Current Research in Egyptology 2017

Presents selected papers from the 18th Current Research in Egyptology meeting, held in Naples, 2017. Subjects discussed included Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt, Nubian Studies, Language/Texts, Art/Architecture, Religion/Cult, Field Projects, Museums/Archives, Material Culture, Mummies/Coffins, Society, Technologies, Environment.

Current Research in Egyptology 2017 presents papers delivered during the eighteenth meeting of this international conference, held at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”, 3-6 May, 2017. Some 122 scholars from all over the world gathered in Naples to attend three simultaneous sessions of papers and posters, focussed on a large variety of subjects: Graeco-Roman and Byzantine Egypt, Nubian Studies, Language and Texts, Art and Architecture, Religion and Cult, Field Projects, Museums and Archives, Material Culture, Mummies and Coffins, Society, Technologies applied to Egyptology, Environment. The participants attended seven keynote presentations given by Rosanna Pirelli (Egyptologist), Irene Bragantini (Roman Archaeologist) and Andrea Manzo (Nubian Archaeologist) from the University of Naples “L’Orientale”; Marilina Betro (Egyptologist) from Pisa University; Patrizia Piacentini (Egyptologist) from Milan University; Christian Greco (Director of Turin Egyptian Museum) and Daniela Picchi (Archaeological Museum of Bologna). Delegates were able to take advantage of a guided tour of the Oriental Museum Umberto Scerrato (University of Naples “L’Orientale”), access to the National Archaeological Museum of Naples (MANN) and guided tours of the archaeological site of Pompeii and the Gaiola Underwater Park. The editors dedicate this volume to the late Prof. Claudio Barocas who inaugurated the teaching of Egyptology and Coptic Language and Literature in Naples.

Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Aba Island - Sudan - Ahmed Hussein Abdelrahman Adam; Livelihood activities and food tradition in Kushite Nubia - Marco Baldi; The Valley of the Queens: some preliminary remarks on the social identity of the 18th-dynasty tomb owners - Emanuele Casini; Current and past research between Tebtynis and Padua: from sand to aerospace - Giulia Deotto, Ian Begg, Alessandra Menegazzi, Carlo Urbani, Andrea Meleri, Luca Toninello, Luigi Magnini, Laura Burigana, Armando De Guio, Ivana Angelini, Cinzia Bettineschi, Gianmario Molin, Giuseppe Salemi, Paola Zanovello; Forgotten treasures: a journey (re)discovering the amulets of the Kerma Culture in the storerooms of the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston and in the Sudan National Museum of Khartoum - Elena D'Itria; Tahai's Secret: a Closer Look at the Coffin Ensemble of Lady Tahai from the 'Antikenmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig' in Switzerland - Charlotte Hunkeler; Three's a Crowd: the Possibility of Polygyny in New Kingdom Thebes - Ellen Jones; 'They were like lions roaring upon the mountain-crests': Soundscapes of war in New Kingdom Egypt - Uros Matic; The curious case of priest Iufaa. Preliminary remarks on texts on the inner side of the outer sarcophagus - Diana Mickova; One More for the Road: Beer, Sacrifice and Commemoration in Ancient Nubian Burials of the Classic Kerma Period - Elizabeth Minor; Old Kingdom sarcophagi - The Abusir corpus - Vera Novakova; Coffin Text spell 246: A description of the moon in conjunction with the sun - Gyula Priskin; Macro-lithic tools and cupules in the Gash Delta (Eastern Sudan): a preliminary study - Francesco Michele Rega; Stone architectural elements of the monastery at Manqabad and their typological classification - Anna Salsano; The monumental tombs of the Asasif from the 25th-26th dynasties, between cultural archive and place of worship - Valeria Tappeti; Glazed terracotta decorations from the palace of Natakamani (B1500) at Napata: a typological and iconographical analysis. Italian Archaeological Mission in Sudan at Jebel Barkal (Universita Ca' Foscari, Venice) - Salvatore Taurino; Egyptian metrics: a morphological approach - Stefano Vittori, Recent Archaeological Discoveries in Aba Island – Sudan – Ahmed Hussein Abdelrahman AdamMarco BaldiEmanuele CasiniGiulia Deotto, Ian Begg, Alessandra Menegazzi, Carlo Urbani, Andrea Meleri, Luca Toninello, Luigi Magnini, Laura Burigana, Armando De Guio, Ivana Angelini, Cinzia Bettineschi, Gianmario Molin, Giuseppe Salemi, Paola ZanovelloElena D’ItriaCharlotte HunkelerEllen JonesUroš MatićDiana MíčkováElizabeth MinorVěra NovákováGyula PriskinFrancesco Michele RegaAnna SalsanoValeria TappetiSalvatore TaurinoStefano Vittori

Ilaria Incordino has participated in several archaeological missions in Egypt beginning in 2007. She obtained a BA and PhD in Egyptology at the University of Naples “L’Orientale” with her dissertation Chronological Problems of the IIIrd Egyptian Dynasty. A re-examination of the archaeological documents. She has taught Egyptology and organized several conferences, seminars and summer schools at the University of Naples “L’Orientale”. She is author of several papers and a monograph about the Bet Khallaf and Manqabad sites and is currently Grantee of the 2022 Shelby White and Leon Levy Program for Archaeological Publication of the Harvard Museum.

• Edited by Ilaria Incordino
• Edited by Stefania Mainieri
• Edited by Elena D’Itria
• Edited by Maria Diletta Pubblico
• Edited by Francesco Michele Rega