Jen Thum
Biographic Data
| ID | 1723791 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jen Thum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jen |
| FAMILY NAME | Thum |
| SIGNATURE | THUM J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Swiss School of Archaeology in Greece |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
In Between and Beyond
In my year as a Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Mellon Mediterranean Regional Research Fellow, I visited four countries—Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan—for my dissertation research on ancient Egyptian living-rock stelae. Each of these countries afforded me unique and sometimes sobering experiences as a scholar, a field researcher, and an American abroad. In this personal reflection on my fellowship term, I recount so…
Visitor as Researcher
Brown University is home to several seldom-used study collections of broken and unprovenienced ancient Egyptian objects. In a new exhibition focused on the research process and the people who make it happen, these items feature as keys to the behind-the-scenes world of archaeological study. In this article, we demonstrate how educators can mobilize fragmentary artifacts as new tools for handson education. Each section of the exhibition focuses on…
When Pharaoh Turned the Landscape into a Stela
The Egyptian view of the natural world is well understood: the landscape, whose elements were deified and personified, was viewed as an active and influential force on daily life. However, scholars have yet to fully consider the ideological and political functions of royal monuments carved directly into the landscape. There are, in fact, many cases where Egypt's kings chose not to erect monuments in order to make official statements, but instead …
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Visitor as Researcher
Brown University is home to several seldom-used study collections of broken and unprovenienced ancient Egyptian objects. In a new exhibition focused on the research process and the people who make it happen, these items feature as keys to the behind-the-scenes world of archaeological study. In this article, we demonstrate how educators can mobilize fragmentary artifacts as new tools for handson education. Each section of the exhibition focuses on…
When Pharaoh Turned the Landscape into a Stela
The Egyptian view of the natural world is well understood: the landscape, whose elements were deified and personified, was viewed as an active and influential force on daily life. However, scholars have yet to fully consider the ideological and political functions of royal monuments carved directly into the landscape. There are, in fact, many cases where Egypt's kings chose not to erect monuments in order to make official statements, but instead …
In Between and Beyond
In my year as a Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Mellon Mediterranean Regional Research Fellow, I visited four countries—Egypt, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan—for my dissertation research on ancient Egyptian living-rock stelae. Each of these countries afforded me unique and sometimes sobering experiences as a scholar, a field researcher, and an American abroad. In this personal reflection on my fellowship term, I recount so…
History (3 works) · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology (2 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Archaeology and Historical Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Ancient egypt (1 work) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History (1 work) · Archaeological Research and Protection (1 work)