THE OFFERING IN ANCIENT EGYPT
Like all traditional peoples who derive their resources from the land, the ancient Egyptians lived in anguish because of the fear of famine. They therefore devoted most of their energies to organising the land, technically and politically, so that such a disaster would not occur. The Egyptians also transferred this fundamental concern to their religious conception, attributing to the gods and the dead the most insatiable of appetites, both for essential foodstuffs and for articles of great luxury. The lecture will show how this is the key to understanding the Egyptian Civilisation, so famous today for the admirable monuments that remain in Egypt itself and for the splendid material testimonies that can be seen in museums... and in exhibitions.
Christophe Barbotin
Born in 1962
Joined the Louvre's Department of Egyptian Antiquities in 1986.
He is currently in charge of the Egyptian Archaeology Course and a course in Egyptian Epigraphy at the Ecole du Louvre.
Head of the Louvre's archaeological mission in the Valley of the Kings, in the tomb of Merenptah.
Author of numerous articles and books on both dissemination and scientific research, including:
- Catalogue, Musée Granet. Collection égyptienne, Aix en Provence, 1995.
- La Voix des hiéroglyphes. Promenade au département des Antiquités égyptiennes, Paris, 2005 (with the collaboration of D. Devauchelle).
- Catalogue, Les statues égyptiennes du Nouvel Empire. I. Statues royales et divines, Paris, 2007.
- Âhmosis et le début de la XVIIIe dynastie, Paris, 2008.
