About the lecture
Mgr. Veronika Dubcová studied Classical Archaeology at Trnava University and Egyptology and Oriental Studies at the University of Vienna, where she is pursuing doctoral research. She is a researcher at the Institute of Oriental Studies, Slovak Academy of Sciences, and a member of the Aigyptos Foundation. She actively participates in excavations at Tell el-Retábí in Egypt. Her research concerns the Aegean Bronze Age and its relations with Egypt and the Near East, particularly religion and iconography, as well as the history and material culture of the Second Intermediate Period and New Kingdom.
Abstract: The religion of Bronze Age Crete is one of the ancient world's great mysteries. Minoan culture, which developed there in the second millennium BCE, was influenced by advanced neighbouring cultures such as Egypt and Mesopotamia, yet remained distinctive in many ways. A major difference from its eastern Mediterranean neighbours is the lack of written sources and consequent gaps in our knowledge of society. Religion certainly played an important role, and many depictions of deities, rituals and symbols strikingly resemble Egyptian examples. How closely related were the two cultures' religious ideas? Did the Minoans worship one principal goddess or many deities, like the Egyptians? What linked the Minoan goddess with Hathor and the Minoan god with Osiris? Why did the Minoans adopt the fearsome Egyptian hippopotamus goddess? Together we will explore this fascinating world of beliefs and intercultural contacts.
Lecture venue:
Cultural and Educational Centre, State Scientific Library in Košice, Pribinova 1, Košice
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Lecture date and time: 30. 5. 2018 at 16:30 – 18:00
