![The cemetery of the early Old Kingdom at Zawyet Sultan](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_zs2019_144c1c5531_3063d8d2f2999f578d5818c5b00f9a63.jpg)
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.
![The cemetery of the early Old Kingdom at Zawyet Sultan](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_zs2019_144c1c5531_3063d8d2f2999f578d5818c5b00f9a63.jpg)
![Zawyet Sultan: Archaeology and heritage in Middle Egypt](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_pyramide_c6624d3dc8_dc8ff08156c869d1e1116fc6c998cbc9.jpg)
Zawyet Sultan: Archaeology and heritage in Middle Egypt
![Cologne Aswan Summer School in Heritage Studies](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_abu_simbel2_3b2f08515e_cb54e34a4c1187253caceb4445e1ad1b.jpg)
Cologne Aswan Summer School in Heritage Studies
![Epigraphic works in the temple of Kom Ombo](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_tempel_2f43270ecb_6da119024d7bc6bf63e73018c2649a2f.jpg)
Epigraphic works in the temple of Kom Ombo
![Digital database of the early inscriptions of Egypt](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_verwaltungspraxis_c9c068cbdf_05a985254f5db434b7d8973814f3f9c4.jpg)
Digital database of the early inscriptions of Egypt
![Preserving the Book of the Dead of Iahtesnakht](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Iachtesnacht-a_bd5bf38687_644e29044bc170088de7aeaf55e1ee27.jpg)
Preserving the Book of the Dead of Iahtesnakht
![History of ancient Egyptian lexicography](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_Sperveslage_k_8781954313_cdc620122cbf5710b8ad610422245015.jpg)
History of ancient Egyptian lexicography
![Society and culture in the Old and Middle Kingdom](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_book_86cffe537d_2b035e6ec1dbd66335d98eb7fff75bc8.jpg)
Society and culture in the Old and Middle Kingdom
PhD projects
![The Decoration Program of the Temple of Kom Ombo](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_dekany_k_ce0c060068_b7187e6357357c974338721802ebc1ef.jpg)
The Decoration Program of the Temple of Kom Ombo
![Coffins as Communicative Media for Religious Visual Strategies](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_stoevesand_k_c763bae279_92573c075175159b0b9c2ed975193960.jpg)
Coffins as Communicative Media for Religious Visual Strategies
![Emotions in Ancient Egypt. Concepts – Standards – Functions](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_eicke_k_7a1ef43897_3f501ccae68c9e9e10f244d6b8d0b138.jpg)
Emotions in Ancient Egypt. Concepts – Standards – Functions
![Socio-Economic Relations in Ptolemaic Pathyris](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_tambs_k_6ab043c943_c9c9560487846e4fcd6146d95490bc22.jpg)
Socio-Economic Relations in Ptolemaic Pathyris
![Dynamics in Middle Kingdom Economy](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_gutmann_k_71b64216f8_37eb4e2b246d6e60662f3bcba0b64efc.jpg)
Dynamics in Middle Kingdom Economy
![Moulding Love: Female Egyptianising Terracotta Figurines](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_everts_k_1cb6f808cf_2c2881871a0e72ea8eabcd8868708886.jpg)
Moulding Love: Female Egyptianising Terracotta Figurines
![Transformations of Dahshur’s cultural landscape](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_roefer_k_ef7e7cac79_01248ab7238ab460af47cc17dca9fb84.jpg)
Transformations of Dahshur’s cultural landscape
![Nubian Architecture: Historical anchors to a contested genealogy](/typo3temp/assets/images/____csm_ahmed_k_db92f28b78_39a6cd596bf1f473f8d945412434db54.jpg)