Keynote Event
Who Lived in Panebes, “the Town of the Jujube-Tree?” The Swiss-Franco-Sudanese Mission of Kerma/Dokki Gel
Dominique Valbelle, professor emerita in the Faculté des Lettres of Sorbonne Université, co-director & epigrapher of the Swiss Franco-Sudanese Mission of Kerma/Dokki Gel
Friday, April 12, 2019, from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Memorial Theater
The George Washington Masonic National Memorial
101 Callahan Drive
Alexandria, Virginia 22301
Dominique Valbelle will deliver a keynote lecture covering the results of her recent archaeological and epigraphic project with the Swiss-Franco-Sudanese Mission of Kerma/Dokki Gel in the Northern Province of Sudan. The kings of Kush occupied the south of Egypt through the Second Intermediate Period. In 1506 BCE, Thutmosis I realized the dream of his predecessor, founding a ceremonial city 1 km north of the town of Kerma. The excavation of Dokki Gel revealed architectural traces of the relationship of the Egyptians and people of Kerma and with the populations from central Sudan, who had constituted traditional allies in the coalitions against the Egyptian will of conquest.
Tickets to the keynote event will include a reception with heavy hors d’oeuvres and one drink ticket. If you would like to purchase a keynote ticket along with your Annual Meeting registration, click here. If you would like to purchase a keynote ticket alone, click here.
