Marta Kaczanowicz
Biographic Data
| ID | 6043065 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marta Kaczanowicz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marta |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaczanowicz |
| SIGNATURE | KACZANOWICZ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Warsaw |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4477-9207 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Beyond Appearances: The Neglected Art of Ancient Egyptian Plaster Casting
This contribution begins with a discussion of an unprovenanced plaster cast from the Petrie Museum, London. The female representation resists simple interpretation and offers a case study for exploring trends—and taboos—in artistic production in Late Period Egypt. The focus then shifts to plaster itself as a sculptural material. This medium has long been neglected in scholarship, perhaps due to modern perceptions of plaster casts as cheap, low-qu…
Invisible Figures: Achaemenid Royal Women in Egypt
This contribution aims to reexamine the frequently stated assertion that Achaemenid royal women were not involved in Egypt and its affairs during the periods of Persian rule on the Nile. The evidence is considered against the Persian concept of queenship rather than focusing solely on the Egyptian perspective on the role of royal women within the ideology of power. It is proposed that, instead of reflecting a lack of interest by the Achaemenids i…
Queen Takheta, a Butcher
This article aims to investigate an obscure title held by Takheta, the wife of the penultimate pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, Amasis. While previous studies focused mostly on the queen’s origin and its implications for the diplomatic policy of the Saite kings, this paper explores Takheta’s inclusion of a rare title ḫrp(t) sšmt šnḏt (the directress of the butchers of the Acacia House) in her queenly titulary
The Gebelein Region in the Third Intermediate and Late Periods
While relatively much is known of Gebelein in the second and third millennia BCE, as well as the Ptolemaic times, the role of the town of Per-Hathor and its surrounding in the Third Intermediate (c. 1076–747 BCE) and Late (c. 747–332 BCE) periods remains largely obscure. The aim of this paper is to examine the existing sources pertaining to the history of Gebelein with the particular focus on state activities in the area, diachronic changes in se…
The War Years in Thebes: Ernest Mackay’s Work in Theban Tombs
The Mackay archive (now part of the larger manuscript collection of Alan H. Gardiner) kept at the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, comprises excavation reports, photographs, and personal correspondence of Ernest Mackay, the British archaeologist who worked in the Theban necropolis from 1913–1916 on behalf of Robert Mond. Mackay’s notes fill in the gaps in the history of the exploration of Theban tombs, as well as add some additional info…
Dorothy Mackay: A Forgotten Female Pioneer in Archaeology
In 2022, the author of this paper came across four letters regarding epigraphic documentation of some elite tombs in the Theban necropolis, Egypt, written by Dorothy Mackay and addressed to Alan H. Gardiner, at the archive of the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford. The author of the letters was the wife of Ernest Mackay (1880–1943), a British archaeologist best known for his later work on the Indus Valley Civilisation, who was excavating on…
Of gods and (wo)men: Two wooden figurines from Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
This article discusses two wooden figurines discovered by an expedition of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, in tomb MMA 1152 in the area of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Theban necropolis. Both objects can be dated to the Dynastic phase of occupation of the site. However, in the first centuries AD, the complex was transformed into a Coptic hermitage, resulting in the decontextualization of the vast majority of Pharaoni…
Gordon Jelf and his Notes on the Work Conducted in the Theban Necropolis, 1909-1910
In August of 1909, Charles Gordon Jelf joined Arthur E. P. Weigall in Thebes to assist him in the preparation of the famous Topographical Catalogue. Jelf kept a notebook in which he recorded details of archaeological work carried out in the course of the 1909–10 season. The notebook, identified as Jelf’s by Donald P. Ryan and Jaromir Malek, and subsequently donated to the Griffith Institute, contains information on unpublished excavations and fin…
Clay funerary figurines from tombs MMA 1151 and MMA 1152 in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna
A significant number of clay ushebtis comes from two Middle Kingdom tombs MMA 1151 and 1152 investigated by a Polish team in Western Thebes. The funerary figurines belong to a later phase of tomb reuse in the first millennium BC. Nine types were distinguished: six of baked clay and three of unbaked clay. The types and their distribution in the Theban necropolis are discussed in this paper, including the implications of these findings for the deba…
Tt 126: In Search of a “Lost” Tomb
The location of Theban Tomb no. 126, a small Late Period tomb belonging to the scribe and army commander Hormes, has long been a puzzle to scholars. The tomb was visited and recorded in the first half of the nineteenth century by the joint Franco-Tuscan expedition. It was allocated the number 23 and a short description in the diaries of Champollion and Rosellini. The tomb later appeared on the list of Theban Tombs as TT 126. However, Porter and M…
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Clay funerary figurines from tombs MMA 1151 and MMA 1152 in Sheikh Abd el-Gurna
A significant number of clay ushebtis comes from two Middle Kingdom tombs MMA 1151 and 1152 investigated by a Polish team in Western Thebes. The funerary figurines belong to a later phase of tomb reuse in the first millennium BC. Nine types were distinguished: six of baked clay and three of unbaked clay. The types and their distribution in the Theban necropolis are discussed in this paper, including the implications of these findings for the deba…
Tt 126: In Search of a “Lost” Tomb
The location of Theban Tomb no. 126, a small Late Period tomb belonging to the scribe and army commander Hormes, has long been a puzzle to scholars. The tomb was visited and recorded in the first half of the nineteenth century by the joint Franco-Tuscan expedition. It was allocated the number 23 and a short description in the diaries of Champollion and Rosellini. The tomb later appeared on the list of Theban Tombs as TT 126. However, Porter and M…
Gordon Jelf and his Notes on the Work Conducted in the Theban Necropolis, 1909-1910
In August of 1909, Charles Gordon Jelf joined Arthur E. P. Weigall in Thebes to assist him in the preparation of the famous Topographical Catalogue. Jelf kept a notebook in which he recorded details of archaeological work carried out in the course of the 1909–10 season. The notebook, identified as Jelf’s by Donald P. Ryan and Jaromir Malek, and subsequently donated to the Griffith Institute, contains information on unpublished excavations and fin…
The War Years in Thebes: Ernest Mackay’s Work in Theban Tombs
The Mackay archive (now part of the larger manuscript collection of Alan H. Gardiner) kept at the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, comprises excavation reports, photographs, and personal correspondence of Ernest Mackay, the British archaeologist who worked in the Theban necropolis from 1913–1916 on behalf of Robert Mond. Mackay’s notes fill in the gaps in the history of the exploration of Theban tombs, as well as add some additional info…
Dorothy Mackay: A Forgotten Female Pioneer in Archaeology
In 2022, the author of this paper came across four letters regarding epigraphic documentation of some elite tombs in the Theban necropolis, Egypt, written by Dorothy Mackay and addressed to Alan H. Gardiner, at the archive of the Griffith Institute, University of Oxford. The author of the letters was the wife of Ernest Mackay (1880–1943), a British archaeologist best known for his later work on the Indus Valley Civilisation, who was excavating on…
Of gods and (wo)men: Two wooden figurines from Sheikh Abd el-Qurna
This article discusses two wooden figurines discovered by an expedition of the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology, University of Warsaw, in tomb MMA 1152 in the area of Sheikh Abd el-Qurna, Theban necropolis. Both objects can be dated to the Dynastic phase of occupation of the site. However, in the first centuries AD, the complex was transformed into a Coptic hermitage, resulting in the decontextualization of the vast majority of Pharaoni…
The Gebelein Region in the Third Intermediate and Late Periods
While relatively much is known of Gebelein in the second and third millennia BCE, as well as the Ptolemaic times, the role of the town of Per-Hathor and its surrounding in the Third Intermediate (c. 1076–747 BCE) and Late (c. 747–332 BCE) periods remains largely obscure. The aim of this paper is to examine the existing sources pertaining to the history of Gebelein with the particular focus on state activities in the area, diachronic changes in se…
Invisible Figures: Achaemenid Royal Women in Egypt
This contribution aims to reexamine the frequently stated assertion that Achaemenid royal women were not involved in Egypt and its affairs during the periods of Persian rule on the Nile. The evidence is considered against the Persian concept of queenship rather than focusing solely on the Egyptian perspective on the role of royal women within the ideology of power. It is proposed that, instead of reflecting a lack of interest by the Achaemenids i…
Queen Takheta, a Butcher
This article aims to investigate an obscure title held by Takheta, the wife of the penultimate pharaoh of the Twenty-sixth Dynasty, Amasis. While previous studies focused mostly on the queen’s origin and its implications for the diplomatic policy of the Saite kings, this paper explores Takheta’s inclusion of a rare title ḫrp(t) sšmt šnḏt (the directress of the butchers of the Acacia House) in her queenly titulary
Beyond Appearances: The Neglected Art of Ancient Egyptian Plaster Casting
This contribution begins with a discussion of an unprovenanced plaster cast from the Petrie Museum, London. The female representation resists simple interpretation and offers a case study for exploring trends—and taboos—in artistic production in Late Period Egypt. The focus then shifts to plaster itself as a sculptural material. This medium has long been neglected in scholarship, perhaps due to modern perceptions of plaster casts as cheap, low-qu…
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