Evangelos Boulasikis

Egyptian religious ideas in the Mediterranean during the Early Iron Age: the funerary and votive aspects of Egyptian amulets

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32nd Annual Meeting of the European Association of Archaeologists Athens, 26–29 August 2026 Electra Apostola This essay examines how amulets used in ancient Egyptian funerary contexts were distributed and reinterpreted across the Mediterranean during the Early Iron Age. Ancient Egyptian funerary texts and ideology revolve around death, judgement, rebirth and eternal life. This paper focuses … Read more

Meretseger on Anthropoid Coffins of the Third Intermediate Period: Theology, Social Crisis and Moral Surveillance

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Current Research in Egyptology Tokyo, July 11–16 2026 Erato Deratsa This paper examines the iconographic and theological presence of the goddess Meretseger on anthropoid coffins of the Third Intermediate Period, focusing on a previously unpublished example (inv. no. AIG 3413), now in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Traditionally understood as a local protective deity … Read more