The sixth annual Current Research in Egyptology symposium took place from 6th-8th January 2005 at the University of Cambridge. Although the topics covered by the papers were many and varied, if there is a general theme it would be that of exploring the borders and parameters of the discipline of Egyptology.

• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• Symposium Papers Not Included in This Volume
• Bringing Egypt out of Academia: Outreach and Inclusion in the Petrie Museum
  • Introduction
  • The Petrie Museum and its social context
  • The university context of the Petrie Museum
  • The role of outreach
  • Reaching new communities
  • Moving beyond outreach
  • Digitising Egypt
  • The future of the Petrie Museum
  • Concluding remarks
• Pepi I and the Temple of Satet at Elephantine
  • References
• The Unique Amun-Re at Luxor Temple
  • Introduction
  • I. Methodological remarks
  • II. Divine and human presence in the temple proper at Luxor
  • III. The religious concept of the sole god
• Ostraca, Literature and Teaching at Deir el-Medina
  • Hieroglyphs
  • Translation
  • Commentary
• Children and the Dead in New Kingdom Egypt
  • Introduction
  • Children in context: the place of children in society
  • Children in funerary iconography
  • The death and burial of children
  • Cults of deceased children
  • Conclusions
• ‘It is better to be silent than speak in vain’: The Challenge of Producing Proverbs in Demotic and Greek
  • Introduction
  • (1) Monopartite Proverbs in Demotic and Greek
  • (2) Use of Metaphor and Simile
  • (3) Themes in Demotic and Greek Proverbs
  • Conclusions
• Egyptian Artefacts from Central and South Asia
  • Historical Note
  • Introduction
  • Sarapis and Harpocrates in South and Central Asia
  • Egyptian Faience Amulets from Central Asia
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Appendix: Representations of Sarapis and Harpocrates from South and Central Asia
• Investigating Ancient Egyptian Towns: A Case Study of Itj-tawy
  • Introduction
  • Principal Textual Sources for Itj-tawy
  • Writing of the Name Itj-tawy
  • The Location of Itj-tawy
  • The Physical Appearance of Itj-tawy
  • Architecture of the Town
  • Walling of the Town
  • Textual evidence of the probable inhabitants of Itj-tawy
  • The Lisht Cemeteries
  • Other Written Evidence
  • Conclusions
• A Study of Ramesside Royal Women’s Tombs in the Valley of the Queens
  • I. Introduction
  • II. Context: The Valley of the Queens, Tombs of 18th Dynasty Royal Women, Ramesside Queens’ Tombs
  • III. Methodology
  • IV. Tomb Cosmography, Rebirth and Regeneration, Queenship
  • V. Conclusion
• Designing Materials for Language Self-Instruction: A Case Study of Middle Egyptian
  • Introduction
  • Self-Instructional Pedagogies
  • The Action Research Project
  • New materials for self-instruction in Middle Egyptian
  • Preliminary Outcomes
  • Conclusion
• New Considerations on Campbell’s Tomb
  • Introduction
  • Discussion
• The Material Significance of Predynastic and Early Dynastic Palettes
  • Introduction
  • What Were Palettes?
  • Material Significance
  • Mortuary Consumption
  • The Disappearance of Palettes
  • Conclusion
• Egyptian Royal Women and Diplomatic Activity during the New Kingdom
  • References