RESEARCH INTERESTS

• Egyptian demonology: names, personae, identity, characteristics and classification of the demonic, Apophis

• Ritual language and word-play in the magical literature

• Apotropaic rituals and temple architecture

• Rhodian Aegyptiaca and the relations between Egypt and the Aegean in the 2nd and 1st millennia BC

• Foreigners, ethnicity and the problem of otherness in New Kingdom and Late Period Egypt

• Epigraphy

RESEARCH PROJECTS

• Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project (in cooperation with Swansea University, University of Bonn and Leipzig University).

• Study and publication of the Horus-cippi stelae from the Egyptian Collection of the National Archaeological Museum of Athens (in cooperation with the National Archaeological Museum of Athens).

• Rhodian Aegyptiaca project (in cooperation with the University of Bonn, 22nd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classic Antiquities and the Italian Archaeological School at Athens).

• Study, Conservation and Digital presentation of the marble tombs in the Christian necropolis of Alexandria, Egypt (Hellenic Aid and the Τechnological Institutes of Lamia and Athens; Director: Th. Ganetsos) [2007-2008]

• Helwan archaeological survey and mapping project [2005-2007].

• Project PYTHAGORAS, Meter 2.2: "Egypt-Greece in Antiquity. A historical and archaeological survey with the aid of natural sciences" (funded by the European Union and natural resources; Director: P. Kousoulis) [2003-2007]

• PENED 2003 "Χρωματολογία Θεοφράστου του Ερέσιου. Αναλύσεις, ταυτοποίηση και συμβολή στην ανάδειξη έργων πολιτιστικής κληρονομιάς" (funded by the EU, Sina Monastery and national resources; Director I. Liritzis).

PUBLICATIONS

      I. Monographs

• Egyptian Archaeology. Vol. 1, Athens: Papazisis Eds., 2011 (in Greek).

• Rhodian Aegyptiaca: an Introduction to the Relations between Rhodes and Egypt in the Ecumene of the 1^st millennium BC, Egyptological Series 2, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, in print (in Greek).

• In Search for the Afterlife: Death and Mummification in Ancient Egypt, Archetipo-Metaekdotiki, Thessaloniki 2004 (in Greek).

• Magic and Religion as Performative Theological Union: the Apotropaic Ritual of

  Overthrowing Apophis, PhD. Dissertation, University of Liverpool, 1999.

      II. Edited volumes

• Ancient Egyptian Demonology: Studies on the boundaries between the Demonic and the Divine in Egyptian Magic, Orientalia Lovaniencia Analecta 175, Peeters Publishers, Leuven, 2011.

• Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists: Abstracts of Papers, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, 2008. [, 4.06MB]

• Moving across borders: foreign relations, religion and cultural interactions in Ancient Mediterranean, Orientalia Lovaniencia Analecta 159, Peeters Publishers, Leuven 2007 (with K. Magliveras).

• Studies on the Ancient Egyptian Culture and Foreign Relations, Egyptological Series 1, University of the Aegean, Rhodes 2007.

      III. Papers

• “'Stop, o poison, that I may find your name according to your aspect': a preliminary study on the ambivalent notion of poison and the demonization of the scorpion's sting in Egypt and abroad”, Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 4.3, in print.

• “Egyptian versus otherness and the issue of acculturation in the Egyptian demonic discourse of the Late Bronze Age”, in N. Stampolidis (ed.), Immortality: the Earthly, the Celestial and the Underworld in the Mediterranean from the Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age, in print.

• “Rhodes before the Saite Kings: Egyptian relations with Rhodes and the Dodecanese during the Ramesside Period”, in M. Collier and S. Snape (eds.), Ramesside Studies in Honour of K.A. Kitchen estchrift, Rutherford Press, Bolton, 283-92.

• “The double persona of the demonic: the case of the four Apophian snakes”, in P.

  Kousoulis (ed.), Ancient Egyptian Demonology: Studies on the Boundaries between the

  Divine and the Demonic in Egyptian Magic, Orientalia Lovaniencia Analecta 175, Peeters Publishers, Leuven, in print.

• “Moving across borders: an introduction”, in P. Kousoulis and K. Magliveras (eds.), Moving across borders: foreign relations, religion and cultural interactions in Ancient Mediterranean. OLA 159, Peeters Publishers, Leuven 2007, 1-32.

• “Ecumene and economy in the horizon of religion: Egyptian donations to Rhodian sanctuaries”, in M. Fitzenreiter (ed.), Das Heilinge und die Ware: Eigentum, Austausch und Kapitalisierung im Spannungsfeld von Ökonomie und Religion, IBAES VII, London: Golden House Publications, London 2007, 179-92 (with L. Morenz). [, 3.20MB]

• “Death entities in living bodies. The demonic influence of the dead in the medical texts”, in J.-Cl. Goyon and C. Gardin (eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Egyptologists – Actes du neuvième congrès international des ègyptologues, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analects 150, Peeters Publishers, Leuven 2007, 1043-1050. [, 745KB]

• “Some remarks on the ritual of ‘striking the ball’ in the liturgical environment of the Ptolemaic temples”, in B. Haring and A. Klug (eds.), Funktion und Gebrauch altägyptischer Tempelräume, 6. Ägyptologische Tempeltagung, Leiden, 4.-7. September 2002, Harrassowitz-Verlag, Wiesbaaden 2007, 153-166. [, 265KB]

• “Economy (Egypt)”, in P. Bocucki (ed.), Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World, Facts on File Inc., New York 2007.

• “Money and coinage (Egypt)”, in P. Bocucki (ed.), Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World, Facts on File Inc., New York 2007.

• “Natural disasters (Egypt)”,, in P. Bocucki (ed.), Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World, Facts on File Inc., New York 2007.

• “Laws and legal codes (Egypt)”, in P. Bocucki (ed.), Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World, Facts on File Inc., New York 2007.

• “Pandemics and epidemics (Egypt)”, in P. Bocucki (ed.), Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World, Facts on File Inc., New York 2007.

• “Numbers and counting (Egypt)”, in P. Bocucki (ed.), Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Ancient World, Facts on File Inc., New York 2007.

• “The function of Heka as a mobilized force in a theological environment: the apotropaic ritual of overthrowing Apophis”, in: Z. Hawass and A.M. Jones (eds.), Egyptology at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century: Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists, vol. 2, American University in Cairo Press, second edition, Cairo 2003, 362-371.

• “Spell III of the Metternich Stele: magic, medicine and religion as a unity”, Göttinger Miszellen 190 (2002), 53-63.

• “Magic in Graeco-Roman Egypt: the semiotics of a gradual interpenetration of Egyptian and Greek ritual beliefs”, Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry Journal, vol. 2, no. 2 (2002), 13-22. [, 3,89MB]

• “Heka, its theological aspects and importance to the fabric of the Egyptian cosmos”, Ancient Egypt 7, vol. 2, no. 1 (2001), 23-38.

• “The role of the magician in the Egyptian society”, Ancient Egypt 8, vol. 2, no 2 (2001), 18-25.

• “Overthrowing Apophis: Egyptian ritual in practice”, Ancient Egypt 9, vol. 2, no 3

  (2001), 28-35.

      IV. Papers in Greek

• “Exorcising the demonic”, Tipos stin Istoria 6 (2007), 6-8. [, 753KB]

• “Demons in Ancient Egypt”, Tipos stin Istoria 6 (2007), 9-12. [, 753KB]

• “Economic corruption and scandals in Ancient Egypt”, Tipos stin Istoria 4 (2007), 12-13.

• “Magic in Greco-Roman Egypt”, ΙΣΤΟΡΙΚΑ 222 (2004), 22-29.

• “Narrative structure in Middle Egyptian II: the stative”, CORPUS 50 (2003), 88-9.

• “Foreign relations and crusades in the Near East during the first and second millennium BC”, CORPUS 49 (2003), 64-67.

• “Ancient Mesopotamian magic and ritual”, CORPUS 49 (2003), 48-50.

• “Theogony and theology of the Sumerians and Akkades”, CORPUS 49 (2003), 46-7.

• “Sacred topography of the Ancient Iraq”, CORPUS 49 (2003), 37-41.

• “Narrative structure in Middle Egyptian: past tense”, CORPUS 45 (2003), 90-1.

• “The infinitive in Middle Egyptian”, CORPUS 43 (2002), 94-5.

• “The divine transformation of magus during the course of an apotropaic ritual in Ancient Egypt”, CORPUS 43 (2002), 30-41.

• “Introduction to the verb structure in Middle Egyptian II”, CORPUS 42 (2002), 88-9.

• “Introduction to the verb structure in Middle Egyptian I”, CORPUS 41 (2002), 92-3.

• “Nominal and adjectival sentences in Middle Egyptian II”, CORPUS 39 (2002), 93-4.

• “Nominal and adjectival sentences in Middle Egyptian I”, CORPUS 38 (2002), 90-1.

• “Dependent pronouns – sentences with adverbial predicate in Middle Egyptian”, CORPUS 37 (2002), 92-3.

• “Offering formula”, CORPUS 36 (2002), 86-7.

• “Royal names and titles”, CORPUS 35 (2002), 90-1.

• “Sentence structure in Middle Egyptian”, CORPUS 34 (2002), 84-85.

• “Phonograms, nouns and adjectives”, CORPUS 33 (2001), 18-19.

• “Human sacrifice in Ancient Egypt: the magical allegory behind the myth”, CORPUS 33 (2001), 36-45.

• “Basic rules of the hieroglyphic language and writing”, CORPUS 32 (2001), 94-5.

• “The apotropaic role of the cat in ancient Egyptian icongraphy”, CORPUS 29 (2001), 38-47.

• “The great sphinx of Giza necropolis”, CORPUS 27 (2001), 30-41.

• “Ritual dromena in an Egyptian temple: symbol and praxis”, CORPUS 23 (2001), 72-83.

• “Magic in Ancient Egypt”, CORPUS 21 (2000), 80-91.

      V. Work in progress

• Apophis: a Study of his Nature and Ritual Execution (monograph).

• The Double Persona of the Demonic in the Egyptian Belief System (monograph).

• Proceedings of the 10th International Congress of Egyptologists, OLA series, Leuven: Peeters Publishers (edited volume, with N. Lazaridis).

• Ancient Mesopotamia: an Introduction (in Greek).

• Hierogrammata: Morphology and Syntax of Classical Egyptian, Athens: Papazisis Eds. (monograph in Greek).

• “Opening of the Mouth” (entry in the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology).

• “Daily Ritual” (entry in the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology).

• “Rituals performed to protect the King” (entry in the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology).

• “The Rhodian Aegyptiaca Project: a progress report on the socio-political and religious interactions between Egypt and the Dodecanese in the 1st millennium BC (paper to appear in: Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of

  Egyptologists; with L. Morenz).

• “Naming and Classifying the demonic: ancient Egyptian demonology in context”

  (paper to appear in: Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists).

• “The ritual slaughter of Apophis at Edfu and Dendera” (paper).

• “Cat vs. Snake: the semiotics of the conflict in myth and magic” (paper).

• “Secret knowledge and magical practice in Greco-roman Egypt: some aspects of cultural diffusion and identity” (paper).

• “I am the God N: divine speech and the magician’s identification with the divine in Egyptian ritual praxis” (paper).

SCHOLARSHIP

      I. International Conferences Organisation (Scientific Coordinator & Presidency

• Επιστημονικός υπεύθυνος του 1ουΠανελλήνιου Συμποσίου Ex Oriente Lux με θέμα: "Η έρευνα και διδασκαλία των Πολιτισμών της Αιγύπτου, Εγγύς Ανατολής και Κύπρου στα Ελληνικά ΑΕΙ" .Κ Ι) με θέμα. Σε συνεργασία με το Εθνικό και Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήμιο Αθηνών και το Εθνικό Αρχαιολογικό Μουσείο, Κεντρικό κτίριο Πανεπιστημίου Αθηνών, Αμφ. Ι. Δρακοπούλου, 20 Μαΐου 2011.  

• Organised the 10th International Congress of Egyptologists on Rhodes, 22-29 May 2008, under the aegis of the University of the Aegean, International Association of Egyptologists, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs and the Academy of Athens. Editor of volume of papers arising from the Congress [press report in Greek [4.92MB]

• Organised the 1st Egyptological Research Seminar at the University of the Aegean during the Winter Term 2005 (13-14, 27 October; 3-4 and 24 November). Editor of volume of papers arising from the Seminar.

• Organised the International conference entitled Foreign relations and Diplomacy in the Ancient World: Egypt, Greece, Near East, Rhodes, 3-5 December 2004. Editor of volume of papers arising from the Conference (with K. Magliveras).

• Organised the 1st Specialised Egyptological Symposium at the University of the Aegean in cooperation with the University of Liverpool. The topic, Ancient Egyptian Theology and Demonology: Studies on the Boundaries between the Divine and theDemonic in Egyptian Magic, attracted experts from around the globe to meet in Rhodes, 27-29 June 2003. Editor of volume of papers arising from the Symposium.

      II. Member of International Conferences Organising Committee

• International Conference in Archaeoastronomy (SEAC 2006) entitled Ancient Staring at Cosmic Space and Observation of Astronomical Phenomena, under the aegis of the University of the Aegean and the European Society for Astronomy in Culture, Rhodes, 6-10 April 2006.

• The Archaeology of World Megalithic Cultures, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, 28-31 October 2004.

• Settlers and Settlements in Greece, 9000-1000 BC, University of the Aegean, Rhodes.

      III. Research & Conference Grants

• ESPA, Project HERAKLITOS (2010-2013)

• EPEAEK European Union Grant, Meter 2.2, Project PITHAGORAS (2004-2008)

• Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs Conference Grant 2008

• Annual Departmental Grants for participation in international conferences (2004, 2005, 2006, 2008)

• Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs Conference Grant 2004

• Hellenic Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs Conference Grant 2003

• Hellenic Minstry of Culture Conference Grant 2003

• Hellenic Ministry of the Aegean Conference Grant 2003

      IV. Fellowships 

• Research Fellow, School of Archaeology, Classical and Egyptology, University of Liverpool (12 January to 6 March 2009)

• Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Mediterranean Studies, University of the Aegean and School of Archaeology, Classical and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, funded by the Greek State Scholraship Foundation (IKY) (2001-2002)

      V. Research Groups

• Academic Consultant for Egyptology and Near Eastern Archaeology, Hellenic Organisation of Academic Decrees Recognition and Information (DOATAP) (2006-present)

• Committee Member (national representative for Greece) of the Council of the International Association of Egyptologists (2008-present)

• Board of Archaeology at Mediterranean Archaeology and Archaeometry International Journal (2008-present)

• Committee Member of the Council of Monuments and Antiquities of Dodecanese (Rhodes), Ministry of Culture (2004-present)

• Administrator of the first Greek Egyptological Forum (2008-present)

• External Examiner for Egyptology and Near Eastern Archaeology, Greek State Scholarships Foundation (IKY) (2005-2007)

• External Research Consultant, Egyptian Cultural Center of the Embassy of the Arabic Republic of Egypt in Athens (2005-2007)

      VI. Research Students

• Ilektra Apostola (2009-present; primary supervisor), The demonic identity in the iconography and language of Egypt, Near East and the SE Aegean during the 2nd millennium BC.

• Pavlos Antonatos (2006-present; primary supervisor), Representation of the human body and the bodily movements in the decoration of the New Kingdom Private tombs.

• Eleni Tsatsou (2005-present; secondary supervisor), Magic and mystery cults in Greco-roman Antiquity.

• Thomas Katsaros (2005-2009; secondary supervisor), Theophrastus from Eresso.   

       VII. Professional Affiliations

       Memberships:

• International Association of Egyptologists (Committee Member & National Representative for Greece)

• Egypt Exploration Society

• American Research Center in Egypt

• Archaeological Society at Athens

      Co-operations:

• School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool

• Ägyptologisches Institut, Universität of Bonn

• Department of Classics, Ancient History & Egyptology, Swansea University

• Supreme Council of Antiquities in Egypt

• Sciences Humaines et Sociales, Centre National de la recherche Scientifique

• Department of Classics and Ancient History, University of Auckland

• Department of Archaeology and History of Art, National and Capodistrian University of Athens

• Department of History, Archaeology and Social Anthropology, University of Thessaly

• Department of History, Archaeology and Cultural Resources Management, University of Peloponnese

• National Archaeological Museum of Athens

• 22nd Ephorate of Prehistoric and Classic Antiquities, Rhodes

• World Federation of Friends of Museums, Benaki Museum