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Biography
Boyo Ockinga is Honorary Associate Professor in the Department of Ancient History, and member of the Australian Centre for Egyptology. 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 taught Egyptology with a focus on philology and religion until 2020. He now focuses on research.
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. (Primary Chief Investigator), Choat, M. (Chief Investigator), Behlmer-Loprieno, H. (Chief Investigator), Chan, S. (Chief Investigator), Kanawati, N. (Chief Investigator), Evans, T. (Chief Investigator), Evans, L. (Chief Investigator), Gillett, A. (Chief Investigator), Gore, D. (Chief Investigator), McKechnie, P. (Chief Investigator), Kohler, C. (Chief Investigator), Mikkelsen, G. (Chief Investigator), Ockinga, B. (Chief Investigator), Parry, K. (Chief Investigator) & Sheedy, K. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/09 → …
Project: Research
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Macquarie Theban Tombs Project
Ockinga, B. (Primary Chief Investigator), Sowada, K. (Primary Chief Investigator), Di Biase-Dyson, C. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Binder, S. (Primary Chief Investigator)
1/01/91 → …
Project: Research
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MQRC: Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment (CACHE) - MQRC 2019
Power, R. (Chief Investigator), Sowada, K. (Centre Deputy Director), Ens, E. (Centre Deputy Director), Keegan, P. (Chief Investigator), Choat, M. (Chief Investigator), Salvemini, F. (Chief Investigator), Davis, G. (Chief Investigator), Sheedy, K. (Chief Investigator), Neil, B. (Director), Herberstein, M. (Chief Investigator), Carthey, A. (Chief Investigator), Evans, L. (Chief Investigator), Pryke, L. (Chief Investigator), Kotarba, A. (Chief Investigator), Ralph, T. (Chief Investigator), O'Gorman, E. (Chief Investigator), Worthington, I. (Chief Investigator), Alvarez-Mon, J. (Chief Investigator), Ockinga, B. (Chief Investigator), Keimer, K. (Chief Investigator), Anagnostou, E. (Chief Investigator), Beness, L. (Chief Investigator), Yuen-Collingridge, R. (Chief Investigator), Gore, D. (Chief Investigator), Sowada, K. (Chief Investigator), Chan, S. (Chief Investigator), Binder, S. (Chief Investigator), Woods, A. (Chief Investigator), Hardtke, F. (Associate Investigator), Di Biase-Dyson, C. (Associate Investigator), Mourad-Cizek, A.-L. (Associate Investigator), Westaway, K. (Associate Investigator), Handley, H. (Associate Investigator), Haynes, P. (Associate Investigator), Rampe, M. (Associate Investigator), Lupack, S. (Associate Investigator), Murray, T. (Associate Investigator), Ross, S. (Associate Investigator), Kosnik, M. (Associate Investigator), Russell, S. (Associate Investigator), Miller, F. (Associate Investigator), McLean, J. (Associate Investigator), Houston, D. (Associate Investigator), Collinson, I. (Associate Investigator), Suchet-Pearson, S. (Associate Investigator) & Taylor, M. (Associate Investigator)
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. (Primary Chief Investigator), Ockinga, B. (Chief Investigator), Freier, E. (Partner Investigator) & O'Donoghue, E. (Partner Investigator)
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
Ockinga, B. (Primary Chief Investigator)
11/02/13 → 1/06/13
Project: Research
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New Kingdom tomb robbery in Thebes: archaeological evidence from Dra Abu el Naga
Ockinga, B. G. & Binder, S., 2025, From the horizon of Thebes: studies in honour of Tamás A. Bács. Irsay-Nagy, B. J. & Jasper, K. (eds.). Wallasey: Abercromby Press, p. 285-297 18 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A concise grammar of Middle Egyptian
Ockinga, B. G., Oct 2024, 4th ed. Wallasy: Abercromby Press. 192 p.Research output: Book/Report › Textbook › peer-review
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Archaeological report – excavation of the site
Ockinga, B., Brophy, J. & Binder, S., 2024, The Tomb of Amenemope (TT 148): volume II: Archaeology and finds. Ockinga, B. G., Binder, S. & Donovan, L. (eds.). Wallasey, UK: Abercromby Press, p. 7-36 30 p. (Australian Centre for Egyptology Reports; vol. 48).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Deir el-Medina: an Egyptian village of the latter half of the Second Millennium BCE
Ockinga, B. G., 2024, The village in antiquity and the rise of early Christianity. Cadwallader, A., Harrison, J. R., Standhartinger, A. & Welborn, L. L. (eds.). London: T & T Clark, p. 111-126 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Inscribed and decorated stone fragments
Binder, S. & Ockinga, B., 2024, The Tomb of Amenemope (TT 148): volume II: Archaeology and finds. Ockinga, B. G., Binder, S. & Donovan, L. (eds.). Wallasey, UK: Abercromby Press, p. 203-242 40 p. (Australian Centre for Egyptology Reports; vol. 48).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
Datasets
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The tomb of Amenmose (TT 149) and the title sS wdHw: preliminary results of current work in Dra Abu el-Naga
Ockinga, B. (Contributor) & Binder, S. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 1 Sept 2024
Dataset: Text
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A Late Period tomb structure in the Teti pyramid cementery north?
Ockinga, B. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 31 Aug 2024
Dataset: Text
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Macquarie University Theban Tombs Project, TT 148 Amenemope: preliminary report on 1991/2 and 1992/3 seasons
Ockinga, B. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 9 Aug 2024
Dataset: Text
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Theban tomb 233 - Saroy regains an identity
Ockinga, B. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 20 Aug 2024
Dataset: Text
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Another Ramesside attestation of Usermont, Vizier of Tutankhamun
Ockinga, B. (Contributor), Macquarie University, 9 Aug 2024
Dataset: Text
Activities
- 2 Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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Egyptology Symposium: Applying new methodologies and rediscovering old sources
Sowada, K. (Organiser), Ockinga, B. (Organiser) & McClymont, A. (Organiser)
30 Aug 2019Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series
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Weidenbach Symposium
Binder, S. (Chair), Grallert, S. (Participant), Cooper, J. (Participant), O'Donoghue, M. (Participant), Ockinga, B. (Participant), Evans, L. (Participant), Woods, A. (Participant), Rampe, M. (Participant), McClymont, A. (Participant), Dew, B. (Participant), Ibaraki, U. (Participant), Donovan, L. (Participant) & Peadon, K. (Participant)
14 Sept 2017 → 15 Sept 2017Activity: Participating in or organising an event › Organising a conference, workshop or event series