Faculty research interests include Egyptian language, religion, warfare, and kingship; Mesopotamian literary and scholarly texts, history, divination, medicine, and science; the archaeology and languages of ancient Turkey; the relationship between text and archaeology; the study of calendars and chronology; and, the history of astronomy, astrology, and the related sciences in the ancient world. In addition, department faculty direct archaeological projects at the sites of Abydos in Egypt, Uronarti in the Sudan, and Labraunda in Turkey.
Department of Egyptology and Assyriology
Faculty and Staff
Faculty
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Christelle Alvarez
Assistant Professor of EgyptologyWilbour Hall, 205
2 Prospect StreetOffice Hours Fridays 10–12 a.m. -
Laurel Bestock
Joukowsky Family Associate Professor of Archaeology and the Ancient World and Egyptology and AssyriologyRI Hall, 101
60 George StreetOffice Hours Wednesdays 1-3 -
Felipe Rojas-Silva
Associate Professor of Archaeology, Associate Professor of Egyptology & Assyriology, Director of Graduate StudiesRI Hall, 212
60 George StreetOffice Hours Tuesdays, 9:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. or by appointment. -
Jonathan Russell
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Assistant Professor of EgyptologyWilbour Hall, 204
2 Prospect StreetOffice Hours 3-5pm on Mondays -
Matthew Rutz
Department Chair, Associate Professor of Egyptology & AssyriologyWilbour Hall, 201
2 Prospect StreetOffice Hours W 1-2pm or by appointment -
John Steele
Professor of the History of the Exact Sciences in Antiquity, Charles Edwin Wilbour Professor of Egyptology and AssyriologyWilbour Hall, 203
2 Prospect StreetOffice Hours Monday 11–12am
Postdoctoral Research Associate
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Marina Redina-Thomas
Postdoctoral Research Associate in AssyriologyOffice Hours Office hours Thursday 1.30-2.30pm and by appointment
Staff
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Sara Wintz
Wilbour Hall 202
Emeritus Faculty
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James P. Allen
Professor Emeritus of Egyptology -
Leo Depuydt
Professor Emeritus of Egyptology -
Leonard H. Lesko
Professor Emeritus of Egyptology