Current Research in Egyptology 2023: Proceedings of the Twenty-Third Annual Symposium, University of Basel, 10-14 September 2023(Current Research in Egyptology)

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:
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 – Samar Ahmed Abu-Dahab Garlands in Graeco-Roman Egypt – Flora Andreozzi ‘I Built the House of My Father’: Remarks on the Origin of the Private Property – Martina Aprile Re-Establishing a Chronology of Egyptian Censers – Catherine Bishop Cooking for the Gods… But How? A Pinch of Methodology in Analysing Food Processing Terminology in Graeco-Roman Temples – Arnaud Delhove Rethinking New Kingdom Coregencies and a Case Study on the Amarna Period – Charlotte Dietrich Towards building a Database of Ahmed Pasha Kamal’s Hieroglyphic Dictionary: Obstacles and Challenges – Azza Ezzat and Ahmed Mansour Glimpses from Deir el-Medina Houses: Fragments of Domestic Cultic Cupboards Held in the Museo Egizio in Turin – Alessandro Girardi The Title mḥnk: New Translation and Census of Holders – Mallaury Guigner Let’s Lay the Foundations: Geomentality in Ancient Egypt – Reuben G. Hutchinson-Wong Stellar Skies: Reconsidering the Ancient Egyptian Celestial Diagrams – Yossra Ibrahim Reading and Writing in Retrograde on Late Coffins from Akhmim – Kea Johnston Hidden Gems: Some Results of Archival Works Concerning the Temple of Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahari – Katarzyna Kapiec New Insights into Prevalent Old Kingdom Women’s Titles – Sue Kelly Interaction between Egypt and Mesopotamia during the 4th Millennium BCE: Evidence from Cylinder Seals – Camille Koerin Funerary Stelae as a Testimony of Late Egyptian Culture – Thomas Lebée Middle Kingdom Qau el-Kebir and the Museo Egizio, Turin: A Fresh Study of the Finds and Documentation from Excavations – Tommaso Montonati Egyptians Helping the Needy: Agricultural Surpluses and Loans of Grain – Anaïs Montoto Soto Multimodal Information Processing. Towards a New Methodology to Investigate the Amduat Papyri – Enrico Pozzi Death is Only the Beginning: Non-Existence – An Existential State or Total Annihilation? – Kristine Reinhold Objects and Materiality: Studying Faïence Amulets in Museo Egizio, Turin. New Investigation Strategies – Martina Terzoli Parallel Occupations: Third Spaces in Nubia and Dacia – Michael R. Tritsch and Amia C. Davis

About the Author :
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.