Academic Books

  • Crowns in early Egyptian Funerary Literature: Royalty, Rebirth, Destruction. (Griffith Institute Monographs) Oxford: Griffith Institute, 2008 (ISBN 0 900416 87 4)

Academic Articles

  • Mythos und götterweltliches Handeln (with John Baines) in: J. Assmann, H. Roeder (eds), Handbuch Altägyptische Religion. Leiden: Brill (in press)
  • Crowns (Egyptian), in: C. Uehlinger, et al. (eds), Iconography of Deities and Demons in the Biblical World. Leiden: Brill (in press; publ. 2013)
  • Egyptian mythos as logos: Attempt at a redefinition of mythical thought in: E. Frood, A. McDonald (eds.), Decorum and Experience: Essays in Ancient Culture for John Baines. Oxford: Griffith Institute. (in press)
  • Crowns, Egyptian, in: R. Bagnall, et al. (eds), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Oxford, New York: Wiley-Blackwell (in press; publ. Nov. 2012)
  • King as god and god as king, in: R. Gundlach (ed)., Palace and Temple. Proceedings of the fifth symposium on Egyptian royal ideology, Mcdonald Institute, University of Cambridge 16-17 July 2007 (Königtum, Staat und Gesellschaft Früher Hochkulturen 4,2), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz (2011), 57-101.
  • An elusive passage of the earlier funerary literature in its iconographic and ritual context, Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde (ZÄS) 136 (2009), 126-30
  • Kingship, In: T. Wilkinson (ed.), The Egyptian World, 275-95. London, New York: Routledge (2007)
  • The Cannibal Spell: Continuity and change in the Pyramid Text and Coffin Text versions. In: S. Bickel and B. Mathieu (eds), D'un monde à l'autre: Textes des Pyramides & Textes des Sarcophages. (Actes de la table ronde internationale «Textes des Pyramides versus Textes des Sarcophages» IFAO - 24-26 septembre 2001). BdE 139 (2004), 143-73
  • xftj nTr as euphemism. The case of the 'Antef Decree', Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JEA) 89 (2003), 27-37
  • Zerstörung als Erneuerung in der Totenliteratur. Eine kosmische Interpretation des Kannibalenspruchs. Göttinger Miszellen 194 (2003), 29-49
  • Njswt nHH - Kingship, cosmos, and time. In: Z. Hawass, L. Pinch Brook (eds), Egyptology at the dawn of the twenty-first century. Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists, Cairo, 2000, vol. 2, 238-53. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press; Chichester: Wiley (2003)
  • A functional approach to Egyptian myth and mythemes. Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions (JANER) 2 (2002), 28-59
  • Crowns, In: D. B. Redford (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, vol. 1. New York: OUP (2001), 321-26
  • Expressing luminosity in iconography: Features of the solar bark in the tomb of Ramesses VI. Göttinger Miszellen 165 (1998), 57-71
  • Some cosmic aspects of the royal crowns, in: C. Eyre (ed.), Proceedings of the 7th International Congress of Egyptologists, Cambridge 3 - 9 September 1995, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 82 (1998), 447-60
  • 'Horus der Kaufmann' als Name des Planeten Jupiter, Enchoria 22 (1995), 219-22 (peer-reviewed)
  • Untersuchungen zu Funktion und Symbolgehalt des nms, Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 122 (1995), 154-81

Work in progress

  • Icon and Metaphor - The relationship between Egyptian Image and Text with focus on Egyptian iconography of light
  • Divine Light. Luminous aspects of divinity in Egypt and Mesopotamia ( book + several articles based on database collection of terminology and iconography of light)
  • Entries for the UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE) (Total of 6,500 words):
    (1) "Time and Eternity",
    (2) "Crowns and Headdresses (Royal)",
    (3) "Royal and Divine Insignia",
    (4) "Sekhem Scepter",
    (5) "Crook and Flail",
    (6) "Was Scepter",
    (7) "Bull's Tail",
    (8) "Wadj Staff",
    (9) "Djed Staff" (some under review, some forthcoming)
  • The terminology of light in Egyptian religious (con)texts - Some considerations on etymology, usage, and iconographic correlates
    (1): The terminology of sunrise. (forthcoming)
  • Mistress of the sky - Mistress of the West: Egyptian Hathor in the Near Eastern context in: S. Chrisomalis, A. Costopoulos (eds), Studies in memory of Bruce G. Trigger (forthcoming)

Other Publications, Translations, and Consulting

  • Consulting and interview for Cineflix Productions, Toronto / Show: "William Shatner's Weird or What?": The 'Saqqara Bird' as evidence for early aviation technology (aired on Discovery Channel, September 2012)
  • Demo-shoot (Stornoway Communications) for pilot of planned TV-series on the cosmic significance of Egyptian pyramids (January 2010)
  • Hermann Hesse's 'Siddharta - Eine Indische Dichtung', in: P. Bellamy, et al. (eds), Books that inspire faculty. Toronto: University of Toronto Libraries, 2009, 19.
  • Obituary: Bruce G. Trigger, Newsletter of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, Winter 2007
  • Profile: Katja Goebs, Newsletter of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, Spring 2007
  • Obituary: Bruce G. Trigger, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 92 (2006), viii-ix
  • Egyptian mythology, in: M. McKenzie (ed.), Mythologies of the World. London: Hodder Wayland (2001), 31-41
  • Egyptian Translation (from the English) and vocalization of text for TV-series "The Mummy", Seasons 1 and 2 (Universal Cartoon Studios, Universal City, California, 2001-2002)
  • R. Germer, "The secrets of mummies. How and why the Egyptians preserved their dead", Minerva 8/1 (1997), 53-55 (translated from the German)

Conferences and invited talks

  • 'Deine Farbe ist strahlender als das Kolorit des Himmels' Überlegungen zur Terminologie des Lichts in der religiösen Literatur Ägyptens und zu ihren ikonograpischen Entsprechungen, Forum Ägyptologie an der Universität Hamburg, 28. Juni 2012
  • Überlegungen zur Terminologie des Lichts in der religiösen Literatur Ägyptens und ihren ikonographischen Entsprechungen, Lecture, Freie Universität Berlin, 16 June 2012
  • 'Fließen, Sprießen, Leuchten' - Die Bedeutung von Licht und Lichtmetaphorik in der ägyptischen Kosmologie und Anthropologie, Universität Münster, 24 May 2012
  • Ägyptischer Mythos als Logos - Überlegungen zu einigen kognitiven Funktionen der Mythen- schöpfung und -überlieferung, Lecture and plenary discussion, Collegium Mythologicum, Georg- August-Universität Göttingen (invited speaker (by Prof. Annette Zgoll), 27 April 2012.
  • Multivalency in Ancient Egyptian Representations of Old Age, Interdisciplinary Conference on Aging, Old Age, Memory, and Aesthetics, Jackman Humanties Institute, University of Toronto, 25 - 27 March 2011
  • The terminology of light in Egyptian religious (con)texts - Some considerations on etymology, usage, and iconographic correlates (1): The terminology of sunrise, SSEA Scholar's Colloquium, Toronto, 5 November 2010.
  • The Project "Divine Light - Luminous aspects of divinity in Egypt and Mesopotamia" at the University of Toronto, Poster presentation, Annual Meeting of the Ständige Ägyptologenkonferenz, Bonn/ FRG 16-18 July 2010.
  • The terminology of light in Egyptian religious literature, Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt, Oakland, CA, April 23-25, 2010
  • The golden king. Kingship and its paraphernalia in the time of Tutankhamun, lecture for the Vancouver Chapter of the SSEA, 21 June 2010
  • The golden king. Kingship and its paraphernalia in the time of Tutankhamun, public lecture at the Art Gallery of Ontario (in conjunction with the "King Tut" exhibition), 10 February 2010
  • Mistress of the Evening - Egyptian Hathor in the Near Eastern Context. Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, Calgary, 5 December 2008
  • Light and colour in Egyptian Ritual Uppsala University/Sweden, 29 October 2008
  • Mistress of the Evening - Egyptian Hathor in the Near Eastern Context. Uppsala University/ Sweden, 28 October 2008
  • The goddess Hathor in the Near Eastern context, Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists, 22-29 May 2008, University of the Aegean, Rhodes (Greece)
  • Rituals of kingship: Divine kings and royal gods, 33rd Annual Symposium of the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, Toronto 3rd November 2007
  • King as god and god as king, 5th Symposium on Egyptian Royal Ideology - Palace and Temple: Architecture, Decoration, and Ritual. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, Cambridge 15-18 July 2007)
  • Egyptian Myths, for Routes to Learning Canada (organization providing opportunities for study for seniors in North America), Lilian H. Smith Library, Toronto, 30 June 2007
  • The legacy of Bruce Trigger for Egyptology, invited presentation and panel discussion at the Department of Anthropology, UofT, 9 February 2007 (organizer: Michael Chazan)
  • Of cannibals and kings - Reading Pyramid Text 273/274 (CT 573). Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, Toronto, 16 March 2007
  • On (a Theory of) Relativity in Egyptian Symbolic Language, SSEA Scholar's Colloquium, Toronto, 5 November 2006
  • Some Considerations on Divine Light and Colour, SSEA Scholar's Colloquium, Toronto, 21 October 2005
  • Royal Splendour. The image and insignia of the Egyptian king, Egypt Exploration Society study day on Egyptian Kingship, 21 June 2003, London/EES
  • A new (or different) interpretation of the Cannibal Spell, Liverpool Egyptology Seminar, February 24, 2003, SACOS/University of Liverpool
  • A digital index of the Egyptian Pyramid Texts, Griffith Institute, Oxford, November 24, 2002
  • Destruction as renewal in Egyptian funerary literature - the case of the so-called 'Cannibal Spell', University of Uppsala/Sweden, March 2002
  • The 'Cannibal Spell': Continuities and changes in the Pyramid Text and Coffin Text versions and their implications, Colloquium 'Textes des Pyramides versus Textes des Sarcophages', Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire, Cairo 24-26 September 2001
  • A 'functional' approach to Egyptian myth. 52nd Annual Meeting of ARCE, Brown University, April 27-29 2001
  • Structure and embellishment in Egyptian Art, Colloquium of the Tureck Bach Research Foundation, Oxford 13-14 May 2000
  • Njswt nHH - Kingship, cosmos, and time, 8th International Congress of Egyptologists (ICE), Cairo: 28 March-2 April 2000
  • Zerstörung als Erneuerung in der Totenliteratur - Eine Neuinterpretation des Kannibalenspruchs, Annual Conference of German Egyptologists (SÄK), Trier July 1999
  • Some cosmic aspects of the royal crowns, 7th International Congress of Egyptologists (ICE), Cambridge 3-9 September 1995
  • Some aspects of the royal crowns in Egyptian funerary texts, University College London, February 1995
  • Das Nemes: Zum Symbolgehalt einer königlichen Insignie, Annual Conference of German Egyptologists (SÄK), Göttingen July 1993