Publications from previous Current Research in Egyptology conferences

Each CRE conference has produced a volume of a number of the papers presented. Below are the details, and contents of the volumes published so far.

For published papers arranged by author, click here. For papers presented at conferences, but published elsewhere, click here.
 
Speaker Paper Title
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Ashton, Sally-Ann The Ptolemaic influence on Egyptian royal sculpture
1-10
Bednarski, Andrew  Hysteria revisited: Women's public health in Ancient Egypt 
11-18
Bloxam, Elizabeth   Transportation of quarried hard stone from Lower Nubia to Giza during the Old Kingdom 
19-28
Cooke, Ashley Tomb construction along the Unas Causeway
29-40
Dann, Rachael J. Clothing and the construction of identity: examples from the Old and New Kingdom
41-44
Hebron, Caroline Occupational health in Ancient Egypt: the evidence from artistic representation
45-56
Kotsifou, Chrisi Papyrological evidence of travelling in Byzantine Egypt
57-64
Lines, Dan Hieratic ostraca and jar labels from Tell el-Amarna: problems and potential
65-74
McDonald, Angela Tall tails: the Seth animal reconsidered
75-82
El-Menshawy, Sherine Pictorial evidence depicting the interaction between the king and his people in Ancient Egypt
83-90
Shortland, A.J. When, how and where - the application of science to Egyptology
91-96
Simpson, Fiona Evidence for Late Bronze Age Libyan culture at the New Kingdom Egyptian fortress of Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham
97-102
Sugi, Akiko Ankh: An archetype model for the semantics of iconography
103-110
Symons, Sarah Accuracy issues in ancient Egyptian stellar timekeeping
111-114
Torallas Tovar, Sofia The police in Byzantine Egypt: the hierarchy in the papyri from the fourth to the seventh centuries
115-124
Uljas, Sami On meaning and modality in Middle Egyptian object complementation
125-134
Zakrzewski, Sonia Dental health and disease over the Predynastic and Early Dynastic periods
135-143
CRE I - Published in 2000
Angela McDonald & Christina Riggs (eds.)
BAR International Series, 909: Oxford
 
Speaker Paper Title
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Ashton, Sally-Ann The double and triple uraeus on royal representations
1-9
Bloxam, Elizabeth  The organisation and mobilisation of Old Kingdom quarry labour forces at Chephren's quarry in Lower Nubia
10-19
Buckley, Ian Excavations at KV39
21-28
Moeller, Nadine An Old Kingdom town at Zawiet Sultan (Zawiet el-Meitin) in Middle Egypt
29-38
Muskett, Georgina Egypt and Mycenaean Greece: A Mycenaean perspective
39-46
Reader, Colin A reconciliation of the geological and archaeological evidence for the age of the Sphinx and a revised sequence of development for the Giza Necropolis
47-56
Rowland, Joanne The transition to state society in Egypt: problems and possibilities of applying mortuary evidence
57-63
Tassie, Geoffrey Single Mother goddesses and divine kingship: the sidelock of youth and the maternal bond
64-73
Zakrzewski, Sonia Morphological variation in Egyptian crania
74-80
CRE II - Published in 2005
Ashley Cooke & Fiona Simpson (eds.)
BAR International Series, 1380: Oxford
   
Speaker Paper Title
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Bednarski, Andrew The Lotus reborn: the creation and distribution of the Description de l'Egypte
1-12
Bibby, Miriam   The arrival of the horse in Egypt: new approaches and a hypothesis
13-18
Booth, Charlotte Aspects of the Hyksos' role in Egyptian society from the artistic evidence
19-26
Graham, Angus Some thoughts on the social organisation of dockyards during the New Kingdom
27-34
Hatton, Gareth D., Shortland, A.J., Tite, M.S. Egyptian Blue: where, when and how?
35-44
Hind, Elizabeth The specialness of science: it's all in the mind
45-50
Robinson, Peter Crossing the night: the depiction of mythological landscapes in the Am Duat of the New Kingdom royal necropolis
51-62
Rowland, Joanne The transition to state society: problems and possibilities of applying mortuary data
63-68
Wahlberg, Nina Representations of Hathor and Mut in the Hibis temple
69-75
CRE III - Published in 2003
Rachel Ives, Daniel Lines, Christopher Naunton, Nina Wahlberg (eds.)
BAR International Series, 1192: Oxford
 
Speaker Paper Title
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Cannata, Maria An unpublished contract of sale from Memphis
1-10
Centrone, Maria Behind the Corn-mummies
11-28
Figuieredo, Alvaro The Lisbon Mummy Project
29-40
Graham, Angus Plying the Nile: not all plain sailing
41-56
Graves-Brown, Carolyn The Spitting Goddess and the stony eye: divinity and flint in Pharaonic Egypt
57-70
Harrington, Nicola From the Cradle to the Grave: anthropoid busts and ancestor cults at Deir el-Medina
71-88
Kemboly, Mpay Iaau and the question of the origin of Evil according to Ancient Egyptian sources
89-104
McAleely, Sally Flower arranging in Ancient Egypt
105-120
Onishi, Hironao A Kushite temple in a western oasis?
121-135
Shirai, Noriyuki Bifacial technology, Socioeconomic competition, and early farming and herding in the Fayum
136-148
Shirai, Yayoi Royal Funerary cults during the Old Kingdom
149-162
Vlckova, Petra Abusir South at the end of the Old Kingdom and during the First Intermediate Period
163-178
Wikgren, Heidi The festival calendar at Deir el-Medina
179-200
CRE IV - Published in 2005
Kathryn Piquette & Serena Love (eds.)
Oxbow Books: Oxford
 
Speaker Paper Title
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Balbaligio, Yvette E. Egyptology beyond philology: Agency, identity and the individual in ancient Egyptian texts
1-19
Centrone, Maria Constanza Choosing the burial place for corn-mummies: a random selection
20-33
Coppens, Filip Creative writing in Ptolemy II's time: Texts from the Temple of Isis at Philae
34-42
Rann, Rachael J. Interpreting Ancient Nubia
43-50
Exell, Karen The Senior Scribe Ramose (1) and the cult of the king: a social and historical reading of some private votive stelae from Deir el medina in the reign of Ramesses II
51-67
Graves-Brown, Carolyn Flint and life crises in Pharaonic Egypt
68-83
Hagen, Frederik Literature, transmission, and the Late Egyptian Miscllanies
84-99
Hulit, Thomas Tut'Ankhamun's Body Armour: Materials, construction, and the implications for the Military industry
100-111
Mynárová, Jane Abusir in the New Kingdom. Current research by the Czech Institute for Egyptology
112-117
Robinson, Peter Ritual landscapes in the Coffin Texts - A cognitive mapping approach
118-132
Shirakawa, Emi Choice of vocabularies: Wordplay in Ancient Egypt
133-137
Suvorov, Rachel Rodabaugh The Kahun Papyrus in Context: The 'Floating Uterus'
138-146
Thompson, Alexandra Looking at Diet in Predynastic Egypt through Stable Isotope Analysis
147-157
CRE V - Published in 2006
Rachael J. Dann (ed.)
Oxbow Books: Oxford
 
Speaker Paper Title
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Balbagio, Yvette E. Bringing Egypt out of Academia: Outreach and Inclusion in the Petrie Museum
1-15
Bussman, Richard Pepi I and the Temple of Satet at Elephantine
16-21
Gulyás, András The Unique Amun-Re Temple at Luxor
22-37
Hagen, Frederik Ostraca, Literature and teaching at Deir el-Medina
38-51
Harrington, Nicola Children and the Dead in New Kingdom Egypt
52-65
Lazaridis, Nikolaos 'It is better to be silent than speak in vain.' The Challenge of Producing Proverbs in Demotic and Greek
66-73
Mairs, Rachel R. Egyptian Artefacts from Central and South Asia
74-89
Malleson, Claire Investigating Ancient Egyptian towns: A case study of Itj-tawy
90-104
McCarthy, Heather Lee A Study of Ramesside Royal Women's Tombs in the Valley of the Queens
105-122
Morrison, Anne Designing Materials for Language Self-Instruction: A case study
123-137
Stammers, Mike New Considerations on Campbell's tomb
138-147
Stevenson, Alice The Material Significance of Predynastic and Early Dynastic Pallets
148-162
Xekalaki, Georgia Egyptian Royal Women and Diplomatic Activity during the New Kingdom
163-173
CRE VI - Published in 2007
Rachel Mairs & Alice Stevenson (eds.)
Oxbow Books: Oxford
 
Speaker Paper Title
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Adams, Christina Shades of Meaning: The Significance of Manifestations of the Dead as Evidenced in Texts from the Old Kingdom to the Coptic Period
1-20
Cannata, Maria Of Bodies and Soles : The Meaning of the Root ks in the Ptolemaic Period
21-42
Cockitt, Jenefer Anne & David, A. Rosalie The Radiocarbon Dating of Ancient Egyptian Mummies and their Associated Artefacts: Implications for Egyptology
43-53
Cromwell, Jennifer The Archival History of Coptic Documents from Jeme held in the British Library
54-65
Griffin, Kenneth A Reinterpretation of the Use and Function of the Rekhyt Rebus in New Kingdom Temples
66-84
Heyne, Alice The Teaching of Ptahhotep: The London Versions
85-98
Hodgkinson, Anna Kathrin The final phase of Per-Ramesses: The History of the City in the Light of its Natural Environment
99-115
Janák, Jirí Migratory Spirits: Remarks on the akh sign
116-119
Judd, Tony Cattle Petroglyphs in the Eastern Desert of Egypt
120-138
McCann, Eric Meroitic Pottery from the Fourth Cataract, Sudan (c. AD100-300): New findings from the SARS Winter 2005 Field Season
139-145
Robinson, Peter The Locational Significance of Scatological References in the Coffin Texts
146-161
Vassiliev, Alexandre The localisation of the Shasu-land of Ramses II's Rhetorical Texts
162-168
Zinn, Katharina Libraries and Archives: The Organisation of Collective Wisdom in Ancient Egypt
169-176
CRE VII - Published in 2007
Maria Cannata (ed.) (with collaboration with Christina Adams)
Oxbow Books: Oxford
 
Speaker Paper Title
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Aronin, Rachel Divine Determinatives in the Papyrus of Ani
1-14
Campbell, Jacqueline & David, Rosalie The Application of Archaeobotany and Pharmacognosy to Reassess the Translation of Snj-t3 and D3rt in the Medical Papyri
15-24
Cockitt, Jenefer An Absolute Chronology for the First Dynasty of Egypt
25-36
Franzmeier, Henning Wells and Cisterns in Pharaonic Egypt: The Development of a Technology as a Process of Adaption to Environmental Situations and Consumers' Demands
37-52
Gaber, Amr The 'Central Halls' in the Ptolemaic Temples: Locations, Nominations and Functions
53-70
Gashe, Vicky An Analysis of the Use of Beads and Amulets as a Mortuary Item in Protodynastic Graves at the UpperEgyptian Site of Badari
71-82
Gregory, Steven Observations Regarding the Symbolism of the Blue and Cap Crowns as Used in Iconographic Motifs of the Ramesside Period
83-96
Lankester, Francis Rock Art in Egypt's Eastern Desert: Observations on Current Research
97-102
Park, Rosalind The First Decan
103-112
Price, Campbell Monuments in Context: Eperiences of the Colossal in Ancient Egypt
113-122
Robinson, Peter Book of the Dead Chapters 149 & 150 and Their Coffin Text origins
132-140
Veiga, Paula Preliminary Study of an Unusual Graeco-Roman Magical Gem (MNA E540) in the National Museum of Archaeology in Lisbon, Portugal
141-150
Wolinski, Pawel Did Ramesses III Settle the Sea Peoples in Canaan? Searching for Reality Behind Papyrus Harris I
151-158
CRE VIII - Published in 2008
Kenneth Griffin (ed.) (with collaboration with Meg Gundlach)
Oxbow Books: Oxford