Day 2

The second day of the School continued with the interdisciplinary lecture of Prof. Dr. Heidi Köpp-Junk (Institute of Mediterranean and Oriental Cultures at the Polish Academy of Sciences), "Tutankhamun and his music - the sound of ancient Egypt", followed by a performance of experimental sounds reproduced by replicas of ancient musical instruments, which accompanied lyrics of ancient Egyptian verses sung on a melodic line. As a structured sequence of tones in a certain unit of time, music accompanied the daily life of people in ancient Egypt, and it also had a very important religious role. The speaker highlighted rich representations and depictions of singers and musical instruments used in ancient Egypt, starting with the musical instruments found in Tutankhamun's tomb, whose discovery marks the 100th anniversary. The participants had the opportunity to understand the meaning of experimental archeology and ways of reconstructing the atmosphere of an ancient chanting, through imagination and movement.