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The Institute of Archaeology and
Antiquity has an established reputation for research in all aspects of
Egyptology. We can provide supervision for archaeological or historical
research in all periods of the dynastic era, and, in language, for Old,
Middle and Late Egyptian, and cursive as well as hieroglyphic scripts.
The Institute has a particular expertise in the first millennium BC.
Current staff research projects include a volume on tomb decoration in
Lower Egypt, a corpus of Saite inscriptions, translations of historical
texts and prosopographic studies, as well as a general history of Egypt
in this period. Postgraduates are currently carrying out research on the
social history of the late New Kingdom, the cults of Isis and Bes and
the decoration of Theban tombs in the seventh to sixth centuries BC.
Important contributions have previously been made on the stylistic
development of coffins between the New Kingdom and the Twenty-sixth
Dynasty, the evolution of tomb groups in the same period, the monuments
of the Thirtieth Dynasty and the religious topography of Heracleopolis.
Investigation of other periods is also
encouraged: one current thesis is on the First Intermediate Period, and
earlier research has included the investigation of archaeological
remains at Amarna and Deir el-Medina.
We have good library holdings in
Egyptology, and the City Museum has an Egyptian collection. The archives
of the Topographical Bibliography in Oxford and the extensive
collections of the British Museum in London are within easy reach.
We
have excellent completion and professional employment rates.
Part-time registration is also possible
for all research degrees.
Staff engaged in
research in Egyptology
Dr
Tony Leahy specialises in all aspects of the history of Egypt
in the first millennium BC, particularly the Libyan and Saite periods.
Dr Lisa Montagno Leahy is an expert in
Egyptian art history and material culture, with a special interest in
the New Kingdom and later periods. She is currently Editor-in-Chief of
the Journal of Egyptian Archaeology.
Both have considerable excavation
experience in Egypt, at sites which include Malqata, Amarna, Tell
Balamun and the Dakhla oasis.
Other colleagues, who specialise in the
history and archaeology of Greece and the Aegean, and the history and
languages of the Near East, can provide expert advice on
interrelationships between Egypt and these areas.
Research and field work
in Egypt
Most UK fieldwork in Egypt is carried out
under the auspices of the Egypt Exploration Society, of which Dr Anthony
Leahy is currently Honorary Secretary. The Society maintains an Office
and a Representative in Cairo to facilitate all kinds of archaeological
and historical research in Egypt, including support of students carrying
out fieldwork. Birmingham has particularly close links with the EES
excavations at Amarna, to which both staff and students have made
important contributions, but Birmingham graduates have also worked in
recent years at sites such as Saqqara, Tell Moqdam, Hieraconpolis,
Qantir and Old Cairo. The department enjoys excellent relations with the
Supreme Council for Antiquities in Egypt and the Cairo Museum.
For further information please contact
The Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity
University of Birmingham
Birmingham B15 2TT
Telephone: 00-44-121-414-5497 Fax: 00-44-121-414-3595
Or E-mail: arch-ant@bham.ac.uk
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