UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology (UEE)

College of Letters and Science, Humanities Division

Primary contact

Willeke Wendrich
Associate Professor, Egyptian Archaeology
Near Eastern Languages & Cultures
(310) 206-1496
wendrich@humnet.ucla.edu

Project URL

www.uee.ucla.edu

Additional project researchers

Jacco Dieleman, Assistant Professor, Egyptology, Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Project description

Egyptology has as its object of study a culture, remarkably prolific in terms of written texts, art, architecture, and other forms of material culture. The richness of this culture, allows us to reconstruct the society from religious thinking, and economic systems, to intimate details of daily life. The knowledge of Egyptologists, archaeologists, linguists, geologists and all other professions that are involved in research in Egypt , reflect the interdisciplinary approach that is needed to make sense of such a wealth of information. Truly encyclopedic knowledge in this day and age means to have access to every relevant source, of guaranteed quality, with clear guidelines on how to search and many cross reference the materials. In addition a well designed search functionality, which includes spatial and timeline explorations, has the potential to open unexplored research paths. The first phase of the UEE will be online in 2008.

The UEE is supported by the National Endowment of the Humanities, the UCLA International Center, the UCLA Digital Library, and the International Association of Egyptologists.

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