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Le mercredi 21 janvier 2026 à 17h00 (heure du Caire), IFAO 
Centres and Peripheries - Reflections on a complicated relation in Ancient Egypt
Dietrich Raue
Langue : anglais.
Abstract
Egypt is globally recognised for its monumental architecture and long-lived state structures. Less visible, yet equally formative, are the processes of negotiation between (city) centres and peripheries. These dynamics shaped material culture, influenced the pace and direction of morphological change — such as in ceramics — and prompted shifts in architectural design. However, many of these developments remain insufficiently understood. This is especially true for periods of strong central authority between the 3rd and the mid-1st millennium BC, where interpretative paradigms have often projected models from one centre onto another without adequate scrutiny.
The lecture is open to the public, in the limit of availableand will be broadcasted live on the Ifao YouTube channel.
Deitrich Raue is the first Director of German Archaeological Institute Cairo Branch; Co-Director of Excavations in Heliopolis, Abydos – Umm el-Qaab, The Colossi of Memnon and Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project since October 2022.
His work included:
1986-1996 study of Egyptology, Near Eastern Archaeology, and Classical Archaeology at the university of Heidelberg and FU Berlin; 1996 Ph.D. from University of Heidelberg (dissertation: Heliopolis und das Haus des Re. Eine Prosopographie und ein Toponym im Neuen Reich
- Since 1988 in participation in excavations in Elephantine, Dra Abu el-Naga, Theben Tomb 95, Hierakonpolis, Dahschur, Saqqara, Giza, Heliopolis/Matariya.
- 1996-1999 research project on Old Kingdom pottery.
- 2000-2010 scientific member of DAI Kairo, research project: City of the 3rd Millennium BCE on Elephantine; 2007-2010 director of the German-Swiss excavations at Elephantine, Egypt.
- 2005 and since 2012: co-director of Egyptian-German excavations in Heliopolis/Matariya
- 2010-2022 custodian of the Egyptian Museum – Georg Steindorff – of the University of Leipzig, Germany.
- 2015 Habilitation at the University of Leipzig. Thesis: Elephantine und Nubien vom 4. – 2. Jt. v. Chr.
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