The Enigma of the Hyksos

Project Information

Hyksos Enigma

Grant agreement ID: 668640

DOI

10.3030/668640

Project closed

EC signature date 25 November 2015

Start date 1 January 2016

End date 30 June 2021

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - European Research Council (ERC)

Total cost

€ 2 446 819,00

EU contribution

€ 2 446 819,00

Coordinated by

OESTERREICHISCHE AKADEMIE DER WISSENSCHAFTEN
Austria

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Publications

Peer reviewed articles (19)

Hard to pin down – clothing pins in the Eastern Delta of Egypt and their diffusion in the Middle Bronze Age

Author(s): Silvia Prell
Published in: Ägypten und Levante, Issue 30 journal refereed 30, 2020, Page(s) 495-533, ISSN 1015-5104
Publisher: Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
DOI: 10.1553/aeundl30s495

Urban Morphology and Urban Syntax at Tell el-Dabʿa

Author(s): Silvia Gómez-Senovilla
Published in: The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 – Collected Papers, Issue CAENL 9, 2019, Page(s) 397-414, ISSN 2627-8022
Publisher: Harrassowitz

A Ride to the Netherworld: Bronze Age Equid Burials in the Fertile Crescent

Author(s): Silvia Prell
Published in: The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 – Collected Papers, Issue CAENL 9, 2019, Page(s) 107-124, ISSN 2627-8022
Publisher: Harrassowitz

Hidden in Bones: Tracking the Hyksos Across the Levant

Author(s): Nina Maaranen, Holger Schutkowski, Sonia Zakrzewski
Published in: The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 – Collected Papers, Issue CAENL 9, 2019, Page(s) 339-352, ISSN 2627-8022
Publisher: Harrassowitz

The Egyptian Community in Avaris During the Hyksos Period

Author(s): Manfred Bietak
Published in: Ägypten und Levante, Issue 26 journal refereed 30, 2016, Page(s) 263-274, ISSN 1015-5104
Publisher: Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
DOI: 10.1553/aeundl26s263

On Cultural Interference and the Egyptian Storm God

Author(s): Anna-Latifa Mourad
Published in: The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 – Collected Papers, Issue CAENL 9, 2019, Page(s) 225-238, ISSN 2627-8022
Publisher: Harrassowitz

Multi-isotopic study of diet and mobility in the northeastern Nile Delta

Author(s): Chris Stantis, Arwa Kharobi, Nina Maaranen, Colin Macpherson, Manfred Bietak, Silvia Prell, Holger Schutkowski
Published in: Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences, Issue 13/6, 2021, ISSN 1866-9557
Publisher: Springer Verlag
DOI: 10.1007/s12520-021-01344-x

Im Jenseits Handel betreiben. Areal A/I in Tell el-Dabʿa/Avaris – die hyksoszeitlichen Schichten und ein reich ausgestattetes Grab mit Feingewichten

Author(s): Silvia Prell, Lorenz Rahmstorf
Published in: The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 – Collected Papers, Issue CAENL 9, 2019, Page(s) 165-198, ISSN 2627-8022
Publisher: Harrassowitz

Stable Isotope Analyses to Investigate Hyksos Identity and Origins

Author(s): Chris Stantis and Holger Schutkowski
Published in: The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 – Collected Papers, Issue CAENL 9, 2019, Page(s) 321-338, ISSN 2627-8022
Publisher: Harrassowitz

Asiatics and Levantine(-infuenced) Products in Nubia: Evidence from the Middle Kingdom to the Early Second Intermediate Period

Author(s): Anna-Latifa Mourad
Published in: Ägypten und Levante, Issue 27 journal refereed 30, 2017, Page(s) 381-402, ISSN 1015-5104
Publisher: Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
DOI: 10.1553/aeundl27s381

Review: The Enigma of the Hyksos: Anna-Latifa Mourad, Rise of the Hyksos, Egypt and the Levant from the Middle Kingdom to the Early Second Intermediate Period

Author(s): Manfred Bietak
Published in: Bibliotheca orientalis 75/3-4, Issue quadrimonthly, 2018, Page(s) 227-247, ISSN 0006-1913
Publisher: The Netherlands Institute for the Near East

Who were the Hyksos? Challenging traditional narratives using strontium isotope (87Sr/86Sr) analysis of human remains from ancient Egypt

Author(s): Chris Stantis, Arwa Kharobi, Nina Maaranen, Geoff M. Nowell, Manfred Bietak, Silvia Prell, Holger Schutkowski
Published in: PLOS ONE, Issue 15/7, 2020, Page(s) e0235414, ISSN 1932-6203
Publisher: Public Library of Science
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0235414

The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I

Author(s): Manfred Bietak: The Spiritual Roots of the Hyksos Elite: An Analysis of Their Sacred Architecture, Part I Manfred Bietak, Silvia Prell (Eds.)
Published in: CAENL 9 ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 – Collected Papers, Issue 9, 2019, Page(s) 47-68, ISSN 2627-8022
Publisher: Harrassowitz
DOI: 10.13173/9783447113328

‘Buckle up and Fasten that Belt!’. Metal Belts in the Early and Middle Bronze Age

Author(s): Silvia Prell
Published in: Ägypten und Levante, Issue 29 journal refereed 30, 2020, Page(s) 303-330, ISSN 1015-5104
Publisher: Verlag der Osterreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
DOI: 10.1553/aeundl29s303

The Hyksos in Egypt: A Bioarchaeological Perspective

Author(s): Nina Maaranen, Holger Schutkowski, Sonia Zakrzewski, Chris Stantis, Albert Zink
Published in: The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 – Collected Papers, Issue CAENL 9, 2019, Page(s) 315-320, ISSN 2627-8022
Publisher: Harrassowitz

Is Imitation the Sincerest Form of Flattery? New Light on Local Pottery Inspired by Cypriot Wares at Tell el-Dabʿa

Author(s): Sarah Vilain
Published in: The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 – Collected Papers, Issue CAENL 9, 2019, Page(s) 305-314, ISSN 2627-8022
Publisher: Harrassowitz

Animal proxies to characterize the strontium biosphere in the northeastern Nile Delta

Author(s): Chris Stantis, Geoff M. Nowell, Silvia Prell, Holger Schutkowski
Published in: Bioarchaeology of the Near East, Issue 13/annually, 2019, Page(s) 1-13, ISSN 1898-9403
Publisher: University of Warsaw

Once were warriors: Challenging occupation preconceptions in Lebanese weapon‐associated burials (Middle Bronze Age, Sidon)

Author(s): Arwa Kharobi, Chris Stantis, Nina Maaranen, Holger Schutkowski
Published in: International Journal of Osteoarchaeology, 2021, ISSN 1047-482X
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc.
DOI: 10.1002/oa.3027

“One Ticket to Egypt, Please!”. Migration from Western Asia to Egypt in the Early Second Millennium BCE

Author(s): Elisa Priglinger
Published in: The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 – Collected Papers, Issue CAENL 9, 2019, Page(s) 209-244, ISSN 2627-8022
Publisher: Harrassowitz

Conference proceedings (4)

The Foreign Trade of Tell el-Dab’a during the Second Intermediate Period: Another Glance at Imported Ceramics under Hyksos Rule

Author(s): Sarah Vilain
Published in: A Stranger in the House – the Crossroads III. Proceedings of an International Conference on Foreigners in Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern Societies of the Bronze Age held in Prague, September 10−13, 2019, Page(s) 387-404, ISBN 9788073089283
Publisher: Charles University

Burial Customs as Cultural Marker: a ‘Global′ Approach

Author(s): Silvia Prell
Published in: The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 – Collected Papers, Issue CAENL 9, 2019, Page(s) 125-148, ISSN 2627-8022
Publisher: Harrassowitz

The Many Ethnicities in Avaris: Evidence from the northern borderland of Egypt

Author(s): Manfred Beitak
Published in: From Microcosm to Macrocosm Individual households and cities in Ancient Egypt and Nubia, 2018, Page(s) 79-98, ISBN 9789088905988
Publisher: Sidestone

Stable Isotope Analyses to Investigate Hyksos Identity and Origins

Author(s): Chris Stantis, Holger Schutkowski
Published in: Contributions to the Archaeology of Egypt, Nubia and the Levant, The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume I. ASOR Conference Boston 2017 - ICAANE Conference Munich 2018 – Collected Papers, Issue 9, 2019, Page(s) 321-337, ISBN 978-3-447-11332-8
Publisher: Harrassowitz

Other (2)

Why Radiocarbon Dates from Egyptian Funerary Contexts are Approximately Accurate while those from Stratified Settlements are Precisely Wrong

Author(s): Manfred Bietak
Published in: 2020, Page(s) 235-245, ISBN 978-80-7308-978-8
Publisher: Charles University, Faculty of Arts

The Rulers of Foreign Lands

Author(s): Andrew Curry
Published in: Archaeology.org, Issue bi-monthly, 2018, Page(s) 28-33, ISSN 0003-8113
Publisher: Archaeological Institute of America

Monographic books (1)

The Enigma of the Hyksos Volume II

Author(s): Anna-Latifa Mourad
Published in: CAENL Transforming Egypt into the New Kingdom. The Impact of the Hyksos and Egyptian-Near Eastern Relations, Issue II/10, 2021, ISBN 9783447115902
Publisher: Harrassowitz
DOI: 10.13173/9783447115902