The tenth annual Current Research in Egyptology conference was held at the University of Liverpool in January 2009 and welcomed Egyptology graduates from all over the world. This volume is a compilation of some of the papers that were given at the conference, that show the diverse nature of current research in Egyptology.

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Symposium papers not included in this volume
• Introduction
• Crossing of the Lake Ritual
  • Introduction
  • Pictorial Evidence from Old Kingdom Private Tombs
  • Textual Evidence from the Old Kingdom Private Tombs
  • Pyramid Texts Evidence
  • Middle Kingdom Evidence
  • New Kingdom Evidence
  • Crossing the Lake of Knives
  • The Apis Bull Procession over the Lake of the King
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• Is Selket ‘The Lady of Chemmis and Wife of Horus’?
  • Introduction
  • Sources
  • Selket, Lady of Chemmis
  • Selket, Wife of Horus
  • Selket, a Curative Goddess
  • The Medicinal Herb
  • Conclusions
  • Bibliography
• Dwarves at Amarna; Social Acceptance or Amusement for the Royal Family?
  • Introduction
  • Definitions
  • The dwarves
  • What the images reveal
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• The Use of Scientific Techniques and the Study of Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Weaponry from the Garstang Museum, School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool
  • Introduction
  • The Objects, Objectives and Techniques
  • The Results
  • The Use of these results at the Garstang Museum
  • The use of scientific analysis in the future
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
• Egypt's Encounter with the West: Race, Culture and Identity
  • Introduction
  • Wilkinson's Rebu
  • Lepsius' ‘Libyans’
  • Naville and the Naissance of ‘Libyan ’ Identity
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• ‘ The Like of Which Never Existed ’: The Memphite Building Programme of Amenhotep III
  • Introduction
  • Memphis, Thebes, and the High Priest Tuthmosis
  • The Temple of Amenhotep III Named, ‘Nebma'atre United with Ptah’
  • Location of the ‘Nebma'atre United with Ptah’ Temple
  • Who, or What was ‘United with Ptah?’
  • The Exterior Façade and Furnishings of the Temple
  • The date of the ‘Nebma'atre United with Ptah’ Temple
  • The Memphite Barque-Shrine of Ptah-Sokar in the Reign of Amenhotep III
  • The Date of the Shrine
  • Was there a Palace Associated with the ‘Nebma'atre United with Ptah’ Temple?
  • Concluding Remarks
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
• New Technology or Regression? A Compositional Study of Faience Beads from Two Tombs in Abydos
  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Method
  • Results
  • Discussion
  • Problems and Future Research
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgments
  • Bibliography
• Mass-Production in New Kingdom Egypt: The Industries of Amarna and Piramesse
  • Introduction
  • Model
  • Terminology
  • Methodology
  • Case Studies: Amarna and Piramesse
  • Discussion
  • Comparison
  • Conclusion
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
• The Veterinary Papyrus of Kahun
  • Introduction
  • Veterinary knowledge in the ancient world
  • Other evidence for veterinary practice in ancient Egypt
  • Content of the Veterinary Papyrus of Kahun
  • Bibliography
• A Brief Presentation of the Egyptian Collection at the ‘Accademia dei Concordi’, Rovigo, Italy. A look at published and unpublished objects
  • Acknowledgements
  • Bibliography
• Embodiment Theory and the Body in Ancient Egypt
  • Introduction
  • The body in social sciences and archaeology
  • Body Studies in Egyptology
  • Embodiment in ancient Egypt: Why Egypt is a suitable sphere for this kind of study
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• House to House. A Comparative Study of Ancient Egyptian Houses from the New Kingdom to the Ptolemaic Period (1539–32 BC)
  • Introduction
  • Goals and methods
  • Space Syntax Analysis
  • Case studies
  • Results
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• Counting the Dead – Some Remarks on The Haker-Festival
  • Introduction
  • Fitting the Haker into the course of the Mysteries
  • Was the Haker-Festival celebrated during the First Procession?
  • Was the Haker-Festival the first event of the Mysteries?
  • What could be the reason for the Haker-Festival appearing in the plural?
  • Reconstruction of the celebrated rituals
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
• The Images of Fortifications in the Sety I Battle Reliefs: Comparing Art and Archaeology
  • Layout of the Sety Scenes
  • The Shasu campaign (bottom left register)
  • Levantine Fortifications in the Sety I Reliefs
  • Summary
  • Bibliography
• The word wnḫ.wj: its writings, determinatives, meaning and use in the Old Kingdom
  • Introduction
  • The writing of wnḫ.wj
  • The determinatives
  • The presentation of the wnḫ.wj in scenes
  • Arrangement of items in the offering lists
  • The meaning and the use of wnḫ.wj
  • Conclusion
  • Tables
  • Abbreviations
  • Bibliography