Scholarly Projects and Interests

Dr. Peter J. Brand, University of Memphis

Field Project:

    Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project of the Institute of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, University of Memphis, Director

Current Research Projects:

    Egypto-Hittite Relations in the Later New Kingdom, especially under Ramesses II

    Battle Reliefs of Ramesses II and Merenptah at Karnak (South wall of Hypostyle Hall and West wall of the Cour de la Cachette)

    Iconography of the Shebyu-collar

    Egyptian Monumental Epigraphy: History and Methodology

    Egyptology and Historiography   

Research and Teaching Disciplines:

    Egyptology: History,  Epigraphy, Philology, Art History

    Ancient History and Historiography: Ancient Near East, Greece, Rome

Research Interests:

    Post-Amarna and Ramesside Political History, especially Seti I and Ramesses II

    Egyptian History, especially New Kingdom

    Egyptian Kingship, New Kingdom Temples & Iconography

    Egyptian Foreign Military Activity and Diplomacy in the New Kingdom

    Monumental Battle Reliefs in the New Kingdom    

    Historiography of Ancient Egypt