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I am an Egyptologist specialising in environmental history, who explores the relationship between humans and non-human animals in the ancient world as reflected in religious ideas, symbolism, philosophy, and especially art.
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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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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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Nilotic History on the Rocks: the Macquarie University Mission to El Hosh
Tristant, Y. (Chief Investigator), Evans, L. (Primary Chief Investigator), Pryke, L. (Chief Investigator), Hardtke, F. (Associate Investigator) & Claes, W. (Associate Investigator)
1/01/19 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Measuring meaning in Egyptian art: A new approach to an intractable problem
Kanawati, N. (Primary Chief Investigator), Evans, L. (Chief Investigator), Woods, A. (Chief Investigator), Kamrin, J. (Chief Investigator) & MQRES, M. (Student)
2/03/16 → 31/03/20
Project: Research
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Beasts and beliefs at Beni Hassan: Identifying new religious functions for ancient Egyptian tomb art
Evans, L. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Kanawati, N. (Associate Investigator)
1/01/15 → 31/12/16
Project: Research
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Fossil fascination in ancient Egypt
Evans, L., 2026, Annual Memoir of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, 4, p. 24-26 3 p.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article
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Porcupine power!
Evans, L., 2026, Nekhen News, 36, 2024-25, p. 17-18 2 p.Research output: Contribution to Newspaper/Magazine/Website › Article
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Up close but from a distance: ancient world insects as a public education opportunity
Evans, L., 2026, Microhistories retold: insects in the premodern world. Marciniak, P. (ed.). Berlin: De Gruyter, p. 11-25 15 p. (Münchner Vorlesungen zu Antiken Welten; vol. 8).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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History and genetic diversity of African sheep: contrasting phenotypic and genomic diversity
Da Silva, A., Ahbara, A., Baazaoui, I., Ben Jemaa, S., Cao, Y., Ciani, E., Dzomba, E. F., Evans, L., Gootwine, E., Hanotte, O., Harris, L., Li, M.-H., Mastrangelo, S., Missohou, A., Molotsi, A., Muchadeyi, F. C., Mwacharo, J. M., Tallet, G., Vernus, P. & Hall, S. J. G. & 1 others, , Feb 2025, In: Animal Genetics. 56, 1, p. 1-21 21 p., e13488.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Porcupines in ancient Egypt? A prickly problem re-assessed
Evans, L., 11 Oct 2024, In: Anthropozoologica. 59, 10, p. 143-154 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Activities
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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