Current Research in Egyptology 2023

Elena Hertel holds a BA Classical Archaeology and Egyptology from Heidelberg University and an MA by research in Egyptology from Leiden University. Currently she is a PhD candidate at Basel University in the Swiss National Science Foundation project ‘Crossing Boundaries’. Her research specialty in Egyptology is the combination of philological and object studies. She is also involved in several publication projects of demotic and abnormal hieratic papyri.

‘Current Research in Egyptology 2023 offers a thoughtful overview of the ongoing scholarly activity, while continuing CRE’s long-standing tradition of offering a platform for postgraduates, early career researchers, and independent scholars.’ – Roger Forshaw (2025): Ancient Egypt Magazine Issue 150

• IntroductionOrganizing CommitteeStudent MembersList of Keynote LecturesList of Paper PresentationsList of Poster PresentationsThe Discoveries at the Quesna Cemetery Site: The West Delta and Northern Coast Scientific Training Center’s Excavation Field School Season of February – March 2022 – Samar Ahmed Abu-DahabGarlands in Graeco-Roman Egypt – Flora Andreozzi‘I Built the House of My Father’: Remarks on the Origin of the Private Property – Martina AprileRe-Establishing a Chronology of Egyptian Censers – Catherine BishopCooking for the Gods… But How? A Pinch of Methodology in Analysing Food Processing Terminology in Graeco-Roman Temples – Arnaud DelhoveRethinking New Kingdom Coregencies and a Case Study on the Amarna Period – Charlotte DietrichTowards building a Database of Ahmed Pasha Kamal’s Hieroglyphic Dictionary: Obstacles and Challenges – Azza Ezzat and Ahmed MansourGlimpses from Deir el-Medina Houses: Fragments of Domestic Cultic Cupboards Held in the Museo Egizio in Turin – Alessandro GirardiThe Title mḥnk: New Translation and Census of Holders – Mallaury GuignerLet’s Lay the Foundations: Geomentality in Ancient Egypt – Reuben G. Hutchinson-WongStellar Skies: Reconsidering the Ancient Egyptian Celestial Diagrams – Yossra IbrahimReading and Writing in Retrograde on Late Coffins from Akhmim – Kea JohnstonHidden Gems: Some Results of Archival Works Concerning the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari – Katarzyna KapiecNew Insights into Prevalent Old Kingdom Women’s Titles – Sue KellyInteraction between Egypt and Mesopotamia during the 4th Millennium BCE: Evidence from Cylinder Seals – Camille KoerinFunerary Stelae as a Testimony of Late Egyptian Culture – Thomas LebéeMiddle Kingdom Qau el-Kebir and the Museo Egizio, Turin: A Fresh Study of the Finds and Documentation from Excavations – Tommaso MontonatiEgyptians Helping the Needy: Agricultural Surpluses and Loans of Grain – Anaïs Montoto SotoMultimodal Information Processing. Towards a New Methodology to Investigate the Amduat Papyri – Enrico PozziDeath is Only the Beginning: Non-Existence – An Existential State or Total Annihilation? – Kristine ReinholdObjects and Materiality: Studying Faïence Amulets in Museo Egizio, Turin. New Investigation Strategies – Martina TerzoliParallel Occupations: Third Spaces in Nubia and Dacia – Michael R. Tritsch and Amia C. Davis