Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists Abstracts of Papers

XICE – Abstract of Papers
1985-1987 Oxyrhynchus-Bahnasa, KAFAS (Geza Fehervari)
1994-1998 Thebes – Thoth Hill, ELTE
1998-2004 Taposiris Magna, Peter Pazmany University of Budapest
(PPKE)
2004- Nea Paphos, PPKE-UNESCO
The division of the temple digs of the Hungarian excavations in Egypt according to
period (by the period of the foundation of the buildings):
Neolithic period Cave shrine, the so-called Cave of Swimmers (Libyan desert,
Gilf Kebir)
Archaic period The cultic temple of the goddess Horus (Thoth Hill, Thebes)
Middle Kingdom The mortuary temple of King Montuhotep III (Thoth Hill,
Thebes)
New Kingdom The mortuary monument of Djehutymes (TT 32, Thebes)
Ptolemaic Empire The stone blocks of Ptolemy I Soter I (Kom el-Ahmar,
Sharuna)
The acropolis of the goddess Isis (Taposiris Magna,
Alexandria)
The acropolis of the goddess Aphrodite-Isis (Nea Paphos,
Paphos)
Roman Empire The podium temple of the goddess Isis (Savaria)
Byzantine Empire The cave chapel of Pantocrator (Thoth Hill, Thebes)
Basilica (Taposiris Magna, Alexandria)
Arabian Empire The mosque of Hassan ibn Salih (Bahnasa)
Christian church (Abdallah Nirqi)
From the above it is clear that we have excavated almost all periods of Egyptian
culture. For the division of the Hungarian excavations in Egypt according to
geographical area (from north to south):
Savaria (Pannonia)
Nea Paphos (Cyprus)
Taposiris Magna (Lower Egypt)
Sharuna (Middle Egypt)
Bahnasa (Middle Egypt)
Thebes (Upper Egypt)
Gilf Kebir (Western Desert)
Abdallah Nirqi (Lower Nubia)
It can easily be seen that we have excavated almost all important geographical areas
of Egyptian culture. Following the chronological and geographical overview of the
monuments, I will hereby list the temples on which my text is directly based, in
chronological order and dated:
1. The Neolithic cave shrine of Gilf Kebir, the so-called Cave of Swimmers (c.
6000 BC)
2. The Archaic temple of Thoth Hill (the earliest stone temple in Egypt) (c. 3000
BC)
3. The Middle Kingdom temple of Thoth Hill (with correction to Sirius) (2000
BC)
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