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Biography
Boyo Ockinga is an Associate Professor in the Department of Ancient History, and member of the Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment. He studied Ancient History at the University of Auckland (BA 1973; MA 1975) and went on to study Egyptology and Near Eastern Studies at the University of Tübingen, Germany (1976-1983), where he obtained a DPhil in Egyptology in 1983. Before coming to Macquarie in 1984 he was Assistant in the Department of Egyptology, Tübingen (1982-1984). At Macquarie he teaches Egyptology with a focus on philology and religion.
Research interests
Since 1984 Boyo Ockinga has conducted regular fieldwork projects in Egypt at a number of sites - Nag El Mashayikh, Awlad Azzaz (Sohag), Dra Abu El Naga (Luxor) and Saqqara - working on the epigraphic and archaeological recording of New Kingdom tombs. Since 1991 he has directed the Macquarie Theban Tombs Project at Dra Abu El Naga.
Other research interests are Egyptian language, religion and history, in particular in the New Kingdom. He is also actively involved in research on the reception of Ancient Egypt in Australasia and the and publication of Egyptian objects in Australian museums and collections.
Teaching
Boyo Ockinga teaches ancient Egyptian language, religion and history (New Kingdom, in particular the Amarna Period, reigns of Amenhotep III, Akhenaten and Tutankhamun).
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Projects 2007 2015
Ancient Cultures Research Centre (MQACRC)
Neil, B., Choat, M., Behlmer-Loprieno, H., Chan, S., Kanawati, N., Evans, T., Evans, L., Gillett, A., Gore, D., McKechnie, P., Kohler, C., Mikkelsen, G., Ockinga, B., Parry, K. & Sheedy, K.
1/01/09 → …
Project: Research
The diary of Max Weidenbach: a new source on the 1842-45 Prussian scientific expedition and its links with Australia
Binder, S., Ockinga, B., Freier, E. & O'Donoghue, E.
1/02/14 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
Analysis of epigraphical and archaeological data from Macquarie excavations in Saqqara and Luxor, Egypt
11/02/13 → 1/06/13
Project: Research
Grave matters: use, re-use and abuse of "sacred space" in the Theban necropolis
1/01/12 → 28/02/13
Project: Research
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The Macquarie University Archaeological Fieldwork Laboratory (MQAFL)
Lieu, S., Beness, J., Choat, M., Evans, L., Hillard, T., Kanawati, N., Keegan, P., McKenzie-Clark, J., Ockinga, B., Parry, K., Sheedy, K., Traviglia, A., Tristant, Y., Woods, A. & Gore, D.
1/01/11 → 31/12/11
Project: Research
Research Outputs 1977 2019
A son welcomes his father to the netherworld: an unusual funerary text from TT 233
Ockinga, B. G., 2019, En détail – Philologie und Archäologie im Diskurs: Festschrift für Hans-Werner Fischer-Elfert. Brose, M., Dils, P., Naether, F., Popko, L. & Raue, D. (eds.). Berlin: De Gruyter, Vol. 2. p. 815-829 15 p. (Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde – Beiheft; vol. 7).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Netherworld
Tombs
Deity
Reception
What the 'Noble Traveller' got up to in Thebes: Lord Belmore's 'Herculean undertaking' in TT 148
Ockinga, B. G., 2019, Journeys erased by time: the rediscovered footprints of travellers in Egypt and the Near East. Cooke, N. (ed.). Oxford: Archaeopress, p. 157-172 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Nobles
Thebes
Travellers
Letters
Tombs
A magical plate in the Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University: a tool of trade of an ancient Egyptian medico-magical practitioner
Ockinga, B. G., 2018, Across the Mediterranean – along the Nile: studies in Egyptology, Nubiology and Late Antiquity dedicated to László Török on the occasion of his 75th birthday. Bács, T. A., Bollók, Á. & Vida, T. (eds.). Budapest: Archaeolingua, Vol. 1. p. 243-258 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Egyptians
Statue
Ancient Cultures
Late Period
Healers
The Satrap Stele of Ptolemy: a reassessment
Ockinga, B. G., 2018, Ptolemy I and the transformation of Egypt, 404-282 BCE. McKechnie, P. & Cromwell, J. A. (eds.). Leiden ; Boston: Brill, p. 166-198 33 p. (Mnemosyne, Supplements, History and Archaeology of Classical Antiquity; vol. 415).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
Language
Evaluation
Egyptians
Stelae
The tomb of Amenmose (TT149) and the title sš wdḥw: preliminary results of current work in Dra Abu El-Naga
Ockinga, B. & Binder, S., 13 Jun 2018, In : Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology. 26, p. 53-70 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Activities 2019 2019
- 1 Organising a conference, workshop, ...
Egyptology Symposium: Applying new methodologies and rediscovering old sources
Karin Sowada (Organiser), Boyo Ockinga (Organiser), Alice McClymont (Organiser)30 Aug 2019
Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop, ...