The twenty-fourth Current Research in Egyptology conference was held at the University of Liverpool between 26 September 2024, and organised by researchers across five UK universities. This important event welcomed almost 200 participants from around the globe, with a full programme of 115 paper presentations alongside 17 poster presentations, highlighting recent research and results by early career researchers in Egyptology and related fields. The present volume gathers 23 selected papers from the conference, reflecting the breadth of new work, methods, and perspectives presented at the meeting. Individual papers include discussion of material culture, society, religion, reception studies, findings from archaeological excavations, and methodological issues, bringing together a wide range of recent research in Predynastic, Pharaonic, and Graeco-Roman Egyptology.
Introduction
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Organising Committee
Conference Volunteers
List of Keynote Lecturers
List of Paper Presentations
List of Poster Presentations
Ritual or Taphonomy? The Ritual Breaking of Predynastic Flint Knives Mona
Akmal M. Ahmed
Vignettes of the Book of the Dead on Third Intermediate Period Coffins from
Thebes Nagwa Alazraq
Women in the Workforce: A Gendered Division of Labour in Dynastic Egypt?
Jessica Coughtrey
The Cult of Sobek at Gebel el-Silsila A Study of the Relief Scene Fragments
of the Recently Rediscovered Temple of Sobek of Kheny within the Context of
New Kingdom Crocodile Cults Joanne Derbyshire
From Souvenirs to Statements: A Study of Mummy Photography
at the Turn of the 20th Century Marion Devigne
The One and the Many, and the ONE-TO-MANY: Data Models and Databases in
Egyptology Mona Dietrich
Naked Female Figurines in the Palace Area of Qantir: Sexual Images or Objects
of Protection? Sara Gebhardt
One Workmen Family from the Serapeum of Memphis Area Amira Hamdy Mortaga
Replacing Deities: The Adaptation of Divine Triads by the Gods Wives of Amun
in Iconographic Reliefs (8th6th Centuries BCE) André Shinity Kawaminami
Exploring the Expression of Time and Memory in Decorated Ware Vessel
Compositions through Experimental Archaeology Sophia E. Kroft
A Lexical Study of the Theme of Creation in the Amarna Hymns Laurianne
Lancien
Early Egyptology: Beyond Nationalism? Thomas Lebée
Multifaceted Religiosity: Reflections on the Use and Significance of Offering
Tables
in the 1st Millennium BCE Esmeralda Lundius
Shell Forehead Ornaments in Predynastic Egypt and the Southern Levant
Rachael Mayoh
The Eldest Sons of Re. Reconsidering a Royal Title Julian Posch
jsw: The Personification of Creation Utterances Shaimaa Saber
Enhancing Documentation and Communication for Preserving Cultural Heritage
Samar Saeed Abady Mohamed and Asmaa Hussein Abdelhamied
Colourant Pigments in Sudan, Nubia and Egypt in the Neolithic Period Sakura
Sanada
An Era of Perfection: The Vignettes of Book of the Dead Spell 17 in the
Papyri
of Ramesside Period Mykola Tarasenko
Banqueting with Tutankhamun: A Case Study in Determining the Function and
Meaning of an Unprovenanced Artefact (ECM 1887) Michael R. Tritsch
The Call of Nighted Khem: Tracing Ancient Egypt through Weird Fiction
Lawrence Webb
Regent or Ruler? Military Policy of Queen Ankhesenpepy II During the Early
Years of Pepy IIs Reign Olha Zapletniuk
Postface: Art and Academia in Conversation: Pushing the Boundaries of
Interdisciplinarity in the Conference Space at Current Research in Egyptology
2024 Henry Bohun
John Rogers recently defended his PhD thesis at Swansea University, where his work was funded by a Research Excellence Scholarship. His research interests centre on power, authority, and legitimacy and their expression in diverse contexts in the mid-first millennium BCE, and he has participated in fieldwork in Luxor and Abydos since 2017.
Catherine Bishop-Allen is a PhD candidate at the University of Liverpool, holding a BA in Classical Civilisation and Egyptology, and an MA in Ancient Egyptian Culture, both from Swansea University. Her research interests include sensory approaches to the ancient world, environmental archaeology, and the impact of climate on hierarchical structures. In addition to her current research, she has participated in several archaeological missions in Egypt since 2019.
Henry Bohun holds an MA in Ancient Egyptian Culture from Swansea University; he is working on his PhD through the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and is currently based at Trier University on a scholarship scheme.
Reuben G. Hutchinson-Wong is a postgraduate researcher at the University of Birmingham, funded by the Midlands4Cities Doctoral Training Partnership. He completed his MA, BA(Hons), and BA at Waipapa Taumata Rau University of Auckland, specialising in Ancient History and Geography. His research interests include looking at how ancient communities used tombs as ongoing sites of burial and the reception of ancient Egypt in Aotearoa New Zealand.
Marina Sartori is currently Teaching Associate at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford, where she also recently completed an SNSF-funded postdoc project centring on the use of colour in New Kingdom funerary manuscripts. She defended her PhD in 2022 at the University of Basel and as an epigraphist has been part of several excavations, such as the Swiss Mission in Sheikh Abd el-Qurna and the Polish Archaeological Expedition to the North Asasif.
