International Conference
AVC Poster Final
by Yasmin El Shazly and Mary Zerdelian-Kupelian
This is a conference poster. For more information go to https://www.arce.org/exalted-spirits-vene... more This is a conference poster. For more information go to https://www.arce.org/exalted-spirits-veneration-dead-egypt-through-ages
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The Registrars of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo: Pioneers in the Field of Collections Management in Egypt
International Congress of Egyptologists XI, 2015
The Registration, Collections Management and Documentation Department (RCMDD) of the Egyptian Mus... more The Registration, Collections Management and Documentation Department (RCMDD) of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo started off as a project, directed by Janice Kamrin, under the American Research Center in Egypt, and became an official department in 2007. This paper will discuss the history of the RCMDD, its role in retrieving objects stolen from the Egyptian Museum in 2011, the role of the registrars as trainers for different museum professionals in Egypt and how the RCMDD is now regarded as a model to be emulated by different museums around the country.
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Evidence for the Veneration of Amenhotep I on Third Intermediate Period Coffins
International Congress of Egyptologists XII, 2019
The posthumous veneration of Amenhotep I has been the subject of interest for many scholars, but ... more The posthumous veneration of Amenhotep I has been the subject of interest for many scholars, but the focus has
mainly been New Kingdom sources. This is mainly due to the vast amount of evidence, especially from the
Theban Necropolis, dating to this period. This created an impression that the worship of Amenhotep I ended
abruptly following the New Kingdom. Recent research, however, has shed light on his continued veneration after
the New Kingdom, to as late as the Ptolemaic Period. This is particularly manifested in the coffins of the Third
Intermediate Period, on which Amenhotep I is frequently represented. He is occasionally accompanied by other
members of the Ahmosid line, the coffin of Butehamun (Turin inv. 2236) being the most famous example.
Amenhotep I also appears on other types of objects, following the New Kingdom, such as mummy shrouds and
shabty boxes. A thorough study of this material is still lacking. This paper is part of a larger project to study the
Third Intermediate evidence for the veneration of Amenhotep I. It is a preliminary study of representations of
Amenhotep I on a sample of Third Intermediate Period coffins. The paper will analyze the iconography of the king
along with his different titles and what this all says about the cult of Amenhotep I during the Third Intermediate
Period. The form the cult of Amenhotep I took during the Third Intermediate Period will be compared to that in
the New Kingdom and possible reasons for these changes suggested.
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Egyptianizing Female Sphinxes in the Mediterranean and Beyond during the Middle Bronze Age
The Egyptian Middle Kingdom produced a number of statues of female royal figures represented as s... more The Egyptian Middle Kingdom produced a number of statues of female royal figures represented as sphinxes. The reason behind the popularity of this type of statue during the Middle Kingdom is unclear, but it has been argued that it emphasizes these women’s importance as the source of royal legitimacy for their husbands, or that they represented princesses who are associated with the daughter and eye of the solar deity. A major problem in understanding the meaning of these statues lies in the fact that the exact identities of some of these women, and their relationship to the king, are still unknown. Egyptian royal statues, including female sphinxes, were found outside of Egypt, a good example being the Sphinx of a Princess Ita, which was discovered at the site of ancient Qatna, in Syria. How these statues left Egypt and why is still the subject of debate. Female sphinxes with Egyptian influences, such as ‘Hathoric wigs’ and the royal uraeus, have been found in central Anatolia, examples being a set of gilded ivory furniture legs, probably found at Açemhoyuk and dating approximately to the 18th century BCE (contemporary with the Egyptian Middle Kingdom). How this Egyptian iconography reached this area is unclear, but one of the arguments is that the source was Syrian-style cylinder seals with Egyptian imagery. The research project focuses on Egyptianizing representations of female sphinxes in Anatolia and other parts of the Mediterranean and the Near East during the Middle Bronze Age. The iconography and its meaning will be analyzed, and the possible methods of transfer—commercial or political—will be investigated.
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AFRITS 2 Ancient Feasts and Rituals Iconographic and Textual Studies
by Julie Masquelier-Loorius, Aurore Ciavatti, Felix Relats Montserrat, Kyra Gospodar, and Yasmin El Shazly
Second international conference organized by organized by Julie Masquelier-Loorius and Mélanie Flossmann-Schütze, 2018
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Books
Representations of Sequences of Royal Ancestors in Deir el-Medina Tombs
by Yasmin El Shazly and Turo Vartiainen
Deir el-Medina Studies, 2009
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The Coffins of Imhotep (Imuthes) of Meir
The Book of the Dead Saite through Ptolemaic Periods: Essays on Books of the Dead and Related Topics, 2019
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Royal Ancestor Worship in Deir el-Medina during the New Kingdom
Royal Ancestor Worship in Deir el-Medina during the New Kingdom, 2015
Ancestor worship—both royal and private (i.e., non-royal)—formed a major part in the religious li... more Ancestor worship—both royal and private (i.e., non-royal)—formed a major part in the religious life of the inhabitants of the ancient Egyptian settlement of Deir el-Medina, and images of royal ancestors figured prominently on their private monuments. This book focuses on the post-mortem deification of royal figures—the means by which worship was enacted, what it meant for the participants involved, and the relationship between these “deities” and the living. It also discusses the position of deified royal ancestors within the ancient Egyptian divine hierarchy, as well as the effect that social status had on the degree of access that an individual could have to his/her gods. The evidence used is mainly restricted to material dating from the New Kingdom (18th-20th Dynasties), ranging from scenes in tombs at Deir el-Medina to personal stelae, offering-tables, door-jambs, and non-literary sources written on papyri and ostraca from the village. This fascinating new work also contains a detailed catalogue of those monuments from Deir el-Medina on which evidence for royal ancestor worship can be detected. https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2015/08/21/royal-ancestor-worship-deir-el-medina-new-kingdom/
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JOYFUL IN THEBES EGYPTOLOGICAL STUDIES IN HONOR OF
Joyful in Thebes: Egyptological Studies in Honor of Betsy M. Bryan, 2015
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Papers
Egyptianizing Female Sphinxes in Anatolia and the Levant during the Middle Bronze Age
The American University in Cairo Press eBooks, Oct 4, 2022
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Deir el-Medina
The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2012
Deir el-Medina is the modern Arabic name of a settlement site located on the west bank of the Nil... more Deir el-Medina is the modern Arabic name of a settlement site located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor. It is situated in a bay in the cliffs between the Ramesseum and Medinet Habu. The ancient name of the site, when it was first established in the 18th Dynasty, was Set Aa or “The Great Place.” Keywords: ancient Near East history; archaeology; Egyptian history
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Deir el‐Medina
The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Oct 26, 2012
Deir el-Medina is the modern Arabic name of a settlement site located on the west bank of the Nil... more Deir el-Medina is the modern Arabic name of a settlement site located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor. It is situated in a bay in the cliffs between the Ramesseum and Medinet Habu. The ancient name of the site, when it was first established in the 18th Dynasty, was Set Aa or “The Great Place.” Keywords: ancient Near East history; archaeology; Egyptian history
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Egyptianizing Female Sphinxes in Anatolia and the Levant during the Middle Bronze Age
Women in Ancient Egypt
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Cults, private (Pharaonic Egypt)
The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2012
It is very difficult for the modern person to understand the religion of the ancient Egyptians, w... more It is very difficult for the modern person to understand the religion of the ancient Egyptians, with its multitude of deities and often contradictory mythologies. One of the most serious problems faced by scholars wishing to comprehend ancient Egyptian religion is the fact that most of the material that has survived comes from two main contexts: funerary and royal. These are invaluable sources of information for students of state religion and the ancient Egyptian attitude to death and the after-life, but unfortunately they are not as informative for those hoping to understand how the average person perceived and communicated with the divine in his or her daily life. Keywords: ancient Near East history; Egyptian history; folkore and mythology
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AVC Poster Final
by Yasmin El Shazly and Mary Zerdelian-Kupelian
This is a conference poster. For more information go to https://www.arce.org/exalted-spirits-vene... more This is a conference poster. For more information go to https://www.arce.org/exalted-spirits-veneration-dead-egypt-through-ages
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The Registrars of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo: Pioneers in the Field of Collections Management in Egypt
International Congress of Egyptologists XI, 2015
The Registration, Collections Management and Documentation Department (RCMDD) of the Egyptian Mus... more The Registration, Collections Management and Documentation Department (RCMDD) of the Egyptian Museum, Cairo started off as a project, directed by Janice Kamrin, under the American Research Center in Egypt, and became an official department in 2007. This paper will discuss the history of the RCMDD, its role in retrieving objects stolen from the Egyptian Museum in 2011, the role of the registrars as trainers for different museum professionals in Egypt and how the RCMDD is now regarded as a model to be emulated by different museums around the country.
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Evidence for the Veneration of Amenhotep I on Third Intermediate Period Coffins
International Congress of Egyptologists XII, 2019
The posthumous veneration of Amenhotep I has been the subject of interest for many scholars, but ... more The posthumous veneration of Amenhotep I has been the subject of interest for many scholars, but the focus has
mainly been New Kingdom sources. This is mainly due to the vast amount of evidence, especially from the
Theban Necropolis, dating to this period. This created an impression that the worship of Amenhotep I ended
abruptly following the New Kingdom. Recent research, however, has shed light on his continued veneration after
the New Kingdom, to as late as the Ptolemaic Period. This is particularly manifested in the coffins of the Third
Intermediate Period, on which Amenhotep I is frequently represented. He is occasionally accompanied by other
members of the Ahmosid line, the coffin of Butehamun (Turin inv. 2236) being the most famous example.
Amenhotep I also appears on other types of objects, following the New Kingdom, such as mummy shrouds and
shabty boxes. A thorough study of this material is still lacking. This paper is part of a larger project to study the
Third Intermediate evidence for the veneration of Amenhotep I. It is a preliminary study of representations of
Amenhotep I on a sample of Third Intermediate Period coffins. The paper will analyze the iconography of the king
along with his different titles and what this all says about the cult of Amenhotep I during the Third Intermediate
Period. The form the cult of Amenhotep I took during the Third Intermediate Period will be compared to that in
the New Kingdom and possible reasons for these changes suggested.
Save to libraryCompare citation rank
Egyptianizing Female Sphinxes in the Mediterranean and Beyond during the Middle Bronze Age
The Egyptian Middle Kingdom produced a number of statues of female royal figures represented as s... more The Egyptian Middle Kingdom produced a number of statues of female royal figures represented as sphinxes. The reason behind the popularity of this type of statue during the Middle Kingdom is unclear, but it has been argued that it emphasizes these women’s importance as the source of royal legitimacy for their husbands, or that they represented princesses who are associated with the daughter and eye of the solar deity. A major problem in understanding the meaning of these statues lies in the fact that the exact identities of some of these women, and their relationship to the king, are still unknown. Egyptian royal statues, including female sphinxes, were found outside of Egypt, a good example being the Sphinx of a Princess Ita, which was discovered at the site of ancient Qatna, in Syria. How these statues left Egypt and why is still the subject of debate. Female sphinxes with Egyptian influences, such as ‘Hathoric wigs’ and the royal uraeus, have been found in central Anatolia, examples being a set of gilded ivory furniture legs, probably found at Açemhoyuk and dating approximately to the 18th century BCE (contemporary with the Egyptian Middle Kingdom). How this Egyptian iconography reached this area is unclear, but one of the arguments is that the source was Syrian-style cylinder seals with Egyptian imagery. The research project focuses on Egyptianizing representations of female sphinxes in Anatolia and other parts of the Mediterranean and the Near East during the Middle Bronze Age. The iconography and its meaning will be analyzed, and the possible methods of transfer—commercial or political—will be investigated.
Save to libraryCompare citation rank
AFRITS 2 Ancient Feasts and Rituals Iconographic and Textual Studies
by Julie Masquelier-Loorius, Aurore Ciavatti, Felix Relats Montserrat, Kyra Gospodar, and Yasmin El Shazly
Second international conference organized by organized by Julie Masquelier-Loorius and Mélanie Flossmann-Schütze, 2018
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Representations of Sequences of Royal Ancestors in Deir el-Medina Tombs
by Yasmin El Shazly and Turo Vartiainen
Deir el-Medina Studies, 2009
Save to libraryCompare citation rank
The Coffins of Imhotep (Imuthes) of Meir
The Book of the Dead Saite through Ptolemaic Periods: Essays on Books of the Dead and Related Topics, 2019
Save to libraryCompare citation rank
Royal Ancestor Worship in Deir el-Medina during the New Kingdom
Royal Ancestor Worship in Deir el-Medina during the New Kingdom, 2015
Ancestor worship—both royal and private (i.e., non-royal)—formed a major part in the religious li... more Ancestor worship—both royal and private (i.e., non-royal)—formed a major part in the religious life of the inhabitants of the ancient Egyptian settlement of Deir el-Medina, and images of royal ancestors figured prominently on their private monuments. This book focuses on the post-mortem deification of royal figures—the means by which worship was enacted, what it meant for the participants involved, and the relationship between these “deities” and the living. It also discusses the position of deified royal ancestors within the ancient Egyptian divine hierarchy, as well as the effect that social status had on the degree of access that an individual could have to his/her gods. The evidence used is mainly restricted to material dating from the New Kingdom (18th-20th Dynasties), ranging from scenes in tombs at Deir el-Medina to personal stelae, offering-tables, door-jambs, and non-literary sources written on papyri and ostraca from the village. This fascinating new work also contains a detailed catalogue of those monuments from Deir el-Medina on which evidence for royal ancestor worship can be detected. https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2015/08/21/royal-ancestor-worship-deir-el-medina-new-kingdom/
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JOYFUL IN THEBES EGYPTOLOGICAL STUDIES IN HONOR OF
Joyful in Thebes: Egyptological Studies in Honor of Betsy M. Bryan, 2015
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Egyptianizing Female Sphinxes in Anatolia and the Levant during the Middle Bronze Age
The American University in Cairo Press eBooks, Oct 4, 2022
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Deir el-Medina
The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2012
Deir el-Medina is the modern Arabic name of a settlement site located on the west bank of the Nil... more Deir el-Medina is the modern Arabic name of a settlement site located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor. It is situated in a bay in the cliffs between the Ramesseum and Medinet Habu. The ancient name of the site, when it was first established in the 18th Dynasty, was Set Aa or “The Great Place.” Keywords: ancient Near East history; archaeology; Egyptian history
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Deir el‐Medina
The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, Oct 26, 2012
Deir el-Medina is the modern Arabic name of a settlement site located on the west bank of the Nil... more Deir el-Medina is the modern Arabic name of a settlement site located on the west bank of the Nile, opposite Luxor. It is situated in a bay in the cliffs between the Ramesseum and Medinet Habu. The ancient name of the site, when it was first established in the 18th Dynasty, was Set Aa or “The Great Place.” Keywords: ancient Near East history; archaeology; Egyptian history
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Egyptianizing Female Sphinxes in Anatolia and the Levant during the Middle Bronze Age
Women in Ancient Egypt
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Cults, private (Pharaonic Egypt)
The Encyclopedia of Ancient History, 2012
It is very difficult for the modern person to understand the religion of the ancient Egyptians, w... more It is very difficult for the modern person to understand the religion of the ancient Egyptians, with its multitude of deities and often contradictory mythologies. One of the most serious problems faced by scholars wishing to comprehend ancient Egyptian religion is the fact that most of the material that has survived comes from two main contexts: funerary and royal. These are invaluable sources of information for students of state religion and the ancient Egyptian attitude to death and the after-life, but unfortunately they are not as informative for those hoping to understand how the average person perceived and communicated with the divine in his or her daily life. Keywords: ancient Near East history; Egyptian history; folkore and mythology
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