Katja

Research Group
Prof. Hühnerfuss


	Email: khuehnerfuss@hotmail.com


	*Research Interests*

Studies on the assignment of boat models, as found in Egyptian tombs of the Old and Middle Kingdoms, to specific periods

Examples for boat models included in this study:
http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/museum10.htm
http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk
(insert into the search object type: boats, press “search now”)


	The ancient Egyptians sometimes had boats placed in their tombs. Some fine examples date from this Middle Kingdom collection found in the tomb of Meketre on the west bank across from Luxor (ancient Thebes) papyrus type with fishermen pulling on a net containing fish.



	Egyptian Museum Cairo copyright Mark T. Rigby


			Wooden model fishing boat with cordage, sail + fishing net (yard and mast and boom not traced) Period - Dynasty 9 Found at - Sedment Material - wood Measurements - length 61 cm



	The Petrie Museum, London catalogue # UC16167

Boats in the Old, Middle, and New Kingdom periods of Egypt
The sun god was thought to travel across the sky in a solar boat, and Egyptians believed
that the deserving might join the god Osiris in his divine bark after death. Boats
played an important part in funerary ritual; models were often placed in tombs to
provide the deceased with safe passage through the "winding waterway" in the
underworld. Also, boats are frequently depicted in tomb-painting. The Nile River has
always been a vital transport artery for Egypt, and boats the principal means of
travel. Early papyrus skiffs gradually gave way to wooden craft of increasing size
and sophistication, ranging from fishing boats and barges to seagoing warships,
splendid ships of state, and enormous obelisk barges used to transport stone to
temples and monuments.


	*Publications*

1.) Katja Hühnerfuss,
      Die ”Fürstengräber” von Pitten,
      University of Hamburg, Hamburg (Germany), 2003 ,
      Hausarbeit im Seminar: Sozialstruktur und soziologische
      Interpretation als Probleme archäologischer Forschung
      (Seminarsleitung: Frau Prof. Dr. Renate Rolle)

2.) Katja Hühnerfuss,
      Datierungskriterien für altägyptische Bootsmodelle vom
      Alten bis Mittleren Reich
      Wissenschaftliche Hausarbeit zur Erlangung des akademischen
      Grades eines Magister Artium der Universität Hamburg,
      Hamburg 2003, pp. 222

3.) Katja Hühnerfuss, Alex von Bohlen, Dieter Kurth
     Characterization of pigments and colors used in
     ancient Egyptian boat models
     Spectrochimica Acta Part B (2006), 61, 1224 -1228

4.) Katja Hühnerfuss,
     Totalreflektions- Röntgenspektrometrie (TXRF).
     Eine Multielementanalyse zur Datierung altägyptischer Objekte aus Holz,
     Dissertation zur Erlangung der Würde des Doktors der Philosophie
     der Universität Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, 2007, pp. 170,
     dissertation.de - Verlag im Internet GmbH, ISBN:   978-3-86624-264-7

5.) Katja Hühnerfuss, Olaf Päpke , Heinrich Hühnerfuss
      Polychlorodibenzofurans and polychlorodibenzo-p-dioxins in Egyptian mummies
      – evidence for uptake of dioxins by ancient Egyptians?
     Organohal. Compounds (2008) 70, 9 - 12

M.A Katja Hühnerfuss
has successfully defended her Ph.D. thesis (DIsputation)

on Friday, March 9th, 2007, 11.00 a.m

Some pictures from the “after-disputation-Party” as follows:




		The presentation of the “res notabiles” of the Ph.D. thesis




	Some minerals that may have formed the basis for pigments used for painting the Egyptian artefacts


	The commission is evaluating the disputation


	Jonka is crossing his fingers that the outcome of the evaluation will be positive


	... and some other guests waiting outside are also crossing their fingers..


	Congratulations! Katja made it !!!


	*Pictures from the spontaneous “after-disputation party”*




		*Pictures from the disputation dinner*


	*Important Links*

Archäologisches Institut der Universität Hamburg Johnsallee 35, D-20148 Hamburg Germany phone: +49-40-42838-3070/4755 Fax: +49-40-42838-3255	Arbeitsbereich Ägyptologie der Universität Hamburg
Prof. Dr. Dieter Kurth phone: +49-40-42838-3209	Archäologisches Institut der Universität Hamburg Johnsallee 35, D-20148 Hamburg Germany
Dipl.-Ing. Alex von Bohlen phone: +49-231-13 92 232 FAX: +49-231-13 92 120	Institut für Spektrochemie und Angewandte Spektroskopie (ISAS) Bunsen-Kirchhoff-Str. 11 44139 Dortmund Germany
Egyptian Museum Cairo Egypt	http://www.egyptianmuseum.gov.eg http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/museum.htm
Musée du Louvre Pyramide Cour Napoléon, 75001 Paris France Metro: Palais Royal Musée du Louvre Busses: 21, 27, 39, 48, 68, 69, 72, 76, 95	http://www.paris.org/Musees/Louvre/Treasures/Egyptian/ Open: Museum: 9 a.m.-6 p.m. - Pyramid: 9 a.m.-10 p.m. Museum late night opening: Monday (Richelieu Wing) and Wednesday: 9.45 p.m. Closed: Tuesday, certain bank holidays.
Museum Gustavianum Victoriamuseet för egyptiska fornsaka Akademigatan 3 75310 Uppsala Sweden Contact persons: Gabriella Jönsson Geoffrey Metz, Fil.Mag. Antikvarie för egyptiska fornsaker Tel: 018 471 7131 Fax: 018 471 7572	http://www.gustavianum.uu.se/vm/grund1.html
Institut für Ägyptologie der Universität Wien Frankgasse 1 A-1090 Wien Österreich phone: (01) 4277 43101 (Fr. E. Wabnig) FAX: (01) 4277 9431	http://www.univie.ac.at/egyptology/
British Museum Department of Ancient Egypt and Sudan London WC1B 3DG Great Britain phone: 020 7323 8311 by fax: 020 7323 8303	http://www.thebritishmuseum.ac.uk/egyptian/ open: Saturday -Wednesday 10.00 - 17.30 Thursday - Friday 10.00 - 20.30 Main entrance Great Russell Street Underground stations Holborn, Tottenham Court Road, Russell Square, Goodge St Bus routes New Oxford Street: 7, 8, 19, 22b, 25, 38, 55, 98 Tottenham Court Road, northbound, and Gower Street, southbound 10, 24, 29, 73, 134 Southampton Row: 68, 91, 188 Admission to the museum is FREE
The Petrie Museum University College London Malet Place London WC1E 6BT phone: +44-20 7679 2884	http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/ public Opening Hours: Tuesday to Friday 1pm - 5pm Saturday 10am - 1pm Admission to the museum is FREE search the collection: http://www.petrie.ucl.ac.uk/search/index.html
Museum of Fine Arts Avenue of the Arts 465 Huntington Avenue Boston, MA 02115-5523 U.S.A. phone: 617-267-9300	http://www.mfa.org/egypt/explore_ancient_egypt/ Open 7 Days a Week: Monday and Tuesday 10 am–4:45 pm Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 10 am–9:45 pm Saturday and Sunday 10 am–4:45 pm ADMISSION: Adults $15 (30 Day, 2–Visit Ticket) Senior Citizens and College Students $13 (30 Day, 2–Visit Ticket) Public transportation: by MBTA, known by natives as the "T." Green E Line Museum stop
Rigby's World of Egypt	http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~ancient/index.html
Akhet Egyptology Royal Museum Chambers Street Edinburgh, EH1 1JF phone: +44 131 247 4219 FAX: +44 131 220 4819	http://www.akhet.co.uk/mertetes.htm The Ancient Egypt gallery is temporarily closed and will reopen in January 2003. Open: Monday to Saturday 10am-5pm Tuesday 10am-8pm Sunday 12 noon-5pm Admission FREE
Email-Addresses of Egyptologists	http://www.newton.cam.ac.uk/egypt/email.data.html
Stephen Vinson PhD (Johns Hopkins 1995) Assistant Professor State University of New York at New Paltz Dpt. of History 75 S. Manheim Blvd., Suite 6 New Paltz, NY 12561-2443 U.S.A. Phone: 001-845 257-3037 E-mail: vinsons@newpaltz.edu	Ancient Mediterranean World, Egyptology, ships and shipping, global history
ERGO Forschungsges. mbH Dr. Olaf Päpke Geierstr. 1 22305 Hamburg Phone: 040 69 70 96-0 Fax: 040 69 70 96-99	Analyses of POPs in mummies


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