Current Research in Egyptology 2023

Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Symposium, University of Basel, 10-14 September 2023

L. Dogaer, C.H.W. Fong, Elena Luise Hertel, M. Kilani, G.K.H. Lunden

• Publisher: Archaeopress Access Archaeology
• Year: 2024
• Topic: History
• eBook ISBN:
  9781803278223
• Subtopic: Archaeology
• Index: History

The twenty-third Current Research in Egyptology conference took place at the University of Basel, Switzerland on 10th-15th September 2023. This international event was attended by more than 70 young Egyptologists in person, with additional participants joining online, making for a vibrant and dynamic exchange of ideas. The conference featured a rich program of 87 paper presentations and 17 poster presentations, showcasing some of the latest research and developments made by early career researchers in the field. The present volume collects 22 selected papers from the conference, which cover a wide range of topics, reflecting the diverse interests and expertise of the contributors. The topics include language and literature, archaeology and material culture, society and religion, archival research, intercultural relations, reports on archaeological excavations and methodological issues, regarding all periods of Ancient Egypt.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright Information
• Contents
• Introduction
• Organizing Committee
• Student Members
• List of Keynote Lectures
• List of Paper Presentations
• List of Poster Presentations
• The Discoveries at the Quesna Cemetery Site: The West Delta and Northern Coast Scientific Training Center’s Excavation Field School Season of February – March 2022
• Garlands in Graeco-Roman Egypt
• ‘I Built the House of My Father’: Remarks on the Origin of the Private Property
• Re-establishing a Chronology of Egyptian Censers
• Cooking for the Gods… But How? A Pinch of Methodology in Analysing Food Processing Terminology in Graeco-Roman Temples
• Rethinking New Kingdom Coregencies and a Case Study on the Amarna Period
• Towards building a Database of Ahmed Pasha Kamal’s Hieroglyphic Dictionary: Obstacles and Challenges
• Glimpses from Deir el-Medina Houses: Fragments of Domestic Cultic Cupboards Held in the Museo Egizio in Turin
• The Title mḥnk: New Translation and Census of Holders
• Let’s Lay the Foundations: Geomentality in Ancient Egypt
• Stellar Skies: Reconsidering the Ancient Egyptian Celestial Diagrams
• Reading and Writing in Retrograde on Late Coffins from Akhmim
• Hidden Gems: Some Results of Archival Works Concerning the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari
• New Insights into Prevalent Old Kingdom Women’s Titles
• Interaction Between Egypt and Mesopotamia During the 4th Millennium BCE: Evidence from Cylinder Seals
• Funerary Stelae as a Testimony of Late Egyptian Culture
• Middle Kingdom Qau el-Kebir and the Museo Egizio, Turin: A Fresh Study of the Finds and Documentation from Excavations
• Egyptians Helping the Needy: Agricultural Surpluses and Loans of Grain
• Multimodal Information Processing. Towards A New Methodology to Investigate the Amduat Papyri
• Death is Only the Beginning: Non-Existence – An Existential State or Total Annihilation?
• Objects and Materiality: Studying Faïence Amulets in Museo Egizio, Turin. New Investigation Strategies
• Parallel Occupations: Third Spaces in Nubia and Dacia
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