The Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt Conference
CONFERENCE PROGRAMME
Day 1: Monday 1st September 2008
OPENING SESSION
10.30
Welcome Address
Professor Alan Gilbert, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester
10.40
Conference Introduction
Professor Rosalie David, University of Manchester, UK
Miss Kay N Hinckley, University of Manchester, UK
Professor Moushira Erfan Zaki, National Research Centre, Egypt
10.30
Welcome Address
Professor Alan Gilbert, President and Vice-Chancellor of The University of Manchester
10.40
Conference Introduction
Professor Rosalie David, University of Manchester, UK
Miss Kay N Hinckley, University of Manchester, UK
Professor Moushira Erfan Zaki, National Research Centre, Egypt
SESSION 1: PHARMACY AND MEDICINE IN ANCIENT EGYPT ISession Chair : Jacqueline Finch
11.00
Keynote: The "Pharmacy in Ancient Egypt Project" at the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology
Professor Rosalie David, University of Manchester, UK
11.20
Keynote: "Other Than" – Egyptology as Science?
Dr Paul Nicholson, Cardiff University, UK
11.40
The Stele of The Chief of Physicians Nemti-m-Hat
Dr Essam El Saeed, Alexandria University, Egypt
12.00
Were the Dentists in Ancient Egypt Operative Dental Surgeons or were they Pharmacists?
Roger Forshaw, University of Manchester, UK
12.20
Lunch Break
SESSION 2: DIAGNOSTIC PALAEOPATHOLOGY
Session Chair : Dr Ryan Metcalfe
13.20
Keynote: Porotic Hyperostosis in Ancient Egyptians from the Bahriyah Oasis, Graeco-Roman Period
Professor Moushira Erfan Zaki, National Research Centre, Egypt
13.40
Skeletal Manifestation of a Highly Unusual and Indeterminate Disease from Ancient Nubia
Dr Mervyn Harris, University of Manchester, UK
14.00Palaeopathological - Radiological Evidence for Cerebral Palsy in an Ancient Egyptian Female Mummy from a 13th Dynasty Tomb
Dr Andreas G. Nerlich, Clinic Munich-Bogenhausen, Germany
14.20
Similarity of Treatment of Trauma in Workers and High Officials of the Pyramid Builders
Dr Rokia El Banna, National Research Centre, Egypt
14.40
Skull Injuries Discovered in Theban Tomb 32
Dr Erzsebet Fothi, Hungarian Natural History Museum, Hungary
15.00
Coffee Break
SESSION 3: HISTORY OF DIET AND DISEASESession Chair : Dr David Counsell
15.30
Keynote: Dr Granville's Egyptian Mummy 1821 and 2008: New Light on an Ancient Case-History
Dr John Taylor, British Museum, UK
15.50
Surviving Craniofacial Trauma in Ancient Nubia
Dr Mervyn Harris, University of Manchester, UK
16.10
Death of the late XVIII Dynasty Pharaohs – Tuthmosis IV, Akhenaten, Smenkhkare and Tutankhamun – Could they have had Familial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy?
Dr Hutan Ashrafian, Imperial College London, UK
16.30
On the Medical Aspects of the "Plague of the Year"
Dr Hedvig Győry, Museum of Fine Arts, Hungary
16.50
A Grain of Truth? Determining the Diet of the Ancient Egyptians
Dr Jenefer Cockitt, University of Manchester, UK
18.00
Poster Session, Manchester Museum
Followed by the Conference Welcome Reception
Day 2: Tuesday 2nd September 2008
SESSION 4: APPLIED TECHNIQUES IN ANCIENT PHARMACY AND MEDICINE
Session Chair : Dr Jacqueline Campbell
09.30
The Use of Histology and LA-ICP-MS in the Investigation of Ancient Wheat and Pomegranate
John Denton, University of Manchester, UK
09.50
Religious Ritual or the Dawn of Prosthetic Medicine? Preliminary Findings
Jacqueline Finch, University of Manchester, UK
10.10
An Investigation of the Use of Balsamic Resins in Bronze Age Egypt
Fiona Phelan, University of Bradford, UK
10.30
Heavy-Metal Minerals in Eye Cosmetics of Past and Present Egypt
Dr Andrew Hardy, Exeter University, UK
10.50
Molecular Methods for the Study of Ancient Pharmacy
Dr Ryan Metcalfe, University of Manchester, UK
11.10
Blue Lotus: Ancient Egyptian Narcotic and Aphrodisiac?
Dr David Counsell, University of Manchester, UK
11.30
Coffee Break
SESSION 5: PRESERVATION AND STUDY OF MUMMIFIED REMAINSSession Chair : John Denton
12.00
Keynote: The X-Ray Plates of Tutankhamen: A Reassessment of their Meaning and Significance
Dr Robert Connolly, University of Liverpool, UK
12.20
A Cure for Baldness: Ancient Egyptian Pharmacological Remedies for the Hair and Scalp
Natalie McCreesh, University of Manchester, UK
12.40
Surgery in Ancient Egypt – Paleopathological Evidence for Successful Medical Treatment by Surgery
Dr Andreas Nerlich, Clinic Munich-Bogenhausen, Germany
13.00
Cocaine and Nicotine in Ancient Egypt?
Dr David Counsell, University of Manchester, UK
13.20
A New Vision of Mummification in Ancient Egypt
Emad William, Alexandria University, Egypt
14.30
Tour of John Rylands Library
19.30
Civic Reception, Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square
Tour of John Rylands Library
19.30
Civic Reception, Manchester Town Hall, Albert Square
Day 3: Wednesday 3rd September 2008
SESSION 6 : BIODIVERSITY IN EGYPT
Session Chair : Judith Seath
09.30
Keynote: The Conservation and Sustainable Use of Globally Significant Medicinal Plant Biodiversity in St Katherine’s Protectorate (Sinai, Egypt)
Professor Mohammed El-Demerdash, Mansoura University, Egypt
09.50
How the Success of the Ancient Egyptians Depended on Plants
John Bellinger, Independent Scholar, UK
10.10
Relationship of Medicine and Medicinal Plants in Ancient Egypt
Professor Mohammed Sayed Aly, National Research Centre, Egypt
10.30
The Application of Archaeobotany, Phytogeography and Pharmacognosy to Confirm the Pharmacopoeia of Ancient Egypt 1850 - 1200 BC
Dr Jacqueline M Campbell, University of Manchester, UK
10.50
Coffee Break
SESSION 7: PHARMACY AND MEDICINE IN ANCIENT EGYPT IISession Chair : Roger Forshaw
11.20
Keynote: Ancient Egyptian Medicine Between Religion, Magic and Science
Dr Wafaa El-Saddik, Egyptian Museum, Egypt
11.40
"The Man Who Knows Bulls" Veterinary Practises in Ancient Egypt
Constance Lord, University of Manchester, UK
12.00
The Precursor of Oncology and Infectious Diseases, The Ebers Papyrus’ Treatise on Tumours, 857-877 and the Phyto-Pharmacopeia Prescribed.
Paula Veiga, University of Manchester, UK
12.20
The Relationship of Music with Medicine Through the Pharaonic Civilization and the Impact on Other Societies
Dr Inas Moussa, Alexandria University, Egypt
12.40
Reassessing Warren Dawson's, "Studies in Ancient Egyptian Medical Texts" 1926-1934 in the Light of Archaeobotanical and Pharmacological Evidence
Dr Jacqueline M Campbell, University of Manchester, UK
13.00
Lunch Break
SESSION 8: PHARMACEUTICAL MATERIALS, METHODS AND REMEDIES ISession Chair : Dr Jenefer Cockitt
14.00
Gold from Metal to Cure; Scientific and Religious Aspects in Ancient Egyptian Mentality
Dr Renata Tatomir, The Metropolitan Library, Romania
14.20
Continuity in Herbal Practice: Healing in a Teacup
Dr Alison Denham, University of Central Lancashire, UK
14.40
Preliminary Study of Predynastic Period Unguents to Identify Medicinal Plant Origin and Identity
Judith Seath, University of Manchester, UK
15.00
Pharaonic Headaches: Icthyotherapy (or Electrotherapy?)
Rosalind Park, Independent Scholar, UK
15.20
Coffee Break
SESSION 9: PHARMACEUTICAL MATERIALS, METHODS AND REMEDIES IISession Chair : Professor Rosalie David
15.50
Medicine and Materiality: On the Role of ‘Healing’ Statues
Campbell Price, University of Liverpool, UK
16.10
Healing Measures: Dja and Oipe in Ancient Egyptian Pharmacy and Medicine
Dr Tanja Pommerening, University of Mainz, Germany
16.30
Complementary Medicine and Remedies in Ancient Egypt
Dr Randa Baligh, Mansoura University, Egypt
16.50
UR SUNU, Great Doctors of Ancient Egypt. Diseases and Cures in the Land of the Pharaohs
Dr Sabina Malgora, Casale Monferrato, Italy
17.10
Closing Session
Professor Rosalie David, University of Manchester, UK
19.00
Conference Dinner, Midland Hotel, St Peter’s Square
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