Interconnected Worlds: Ancient Egypt and its Neighbours

Abstract

This panel discussed how Egyptology addresses ancient Egyptian interconnections; how interconnectedness is shared with and conveyed to modern Egyptians, their neighbours and the general audience; how it is delivered and displayed in museums and included in academic teaching; and how Egyptology interacts with other disciplines. Many issues have been raised during the discussion, and they mostly derive from the Egyptocentric, and self-centring views applied by Egyptology. There is a great need for decentring the discipline and interconnecting both ancient Egypt and Egyptology. And this must be done in a more inclusive and balanced way, one that really considers other cultures and other disciplines on equal standing with ancient and modern Egypt and Egyptology.