Macquarie University was the first Australian institution to introduce a full training program in Egyptology and to conduct Australian-based expeditions to excavate, record and preserve Egyptian sites. A result of the expansion of Australia’s involvement in Egyptian archaeology was the establishment by Macquarie University in 1989 of The Australian Centre for Egyptology to coordinate with the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities all Australian excavations in Egypt. Under the auspices of the A.C.E site reports and research studies are published, which are distributed to scholars throughout the world. Also published is an annual Bulletin with articles on archaeological work and topics of general interest.
Khnumhotep I was the first governer of the Oryx nome during Egypt’s formative Twelfth Dynasty. The report includes a description of the tomb’s architecture, its various scenes on daily life, desert-hunting and militaristic activities, as well as a new copy and translation of Khnumhotep I’s biography.
Baqet III was the ‘great overlord’ of the Oryx province, located in the most fertile region of Egypt. The well-preserved wall scenes in his chapel record activities undertaken in the desert, on land and river, in workshops as well as those of wars and entertainments.
The First 40 Years of Egyptology at Macquarie University
Edited by Leonie Donovan and Susanne Binder
Price: $70.00
ISBN: 9780856688577
Publisher: Australian Centre for Egyptology
Pub Date: 2019-01-14
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Australian Centre for Egyptology
368 Pages
To celebrate 40 years of Egyptology at Macquarie University, Tombs, Trowels and Treasures provides an overview of the fieldwork undertaken in Egypt from the early days until the present and records our engagement in teaching, research and community outreach.
ACE Report 41, The Cemetery of Meir Vol. IV: Tombs of Senbi I and Wekhhotep I, by N. Kanawati and L. Evans, is now available. The volume is devoted to the Middle Kingdom tombs of B1 and B2, which belonged to local ruler Senbi I and his son and successor Wekhhotep I.
Egyptian funerary customs at the Museum of Ancient Cultures Macquarie University
Edited by Yann Tristant and Ellen M. Ryan
Price: $70.00
ISBN: 9780856688522
Publisher: Australian Centre for Egyptology
Pub Date: 2018-02-01
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Australian Centre for Egyptology
318 Pages
This is the first catalogue of the Egyptian collection of the Museum of Ancient Cultures based at Macquarie University. The catalogue explores 72 Ancient Egyptian artefacts that illustrate various aspects of Egyptian funerary customs from the Predynastic to the Coptic period.
The second volume of the Beni Hassan series is devoted to the recording and study of the only decorated Old Kingdom tombs at the site, the tombs of Ipi and Bebi. The examination comprises coloured plates, line drawings as well as a study of scenes and inscriptions in the tombs.
by Naguib Kanawati, Linda Evans, Miral Lashien, Anna-Latifa Mourad and Ashraf Senussi
Price: $150.00
ISBN: 9780856688560
Publisher: Australian Centre for Egyptology
Pub Date: 2016-04-08
Format: Paperback
Imprint: Australian Centre for Egyptology
68 Pages
The book contains the excavation and recording of Tomb A4 and its decorated burial chamber belonging to Niankhpepy the Black, whose son Pepyankh the Black built two communicating tombs A1 and A2 for his father and himself, then linking the chapel of Tomb A1 to the burial chamber of Tomb A4 via a sloping passage.
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Macquarie University was the first Australian institution to introduce a full training program in Egyptology and to conduct Australian-based expeditions to excavate, record and preserve Egyptian sites. A result of the expansion of Australia’s involvement in Egyptian archaeology was the establishment by Macquarie University in 1989 of The Australian Centre for Egyptology to coordinate with the Egyptian Supreme Council of Antiquities all Australian excavations in Egypt. Under the auspices of the A.C.E site reports and research studies are published, which are distributed to scholars throughout the world. Also published is an annual Bulletin with articles on archaeological work and topics of general interest. 
