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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
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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., Tristant, Y., Neil, B., Herberstein, M., Carthey, A., Evans, L., Pryke, L., Kotarba, A., Ralph, T., O'Gorman, E., McEvoy, M., Davenport, C., Worthington, I., Alvarez-Mon, J., Ockinga, B., Keimer, K., Anagnostou, E., Beness, L., Yuen-Collingridge, R., Gore, D., Sowada, K., Chan, S. W., Binder, S., Woods, A., Hardtke, F., Di Biase-Dyson, C., Wicks, Y., Mourad, A., Westaway, K., Handley, H., Haynes, P. & Rampe, M.
1/01/19 → 31/12/21
Project: Research
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Ancient Cultures Research Centre (MQACRC)
Neil, B., Choat, M., Behlmer-Loprieno, H., Chan, S. W., 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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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
Research Outputs
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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
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The Egyptian theory of monumental writing as related to permanence and endurance
Ockinga, B. G., 2020, The Oxford handbook of Egyptian epigraphy and palaeography. Davies, V. & Laboury, D. (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, p. 44-58 15 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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The stela of the Overseer of Potters Akhu in the Museum of Ancient Cultures, Macquarie University
Ockinga, B. & Binder, S., 2020, Dust, demons and pots: studies in honour of Colin A. Hope. Warfe, A. R., Gill, J. C. R., Hamilton, C. R., Pettman, A. J. & Stewart, D. A. (eds.). Leuven: Peeters Publishers, p. 557-574 18 p. (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta; vol. 289).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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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 › peer-review
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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 › 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 (Organiser), 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