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Universities teaching Egyptology

Sydney
Macquarie University
Australian Centre for Egyptology (ACE)
School of History, Philosophy and Politics
Macquarie University NSW 2109
Web site http://www.egyptology.mq.edu.au/

Academic Staff
Professor Naguib Kanawati (Head and Director of the ACE) naguib.kanawati@mq.edu.au
Dr Boyo Ockinga (Senior Lecturer) bockinga@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au
Dr Christiana Koehler (Lecturer) ckoehler@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au

Melbourne
Monash University
Centre for Archaeology and Ancient History
Building 11, Clayton Campus
Monash University
Victoria, 3800
Tel +61-3-(03) 9905 2172
Web site http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/archaeology/index.html

Academic Staff
Dr Colin Hope (Senior Lecturer) colin.hope@arts.monash.edu.au
Dr Gillian Bowen (Lecturer) gillian.bowen@arts.monash.edu.au

Australian Fieldwork in Egypt

This is a short list of current Australian fieldwork projects in Egypt. Excavations by foreign missions in Egypt do not take unskilled volunteers. If you are seeking fieldwork opportunities, other countries in the Middle East, such as Jordan and Israel, have openings for interested individuals. In Australia, contact the Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation (see elsewhere in these pages) for information about fieldwork at Pella in Jordan and Uzbekistan in Central Asia, and Archaeological Diggings Magazine about projects in Israel. Other sources include overseas magazines such as "Archaeology" and the Web site of the Israel Antiquities Authority.

Macquarie University
The Australian Centre for Egyptology (ACE) conducts a number of different archaeological and epigraphic projects in Egypt. Further information about the ACE can be found at http://www.ancient.mq.edu.au/ahist/ace/

(i) Teti Pyramid Cemetery and Unas Cemetery Project, Saqqara
Director Professor Naguib Kanawati and Dr Anne McFarlane (Unas Cemetery)
The expedition focuses on the recording and preservation of Old Kingdom tombs at the Teti Pyramid Cemetery at Saqqara. Of particular interest are tombs belonging to officials who served under the 6th Dynasty King Teti, to help unravel the historical mystery surrounding the king's death.
Web site http://www.egyptology.mq.edu.au/Saqqara.htm
(ii) Giza Tombs Project
Director Professor Naguib Kanawati
Recording and preservation of Old Kingdom tombs at Giza.
(iii) Macquarie University Theban Tombs Project
Director Dr Boyo Ockinga
This mission aims to understand economic and religious aspects of New Kingdom society through the excavation and recording of tombs at Dra Abu el-Naga belonging to the New Kingdom elite.
(iv) The Helwan Project
Director Dr Christiana Koehler
Excavation and recording of an Early Dynastic cemetery at Helwan to understand aspects of the early Egyptian state, social organisation, the development of writing and related studies.
Web site http://www.egyptology.mq.edu.au/Helwan.htm

Monash University
Excavations at Ismant el-Kharab, Dakhleh Oasis (ancient Kellis)
Director Dr Colin Hope
Excavation of settlement, funerary and religious structures from a range of periods in the Dakhleh Oasis, located in the Western Desert.
Web site http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/archaeology/dakhleh/index.html

Museum Collections with Egyptian material

The first five Museums listed here contain the largest and most significant collections of Egyptian material in Australia.Other smaller collections are scattered around the country at state museums and universities.

The Nicholson Museum
The Quadrangle, A14 (Lobby F)
University of Sydney NSW 2006
Tel +61-2-9351 2812 Fax +61-2-9351 4889
Web site http://www.usyd.edu.au/nicholson
Honorary Curator Professor Daniel T. Potts dan.potts@archaeology.usyd.edu.au
Assistant Curator Dr Karin Sowada is currently on maternity leave - the Acting Assistant Curator is Michael Turner michael.turner@arts.usyd.edu.au
Assistant Curator of Numismatics Dr Nicholas Hardwick hardwick@mail.usyd.edu.au
Conservator Ms Jo Atkinson jo.atkinson@antiquity.usyd.edu.au
Education Officers Mr Craig Barker, Ms Lita Diacopolous and Ms Guadalupe Cincunegui
Museum Attendant Mr Rob Thornley robert.thornley@antiquity.usyd.edu.au
Photographer Mr Russell Workman russell.workman@antiquity.usyd.edu.au
The Nicholson Museum is Australia's largest and most important collection of antiquities from the Eastern Mediterranean, spanning the cultures of ancient Egypt, the Classical world, the Near East, Cyprus and Europe. Open to the public Monday to Friday 10.00am-4.30pm, admission free. Schools and groups by arrangement. Bookings for groups are essential; please contact the Museum Attendant.
The current exhibition is Ancient Voices - Modern Echoes: Theatre in the Greek World, which runs until 30 September 2004.

National Gallery of Victoria
180 St Kilda Road
Melbourne, Victoria, 3004
Tel +61-3-9208 0222 Fax +61-3-9208 0245
Web site http://www.ngv.vic.gov.au
Museum Director Dr Gerard Vaughan
Assistant Curator of Antiquities Ms Amanda Dunsmore
Check opening times with the Gallery.

Museum of South Australia

North Terrace,

Adelaide, South Australia, 5000

Tel +61-8-8207 7500 Fax +61-8-8207 7390

Web site http://www.samuseum.sa.gov.au

Curator, Foreign Ethnology (including the Egyptian collection) Dr Barry Craig bcraig@senet.com.au

Open 10am-5pm everyday. This collection includes ceramics from John Garstang's excavations at Beni Hasan. The Museum does school tours and other activities based around the collection.

Museum of Ancient Cultures
Macquarie University, NSW 2109
Tel +61-2-9850 9263
Web site http://www.museum.mq.edu.au/mac
Honorary Curator Dr Christiana Koehler
Museum Manager Mr Karl Van Dyke kvandyke@laurel.ocs.mq.edu.au
Open Monday to Friday. School groups by appointment.
This is a small collection featuring ceramics and other minor objects from excavations conducted by the Egypt Exploration Fund nearly 100 years ago. Much of this material is on loan from the Australian Museum (other Australian Museum material from these excavations is at the Nicholson Museum).

Australian Institute of Archaeology
The Institute has now moved to Deakin University, Melbourne. Apparently the Institute is not currently open to the public and awaiting re-location to more permanent premises.
Burwood Science and Technology Centre
Building L, Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway,
Burwood VIC 3125
Australia
Tel/Fax +61-3-9251 7144
Web site
Director Mr Chrisopher Davey
Hon. Curator Dr Nicholas Hardwick hardwick@mail.usyd.edu.au
The Institute of Archaeology is home to a large collection of geniune and replica artefacts, generally illustrating the archaeology of the Bible. It has original material from Jericho, Tell el-Ajjul and other sites in Israel and the Palestinian Autonomous Zone.

Melbourne Museum
Museum on Swanston Walk Campus
Swanston Walk
Melbourne VIC 3000

The Ian Potter Museum of Art
University of Melbourne, Victoria.
Tel +61-3-8344 5148 Fax +61-3-8344 4484
http://www.art-museum.unimelb.edu.au
This Museum has a small collection of Egyptian antiquities.
Collection enquiries Associate Professor Tony Sagona Tel (+61) 03-9344 4160 or_email_a.sagona@unimelb.edu.au
The Ian Potter Museum of Art is currently closed for refurbishment.

University of New England
Near the Performing Arts Theatre
Armidale Campus, Armidale.
Tel +61-2-6773 3197
Open 9am-4pm weekdays
I have not seen this collection but understand it contains a small amount of Egyptian material.

Morilla Museum
This Museum is located alongside a winery in Tasmania. It is a relatively new collection developed through recent acquistions. For information, visit their web site.
http://www.moorilla.com.au/museum.php3

John Elliot Museum
There is a small collection of Egyptian material at this Museum, located at the University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania.
I have no further contact details at this stage.

Museum of Classical Archaeology

Department of Classics

First Floor, Mitchell Building

University of Adelaide

North Terrace,

Adelaide, South Australia, 5005.

Tel +61-8-8303 4455 Fax +61-8-8303 5241

Curator Dr Margaret O'Hea mohea@arts.adelaide.edu.au

Open Monday to Friday 12 noon-3pm. School groups by appointment.

This is a small teaching collection of Egyptian and Classical antiquities.

The Museum of Western Australia
Francis Street,
Perth, Western Australia, 6000
Tel +61-8-9427 2700 Fax +61-8-9427 2882
Curator Dr Moya Smith.
This collection is not on display. For information, contact the Curator.

Small departmental collections also exist at Monash University (contact Dr Colin Hope) and at the Antiquities Museum, University of Queensland (contact Dr Sandra Puttock). The latter consists almost entirely of painted Attic and south Italian vases, terracottas, metalware and other material from the classical world, with very few genuine Egyptian artefacts.

For your Egyptological Diary...

A calender of public lectures, seminars and talks held around Australia.

Sydney
Public Lecture - Friday 10 September 2004
'Interaction between Egypt and Sinai/Canaan during the Late Predynastic Period' by Professor Eliezer Oren (Dept of Archaeology and Near Eastern History, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Beersheva, Israel)
Time 8pm
Venue Building C5C, Lecture Theatre 1, Macquarie University, Sydney
Cost Free
Inquiries (02) 9850 8848

25th Anniversary Conference of the Australian Centre for Egyptology - Saturday 14 August 2004
'Alexandria through the Ages', featuring Professor Jean-Yves Empereur and Dr Marie-Dominique Nenna
Venue Theatre 1, Building X5B at Macquarie University, Sydney
Tickets $25, pre-booked and pre-paid.
Inquiries Contact the ACE on (02) 9850 8848

Melbourne
Public Lecture - Wednesday 18 August 2004
'Recent Underwater Excavations at Alexandria' by Professor Jean-Yves Empereur .
Venue Lecture Theatre S1, Building 64, Clayton Campus, Monash University
Time 8.00 pm
Cost Free

One-Day Seminar - Saturday 21 August 2004
'Alexandria through the Ages' featuring Professor Jean-Yves Empereur, Dr Marie-Dominique Nenna, Dr Colin Hope, Dr Gillian Bowen and Dr Gawdat Gabbra
Venue Lecture Theatre E7, Building 72, Clayton Campus, Monash University
Cost including GST, tea and coffee ESV Members 45.00;Non−members45.00; Non-members 45.00;Non−members55.00; Students/Pensioners $30.00
Enquiries 9905 2164

Adelaide
No events at time of writing.

Perth
Public Lectures - 11 August 2004
Professor Jean-Yves Empereur and Dr Marie-Dominique Nenna will visit Perth to discuss the archaeology of ancient Alexandria.
Venue Western Australian Museum, Perth

Public Lectures - 4 and 5 September 2004
Dr Gae Callender (Research Fellow, Macquarie University and Research Fellow of the Czech Institute of Egyptology) will be giving lecures on women in Ancient Egypt, Queens in Ancient Egypt and on the work of the Czech excavations at Abusir.
Venue Western Australian Museum, Perth

Study Days - 25 and 26 September 2004
'The Amarna Period' - study days led by Dr Michael Birrell (Macquarie University)
Venue Western Australian Museum, Perth

Courses

A calender of adult education courses in Egyptology held around Australia

Sydney
Sydney University Centre for Continuing Education
The Centre for Continuing Education often has education courses on ancient Egyptian culture, history and language. They also run tours to Egypt. For more information about courses and costs, contact the CCE on
(02) 9351 5022 or log on to their web site http://www.usyd.edu.au/cce

Macquarie University Continuing Education Program
The Continuing Education Program offers entry to postgraduate and undergraduate courses in Egyptology for members of the Rundle Foundation. The Program also runs other more general courses on Egyptian history, language and culture.
For further information, contact (02) 9850 8848.

Tours to Egypt

Various institutions organise tours to Egypt. Further details should be sought from the sponsoring organisation.

Eternal Egypt
The Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation at Sydney University is planning a tour to Egypt, departing in 2005. For further details, contact the numbers below.

Ma'at Productions
This is a private Tasmanian-based company which organises annual tours to Egypt, led by Dr Mike Jenkins. For further information, log on to
http://home.austarnet.com.au/maat

How to get more involved...

Various Societies and Associations promote the study of ancient Egypt in Australia. Each one sponsors lectures, trips and other activities, with regular events for members.

Sydney
The Rundle Foundation for Egyptian Archaeology
Division of Humanities
Macquarie University, NSW 2109
Inquiries Tel +61-2-9850 8848. The office is staffed from 9.30am-3.00pm Monday-Thursday
Web site http://www.egyptology.mq.edu.au
The Rundle Foundation has an active annual program of activities focusing specifically on Egyptology. Events include lectures, an annual conference, seminars and tours to Egypt. For inquiries, email egyptology@hmn.mq.edu.au

The Society of Friends of the Nicholson Museum
The Nicholson Museum, A14
The University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Inquiries Tel +61-2-9351 2812
Web site http://www.usyd.edu.au/nicholson
The Friends support the programs and collection of the Nicholson Museum. Their activities include a public lecture program which often includes presentations about ancient Egypt, in addition to other regions of the Eastern Mediterranean.

The Near Eastern Archaeology Foundation
Main Quadrangle, A14
University of Sydney NSW 2006
Inquiries Ms Karen Hendrix, Tel +61-2-9351 4151
Web site http://www.usyd.edu.au/
The NEAF offers lectures and activities which include ancient Egypt from time to time. For inquiries, email neaf@antiquity.usyd.edu.au

Melbourne
The Egyptology Society of Victoria
c/- Centre for Archaeology and Ancient History
Building 11
Monash University
Victoria. 3800.
Tel +61-3-9565 3256
Web site http://www.arts.monash.edu.au/archaeology/egypt.html

Australian Institute of Archaeology
Burwood Science and Technology Centre
Building L, Deakin University
221 Burwood Highway,
Burwood VIC 3125
Australia
Tel/Fax +61-3-9251 7144

Adelaide
Friends of the Museum of Classical Archaeology
Based at the University of Adelaide, the Friends often have lectures about ancient Egypt. For details of their program and how to join, contact Dr Margaret O'Hea, Tel (08) 8303 4455

Perth
Western Australian Museum Centre for Ancient Egyptian Studies (WAMCAES)
The Centre conducts lectures, workshops and other activities featuring local and overseas Egyptologists. For more information, please call Dr Moya Smith at the Western Australian Museum on (08) 9427 2700.

Books and Resources

A range of books, videos and secondary school study aids are available to the general public through the following suppliers:

Sydney and Canberra
Australian Centre for Egyptology
Macquarie University, NSW 2109
Inquiries and book catalogue Tel +61-2-9850 8848

Astarte Resources
GPO Box 920
Canberra ACT 2601
email sales@astarte.com.au
Web site http://www.astarte.com.au
Inquiries Mr Ben Churcher tel/fax +61-2-6238 3616

Abbey's Bookshop
131 York Street,
Sydney NSW 2000
email adrianh@abbeys.com.au
Inquiries and book catalogue Tel +61-2-9264 3111 Fax+61-2-9264 8993

Archaeological Diggings Magazine
P.O. Box 341
Hornsby NSW 2077
Editorial, advertising and merchandise inquiries David Coultheart,diggings@acay.com.au

Ma'at Books
Ma'at Books is a Sydney-based bookseller. More details to follow.

Mediterranean Archaeology
P.O. Box 243, Holme Building,
The University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Enquiries Tel and Fax +61-2-9498 4473

The Nicholson Museum
The Quadrangle, A14
The University of Sydney, NSW 2006
Inquiries Tel +61-2-9351 2812 Fax +61-2-9351 4889
Online shop http://www.usyd.edu.au/nicholson
Merchandise inquiries Dr Karin Sowada karin.sowada@antiquity.usyd.edu.au

Melbourne
Ankh Antiquarian Books
Fine Egyptology, Ancient History, New and Antiquarian Books. Specialist Gifts.
P.O. Box 28
Oakleigh, Victoria 3166
Tel +61-3-9888 1990 Fax +61-3-9807 8607 _Mobile_0419 395 782
email jennifer@ankhantiquarianbooks.com.au
Inquiries and Catalogue Ms Jennifer Jaeger, BA

Special Events

Exhibitions and other happenings:

Nicholson Museum
Ancient Voices - Modern Echoes: Theatre in the Greek World
Until September 2004
This new exhibition explores ancient Greek theatre through painted vases, terracotta figurines and other objects from ancient Greece, Southern Italy and Egypt. A fully illustrated catalogue is available. See http://www.usyd.edu.au/nicholson/exhibitions

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