Dr. Amanda-Alice-Maravelia

 
 

  • Egyptologist and Independent Scholar.

  • Gra­duated from the University of Thessaloniki , Hellas , in 1988 with a BSc in Physics.

  • Postgraduate fellow from 1991-94 (stipendiary of the Hellenic General Secretariat of Research and Technology) at the National Observatory of Athens, Astronomical Institute.

  • Obtained her first PhD in Astronomy from the University of Athens , Department of Physics, Section of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Hellas , in 1997, specializing in Extragalactic Astrophysics, given unanimously the highest possible grade ( arista ).

  • Was also actively interested in Archaeoastronomy and the History of Sciences (Mathematics and Astronomy) since 1996.

  • Obtained her second PhD in Egyptology at the University of Limoges, Centre des Recherches en Sciences de l'Antiquité, École Doctorate SHS (Discipline: Egyptology, Ancient History, Classic Philology) on Friday 07 May 2004, judged by a pluri–dis­ci­pli­nary jury (3 Egyptol­gists, 2 Hellenists, 1 Historian of An­tiquity, 1 Philosopher of Science), and she was unanimously given the highest possible grade ( très honorable et avec félicitations ). Her 2 nd PhD The­sis ( Les Astres dans les Textes Reli­gieux en Égypte Antique et dans les Hymnes Orphiques Helléniques ) is specializing in the research for astro­nomical and cosmovisional elements in the anci­ent Egyptian religious texts (main­ly PT , CT & seconda­rily BD ), their comparison to the Orphic Hymns ' astro­no­mical and cosmovisional ideas, as well as their philosophical compa­rison to so­me modern astronomical and cosmological notions. Currently her PhD is under publication by an international publishing house.

  • Published many scientific papers and review articles on Egyptology and Archaeoastronomy, as well as two books (one of them awarded).

  • Collaborates with several colleagues from foreign Universities on the grounds of common projects concerning Egyp­tology and Archaeo­astronomy.

  • Editor in chief for several BAR International Series editions (see BAR Series 1052, 1154 & 1218).

  • Par­ti­cipated active­ly with original papers and organized Egypt logical and archaeoastronomical sessions in many international scientific conferences, colloquia and congresses.

  • Current Occupation/Job: Working as an external collaborator of the Benaki Museum ( Athens ), studying the faience collection and all the other (few) Egyptian antiquities, in order to publish them in a complete catalogue. She also collaborates with the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.

  • Member of the International Association of Egyptologists, the European Association of Archaeologists and the Société Européene pour l'Astronomie dans la Culture.

  • Her current research interests include the writing of an extended Catalo­gue Raisonné for the Egyptian faience objects at the Benaki Museum in Athens; the writing of a monograph on the various astronomical and cosmovi­sional elements in the Book of the Dead (thus, extending the study of her 2 nd PhD Thesis); the Egyptlogical and anatomical study of 10 Ptolemaic mummies (and their sarcophagi) kept at the pre­mises of the Na­tional Archaeological Museum in Athens; & c.