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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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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
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MQRC: Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment (CACHE) - MQRC 2019
Power, R., Sowada, K., Ens, E., Keegan, P., Choat, M., Salvemini, F., Davis, G., Sheedy, K., Neil, B., Herberstein, M., Carthey, A., Evans, L., Pryke, L., Kotarba, A., Ralph, T., O'Gorman, E., Worthington, I., Alvarez-Mon, J., Ockinga, B., Keimer, K., Anagnostou, E., Beness, L., Yuen-Collingridge, R., Gore, D., Sowada, K., Chan, S., Binder, S., Woods, A., Hardtke, F., Di Biase-Dyson, C., Mourad-Cizek, A., Westaway, K., Handley, H., Haynes, P., Rampe, M., Lupack, S., Murray, T., Ross, S., Kosnik, M., Russell, S., Miller, F., McLean, J., Houston, D., Collinson, I., Suchet-Pearson, S. & Taylor, M.
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
Project: Research
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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
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Analysis of epigraphical and archaeological data from Macquarie excavations in Saqqara and Luxor, Egypt
11/02/13 → 1/06/13
Project: Research
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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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Die Epigrafische Unternehmung
Translated title of the contribution :The epigraphic expedition Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Texts
Ockinga, B., 2022, Speak my name: investigating Egyptian mummies. Fraser, J., Lord, C. & Magnussen, J. (eds.). Sydney, NSW: Sydney University Press, p. 108-113 6 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Other chapter contribution › peer-review
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The texts on the granite sarcophagus of the Third Prophet of Amun (TT 148)
Ockinga, B. & Binder, S., Jul 2022, The Star Who Appears in Thebes: studies in honour of Jiro Kondo. Kawai, N. & Davies, B. G. (eds.). Wallasey, UK: Abercromby Press, p. 321-337 17 p. 19Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Australasia
Ockinga, B., 2021, A history of world Egyptology. Bednarski, A., Dodson, A. & Ikram, S. (eds.). Cambridge ; New York: Cambridge University Press (CUP), p. 448-473 26 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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An amuletic papyrus from Theban Tomb 233 and the four akh-spirits
Ockinga, B. G. & Fischer-Elfert, H-W., Jun 2020, In: Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde. 147, 1, p. 34-46 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
- 2 Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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Egyptology Symposium: Applying new methodologies and rediscovering old sources
Karin Sowada (Organiser), Boyo Ockinga (Organiser) & Alice McClymont (Organiser)
30 Aug 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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Weidenbach Symposium
Susanne Binder (Chair), Silke Grallert (Participant), Julien Cooper (Participant), Michael O'Donoghue (Participant), Boyo Ockinga (Participant), Linda Evans (Participant), Alex Woods (Participant), Michael Rampe (Participant), Alice McClymont (Participant), Brenan Dew (Participant), Ursula Ibaraki (Participant), Leonie Donovan (Participant) & Kerry Peadon (Participant)
14 Sep 2017 → 15 Sep 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series