Fayum Portraits of the National Archaeological Museum and the Benaki Museum: origin, historical context, structural treatment. Throughout their history ancient Egyptian funerary rituals are well known through the written sources as well as the art. Already by the end of the Ptolemaic period Egyptian burial customs have been transformed. During the Roman Period though, the […]
Sacrificing human lives: ritual sacrificial landscapes and politics in the prehistoric Aegean, Egypt and Eastern Mediterranean. The Ph.D. focuses on the archaeological data for human sacrifice in the Aegean, Egypt and Eastern Mediterranean. The symbolic sacrificial ritual is examined in terms of ideological, social and political agendas such as displays of power, negotiation of […]
New Solar Theology in Egypt and Eastern Mediterranean during the Late Bronze Age and its survival during the transitional and early Historical Times. Pharaoh Akhenaten brought about major changes in the religious tradition and worship customs of Egypt, with the abandonment of traditional polytheism which had characterized the religious traditions of Egypt since the […]
A.E.L.T Ancient Egyptian Learning Tool (A.E.L.T.) is a management information system/application that enables learning and translation, as well as other basic information concerning a hieroglyphic text. My PhD dissertation presents a hieroglyph writing and learning tool which focuses on the digitization and interactive usage of the Egyptian language and script. The purpose of this […]
AEgySca Project Aegyptiaca as indicators of religious and cultural interaction in the Southeastern Mediterranean: The multiple implications of Egyptian and Egyptianizing scarabs in the Aegean (8th-6th century BC) Scientific Supervisor: Prof. P. Kousoulis Researchers: Dr. E. Apostola, Dr. Ch. Papadaki The Mediterranean region is a complex mosaic of different population groups and cultural identities, linked […]
