
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

The Decoration Program of the Temple of Kom Ombo

Coffins as Communicative Media for Religious Visual Strategies

Emotions in Ancient Egypt. Concepts – Standards – Functions

Socio-Economic Relations in Ptolemaic Pathyris

Dynamics in Middle Kingdom Economy

Moulding Love: Female Egyptianising Terracotta Figurines

Transformations of Dahshur’s cultural landscape
