Boyo Ockinga


Boyo Ockinga is an Egyptologist, epigrapher, and philologist of the ancient Egyptian language, who holds the position of Associate Professor in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

Biography

Ockinga graduated from the University of Auckland, New Zealand with a BA and an MA, and the University of Tübingen Germany, with a DPhil. Professor Ockinga specialises in the art and language of the Egyptian New Kingdom and has excavated extensively at a variety of locations in Egypt, including El Mashayikh, Awlad Azzaz, Dra Abu el-Naga, and Saqqara.
As such, Prof Ockinga is one of the leading figures in Australian Egyptology and its main organ, the Australian Centre for Egyptology. He is the author of a growing number of scholarly articles, monographs and other publications.

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