Dr.

Silvia Prell

, MA

Guest Researcher

https://www.uibk.ac.at/alte-geschichte-orient/institut/team/dr.-silvia-prell-ma.html

Contact

Telephone: +43 1 51581-6115

Biographical sketch

Studied Egyptology, Classical Archaeology and Pre- and Early History at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz; 1994-2001 participation in various excavations in Germany; 2002-2009 deputy excavation director of the Roemer-Pelizaeus-Museum Hildesheim project in Qantir-Piramesse; since 1998 participation in various excavations in Egypt (Abydos, Amheida/Trimithis, Asyut, Berenike, Tell el-Dab'a, Tuna el-Gebel,); 2016-2021 research associate and coordinator of the ERC Advanced Grant "The Enigma of the Hyksos"; 2021-2023 project leader of the ÖNB project "Complex Stratigraphies. A Complex Near Eastern Stratigraphy at Tell el-Daba (Area A/II)"; since 2023 research associate at the FWF project "Palace Architecture in Egypt and its Spatial Semiotics. Hyksos and Egyptian palaces in Avaris/Tell el-Dab'a"

Research Projects

Research interests

  • Macrolithic tools of Egypt, especially of the 2nd Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom
  • Material culture of the 2nd Intermediate Period and the New Kingdom in Egypt's eastern delta
  • Trade contacts between Egypt and the Levant
  • Architectural research, especially of the early Ptolemaic period
  • Greek-Roman necropolises in Egypt