4th In Memoriam Funerary Culture Conference
Talks, dance, visits to Roman mausoleums and workshops on death and memory from 30 October to 2 November.
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About the event
The 4th In Memoriam Conference on Funerary Culture in Andalusia takes place in Córdoba from Friday 30 October to Monday 2 November 2026. It begins on the 30th at 18:00 with a talk on Ancient Egypt at the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras and includes dance at the Teatro Cómico Principal, workshops and guided visits. The talk and the show are free; the other activities require booking.
Key points
- From 30 October to 2 November
- Opening talk on death and ritual in Ancient Egypt
- Bailar el Tránsito dance show at the Teatro Cómico Principal
- Visits to the Mausoleos de Puerta de Gallegos and the Museo Arqueológico
- Ars Moriendi exhibition open until 30 November
Four days on death and memory
The In Memoriam Conference on Funerary Culture in Andalusia reaches its fourth edition, coinciding with All Saints' Day. It offers a cultural look at death through archaeology, art, dance and food, with activities spread across the Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, the Museo Arqueológico, the Teatro Cómico Principal, the Tanatorio de las Quemadas and the Roman Mausoleos de Puerta de Gallegos.
Programme
On Friday 30 at 18:00, Egyptologist María José López Grande opens the conference with a talk on death and ritual in Ancient Egypt, followed by the presentation of the Ars Moriendi exhibition, created by Art History students and open until 30 November. On Saturday 31 there is a funerary urn workshop at the Museo Arqueológico (11:30, ages 16 and over) and, at 20:00, the Grupo de Danzas San Rafael Alcaria presents Bailar el Tránsito. On Sunday 1 there is a talk with tasting on All Saints' and All Souls' food and visits to the mausoleums (17:00 and 18:00). On Monday 2 at 12:00 a visit to the Museo Arqueológico closes the programme.
Tickets and bookings
The opening talk and the dance show are free until full. The dramatised visit to the Capilla de San Bartolomé, the talk with tasting and the visits to the mausoleums require booking at aeternitas@tanatoriocordoba.com, and the Museo Arqueológico activities require registration via the Junta link given by the UCO.
