slug":"the-2025-season-of-the-karnak-great-hypostyle-hall-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/?page_id=3750","title":{"rendered":"The 2025 season of the Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250601-JUNE.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250601-JUNE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3760\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250601-JUNE.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/20250601-JUNE-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>This talk took place at the June 2025 meeting of the Essex Egyptology Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essexegyptology.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Review2506_NEW.pdf\">Click here to read the meeting review >><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Talk information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This talk will give an update on the 2025 season of the Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project, with Project Director Dr Peter J Brand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project is a joint endeavor between the University of Memphis, in Memphis, Tennessee (U.S.A.), and the Universit\u00e9 de Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al (Canada). The Project work in cooperation with Egypt\u2019s Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Centre Franco-\u00e9gyptien d\u2019\u00e9tudes des temples de Karnak (France). &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The project has three closely related aims:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To make a complete scientific record of all the hieroglyphic texts and relief carvings from the Hypostyle Hall.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To make these inscriptions widely available to scientists and the world- wide public through traditional publications and via digital technologies like the internet.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>To conduct scholarly research and analysis of the Hypostyle Hall to better understand those aspects of Egyptian civilization reflected in its inscriptions, including its history, religion, politics, society, and culture.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dr Peter J Brand <\/strong>is Associate professor of Ancient History and Egyptology at the University of Memphis. His doctoral dissertation at the University of Toronto, 1998, focused on the monuments of Seti I, including the Great Hypostyle Hall. His ongoing research interests include epigraphy, New Kingdom monumental architecture and Ramesside history. He served as Project epigraphist and artist 1994-2000 and became Project Director in 2001 after the death of the founding Director, Dr. William J. Murnane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This talk took place at the June 2025 meeting of the Essex Egyptology Group. Click here to read the meeting review >> Talk information This talk will give an update on the 2025 season of the Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project, with Project Director Dr Peter J Brand. 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