Research projects
The research projects of the department cover a wide range of topics, from the archaeology, language and society of ancient Egypt to Egyptian religion, cultural interaction of Egypt with her neighbours and Heritage Studies.
Zawyet Sultan: Archaeology and heritage in Middle Egypt
Cologne Aswan Summer School in Heritage Studies
Epigraphic works in the temple of Kom Ombo
Digital database of the early inscriptions of Egypt
Preserving the Book of the Dead of Iahtesnakht
History of ancient Egyptian lexicography
Society and culture in the Old and Middle Kingdom
PhD Projects
Current PhD Projects
Coffins as Communicative Media for Religious Visual Strategies
Emotions in Ancient Egypt. Concepts – Standards – Functions
Moulding Love: Female Egyptianising Terracotta Figurines
Multimodal communication in Middle Kingdom texts
Social networks in the Middle Kingdom
Social protocol in ancient Egypt
The Appropriation of Egyptian Symbolism in Late Bronze Age Burials of the Levant: Towards an Entangled History of Culture Contact
Finished PhD Projects
Dynamics in Middle Kingdom Economy
Socio-Economic Relations in Ptolemaic Pathyris
