ISSN 2053-3586
Birmingham Egyptology Journal is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal available only online and free of charge.
The journal offers a platform for the presentation of research relating to ancient Egyptian culture, history, and archaeology from the Pre-dynastic to Graeco-Roman Periods.
The Journal officially launched on March 14, 2013 with the first articles being published online shortly thereafter. It is intended that articles will be presented as the review and publication processes are completed with the total submissions for each calendar year comprising one volume. Further information for prospective contributors to the Journal is available from the drop-down menu of the ‘Journal’ head to the left of this page.
The Birmingham Egyptology Journal, is published by the Birmingham Egyptology Group, Department of Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology, Room 352, Arts Building, The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. B15 2TT.Submissions and enquiries should be forwarded to: editor.bejournal@gmail.com
Volume 9: 2022-2023
Lloyd D. Graham. ‘The sp tp.y (First Occasion) and the Dreamtime: Egyptian D.t as a parallel to Aboriginal tjukurrpa?.’ 52-84 (download here – The sp tp.y (First Occasion) and the Dreamtime)
Louise A O’Brien. ‘Connecting Cultures: A Graeco-Roman Stela from Abydos at the Garstang Museum of Archaeology, Liverpool.’ 34-51 (download here – Connecting Cultures Article Louise O’Brien)
Marla Szwec. ‘Tracking the Culmination of the Celestial Cow Motif into Royal Spheres: An Examination of Celestial Phenology and Cattle Pastoralism in Early Ideologies of Power .’ 85-111 (download here – Tracking the Culmination of the Celestial Cow Motif into Royal Spheres Article Marla Szwec)
Debora Spizzichino. ‘Biography in Ancient Egypt: Bead Nets.’ 1-33 (download here – Spizzichino Debora – Biography in Ancient Egypt- Bead-Nets – Revised. Final version)
Volume 8: 2020-2021
Edited by Dr Edward Mushett-Cole
Lloyd Graham. ‘From Isis-kite to Nekhbet-vulture and Horus-falcon: Changes in the identification of the bird above Osiris’s phallus in temple ‘conception of Horus’ scenes’. 1-32. (download here – GRAHAM – Isis Nekhbet)
To reference this article we suggest:
Graham, L.D. 2020. From Isis-kite to Nekhbet-vulture and Horus-falcon: Changes in the identification of the bird above Osiris’s phallus in temple ‘conception of Horus’ scenes’ Birmingham Egyptology Journal 8: 1-32.
Volume 7: 2020
Edited by Dr Edward Mushett-Cole
Diamond, K. ‘The Reign of King Sobekneferu and her Performance of Gender’, 1-18.
Small, E. ‘The Funerary Roles of Hathor and Inanna: Goddesses and Female Identity in Ancient Egypt and the Near East’, 19-50.
Bueno Guardia, M. ‘Private Burials in New Kingdom Thebes: religious belief and identity’, 51-69.
Szafran, M. ‘Object Biography: Manchester Museum 7556’, 70-86.
Heard, J. ‘Scarab with Hathor Head (1702.004) from Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery’, 87-97.
Turner, J. ‘Eton Myers Collection Object Biography: ECM 220, A Wooden Offering Bearer’, 98-114.
Volume 6: 2018
1. Review
Carla Gallorini
To reference this article we suggest:
Gallorini, C. 2018. Review of S. Wallace-Jones. Egyptian and Imported Pottery from the Red Sea Port of Mersa Gawsis, Egypt. Archaeopress Egyptology 20, Archaeopress Publishing, Oxford. 2018. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 6: 1-5.
Volume 5: 2017
1. Article
The Transition between the Twentieth and Twenty-First Dynasties Revisited
Ian Mladjov
To reference this article we suggest:
Mladjov, I. 2017.’ The Transition between the Twentieth and Twenty-First Dynasties Revisited’. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 5: 1-23.
2. Review
Steven R. W. Gregory
Review of S. Ikram (ed.). Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt
To reference this article we suggest:
Gregory, S. R. W. 2017. Review of S. Ikram (ed.). Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt. The American University in Cairo Press: Cairo. 2015. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 5: 24-26.
Occasional publication 3, 2016. Conference Proceedings
Edited by Steven R. W. Gregory.
Elliot, C. ‘Pyramisks and Obelids – Pitch Imperfect? The reception of ancient Egyptian architectural elements in pre-nineteenth century Europe’. 1-18.
Scott, M. ‘The blundered name of Khufu’: Ancient identity and modern identification’. 19-28.
Volume 4: 2016
1. Review
Steven R. W. Gregory
To reference this article we suggest:
Gregory, S. R. W. 2016. Review of A. Dodson. Afterglow of Empire: Egypt from the fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite renaissance. The American University in Cairo Press: Cairo New York. 2012. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 4: 1-4.
2. Review
Review of A. Stevenson (ed.) The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections
Stephanie L. Boonstra
To reference this article we suggest:
Boonstra, S. L. 2016. Review of A. Stevenson (ed.). The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology: Characters and Collections. UCL Press: London. 2015. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 4: 5-9.
3. Article
Texts and Iconography of Padiamun’s Coffin in the Liverpool Museum
Luca Miatello
To reference this article we suggest:
Miatello, L. 2016. ‘Texts and Iconography of Padiamun’s Coffin in the Liverpool Museum’. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 4: 10-61.
Occasional publication 2, 2016. Conference Proceedings
Edited by Steven R. W. Gregory.
Hufft, B. E. ‘The Kushite kings of the Twenty-fifth Dynasty in the light of Transcultural Studies: an iconographic approach’. 1-20.
Sidpura, T. ‘Where is my Mummy…Who is my Mummy? A Re-Evaluation of the Dra Abu-el Naga Coffin of Queen Ahhotep (CG 28501) with Queen Satkamose’. 21-46.
Simmance, E. ‘The authority behind statues and the authority of statues: sistrophores and intermediaries’. 47-66.
Volume 3: 2015
1. Review
Review of S. Wachsmann 2013. The Gurob Ship-Cart Model and Its Mediterranean Context
Marsia Sfakianou Bealby
To reference this article we suggest:
Bealby, M. S. 2015. Review of S. Wachsmann. The Gurob Ship-Cart Model and Its Mediterranean Context. Texas A & M University Press: College Station, Texas. 2013. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 3: 1-4.
2. Review
Steven R. W. Gregory
To reference this article we suggest:
Gregory, S. R. W. 2015. Review of D. Gange. Dialogues with the Dead: Egyptology in British Culture and Religion, 1822-1922. Oxford University Press: Oxford. 2013. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 3: 5-8.
3. Article
The Two Inner Directions of the Ancient Egyptian Script
Carlos Gracia Zamacona
To reference this article we suggest:
Zamacona, C. G. 2015.’ The Two Inner Directions of the Ancient Egyptian Script’. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 3: 9-23.
4. Article
The encounter between the sun and the moon on hypocephali
Gyula Priskin
To reference this article we suggest:
Priskin, G. 2015. ‘The encounter between the sun and the moon on hypocephali’. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 3: 24-41.
Occasional publication 1, 2014. Conference Proceedings
Proceedings of the First Birmingham Egyptology Symposium, University of Birmingham, 21st February 2014
Edited by Steven R. W. Gregory.
Simmance, E. ‘The significance of location for the mediating statues of Amenhotep son of Hapu’. 1-13.
Asbury, B. L. ‘Pitt-Rivers, the Painter and the Palaeolithic Period’. 14-22.
Godefroid, A. ‘Book of the Dead Chapter 182: a case of related structure between the text and its vignette’. 23-34.
Mushett Cole, E. ‘Did the political upheaval during the Late Bronze Age cause a change in the form of Egyptian control in the Levant? An analysis of the changes in the political landscape of the Levant during the late New Kingdom’. 35-44.
Volume 2: 2014
1. Article
The High Priests of Amun at the End of the Twentieth Dynasty
Jennifer Palmer
To reference this article we suggest:
Palmer, J. 2014. ‘The High Priests of Amun at the End of the Twentieth Dynasty’. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 2: 1-22.
2. Article
A map of Egypt reconstructed from the description of the country at Edfu
Gyula Priskin
To reference this article we suggest:
Priskin, G. 2014. ‘A map of Egypt reconstructed from the description of the country at Edfu’. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 2: 23-41.
3. Review
Steven R. W. Gregory
To reference this article we suggest:
Gregory, S. R. W. 2014. Review of J. A. Hill, P. Jones, and A. J. Morales (eds.). Experiencing Power, Generating Authority: Cosmos, Politics, and the Ideology of Kingship in Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. University of Pennsylvania Press: Philadelphia. 2013. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 2: 42-46.
Volume 1: 2013
1. Object Highlight
Carl Graves
To reference this article we suggest:
Graves, C. 2013. ‘Eton College Myers Collection Object Highlight: A Faience Nubian Head’. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 1: 1-4.
2. Article
Piankh and Herihor: Art, Ostraca, and Accession in Perspective
Steven R. W. Gregory
To reference this article we suggest:
Gregory, S. R. W. 2013. ‘Piankh and Herihor: Art, Ostraca, and Accession in Perspective’. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 1: 5-18.
3. Review
Review of J. Padgham 2012. A New Interpretation of the Cone on the Head in New Kingdom Tomb Scenes.
Eleanor B. Simmance
To reference this article we suggest:
Simmance, E. B. 2013. Review of J. Padgham. A New Interpretation of the Cone on the Head in New Kingdom Tomb Scenes. BAR International Series. Archaeopress: Oxford. 2012. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 1: 19-21.
4. Review
Gabrielle Heffernan
To reference this article we suggest:
Heffernan, G. 2013. Review of M. Raven, V. Verschoor, M. Vugts and R. Walsem. The Memphite Tomb of Horemheb. Commander in Chief of Tutankhamun. V. The forecourt and the area south of the tomb with some notes on the tomb of Tia. Brepols 2011. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 1: 22-24.
5. Article
Coffin Texts Spell 155 on the Moon
Gyula Priskin
To reference this article we suggest:
Priskin, G. 2013. ‘Coffin Texts Spell 155 on the Moon’. Birmingham Egyptology Journal 1: 25-63.
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