Workshop „Scientific Research and Publication“

On the 22nd March 2022 the DAI Cairo held a workshop about scientific research and publication in cooperation with the Heritage Science Lab at the Faculty of Archaeology of Fayoum University. The workshop was hosted by Prof. Abdelrazek Elnaggar (Fayoum University/Ain Shams University) and Katharina Stövesand (DAI Cairo), with wonderful contributions by Dr. Maher Eissa (editor-in-chief of Shedet Journal, Fayoum University), Randa Deraz (member of the El-Hibe Coffins Project) and Prof. Ali Abdelhalim Ali (Ain Shams University).
The 10 chosen participants out of 97 applicants were from the Egyptian Museum Cairo, the National Museum of Egyptian Civilization, the Grand Egyptian Museum, the Coptic Museum, Mansoura University and Bibliotheca Alexandrina. The workshop provided the participants with the knowledge of how to conduct interdisciplinary scientific research, with a focus on the combined approach of Egyptology and Conservation Science. They learned about the proper procedures for scientific publication in prestigious peer-review journals in the field, i. e. MDAIK and Shedet Journal. The participants’ keen interest in this topic as well as their different academic backgrounds and publication experiences led to rich and fruitful discussions and a lot of new food for thought. We are grateful for the fantastic input of all the participants and we are looking forward to future cooperation with them.
The workshop was part of the dissemination activities of the El-Hibe Coffins Project at the Egyptian Museum Cairo and the publication department of the DAI Cairo.