Chercheurs
Mahmoud El-Bokl
Mahmoud_elbokl at arts dot capu dot edu dot eg
Papyrology & Demotic Studies
Chercheur associé résident
Maître de conférences
Lecturer, Department of Archaeology and Civilization, Faculty of Arts, Capital University (formerly Helwan University).
Instructor for the Demotic section in the IFAO Papyrology Seminar
Doctorat
Lecturer of Egyptology & Ancient Egyptian Language. Taught: Old/ Middle /Late Egyptian, Demotic, Ptolemaic Hieroglyphs, Greco-Roman History across Egyptian universities (Helwan, Cairo, Damanhour, Zagazig) since 2018 till now.
Demotic Philology & Papyrology; Socio-economic History of Greco-Roman Egypt; Ancient Egyptian Mining & Administrative texts.
Gaston-Wiet Fellowship (co-funded by the IFAO and the French Embassy in Cairo); Collaborative research program on "Action spécifique 26451: SUKKARI PROJECT" and Eastern Desert documentary texts.
"•M. El-Bokl, M. Ebeid, ""Two new Demotic Oracle Questions from the Tuna El-Gebel necropolis,"" in: C. J. Martin (ed.), Evil Egyptian scripts, P. L. Bat 43, Brill, 2026, pp. 57-65.
•M. El-Bokl, ""New Light on the Archive of Teōs son of Horos from Tuna el-Gebel Necropolis (191-162 BC),"" IWNW, 2, 2023, pp. 113-133.
•M. El-Bokl, D. Badr el-Din, M. Mostafa, B. Gehad, ""Unpublished Anthropoid Wooden Coffins from Ancient Philadelphia Necropolis,"" ARCHMU, 12, 2023, pp. 43-62.
•M. El-Bokl, M. Ebeid, ""New Early Demotic Letter from Hermopolis (P. Mallawi Museum inv.no 1093/1),"" in: Festschrift Cary J. Martin, GHP, London, 2022, pp. 93-99.
•M. El-Bokl, ""A New Demotic Private Letter from Dār al-Kutub al-Misrīya,"" JLSH, 23, 2020, pp. 576-589.
•M. El-Bokl, ""In memoriam Mahmoud Ebeid Shahat Maghraby (1974–2020),"" Enchoria 36, Harrassowitz, 2018/19, pp. VII-XIII.
•M. El-Bokl, ""Three Demotic Inscriptions from Hermopolis,"" BACPSI, 2, 2014, pp. 19-28.
•With Basem El-Sharkawy et al, “Studying, Indexing and Verifying Ahmed Pacha Kamal’s Ancient Egyptian Dictionary Project (=KDP),” Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, Tripoli, Libya, pp. 198-230."
•M. El-Bokl, ""New Light on the Archive of Teōs son of Horos from Tuna el-Gebel Necropolis (191-162 BC),"" IWNW, 2, 2023, pp. 113-133.
•M. El-Bokl, D. Badr el-Din, M. Mostafa, B. Gehad, ""Unpublished Anthropoid Wooden Coffins from Ancient Philadelphia Necropolis,"" ARCHMU, 12, 2023, pp. 43-62.
•M. El-Bokl, M. Ebeid, ""New Early Demotic Letter from Hermopolis (P. Mallawi Museum inv.no 1093/1),"" in: Festschrift Cary J. Martin, GHP, London, 2022, pp. 93-99.
•M. El-Bokl, ""A New Demotic Private Letter from Dār al-Kutub al-Misrīya,"" JLSH, 23, 2020, pp. 576-589.
•M. El-Bokl, ""In memoriam Mahmoud Ebeid Shahat Maghraby (1974–2020),"" Enchoria 36, Harrassowitz, 2018/19, pp. VII-XIII.
•M. El-Bokl, ""Three Demotic Inscriptions from Hermopolis,"" BACPSI, 2, 2014, pp. 19-28.
•With Basem El-Sharkawy et al, “Studying, Indexing and Verifying Ahmed Pacha Kamal’s Ancient Egyptian Dictionary Project (=KDP),” Proceedings of the 13th Conference of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, Tripoli, Libya, pp. 198-230."
"•(2026) Series of 4 guest lectures on the Demotic archive of Teos s. Horos from Tuna el-Gebel & Demotic Sukkari ostraca, EPHE, Paris.
•(2026) Greek Texts from the archive of Teōs son of Horos from Tuna el-Gebel (191-162 BCE): New Perspectives and Readings, Institut de Papyrologie, Sorbonne Université, Paris (1 April 2026).
•(2025) ""Idiomatic Expressions as Communicative Strategies in Legal, Administrative and Social Demotic Texts,"" International Conference on Asymmetric Communication in Ancient Societies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (16–17 October 2025).
•(2021) Invited lecture: ""عقود الزواج في مصر البطلمية في ضوء أوراق البردي"" (Marriage Contracts in Ptolemaic Egypt in the light of Papyri), Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum (31 August 2021).
•(2021) Series of 3 training lectures (“Tuna el-Gebel: One hundred years of excavations”, “Methodology of Publishing finds”, “The main sources in Egyptology”), Tuna el-Gebel Beginner Field School, Middle Egypt Archaeological Training Center, Kom el-Loli (03/01/2021–08/02/2021)."
•(2026) Greek Texts from the archive of Teōs son of Horos from Tuna el-Gebel (191-162 BCE): New Perspectives and Readings, Institut de Papyrologie, Sorbonne Université, Paris (1 April 2026).
•(2025) ""Idiomatic Expressions as Communicative Strategies in Legal, Administrative and Social Demotic Texts,"" International Conference on Asymmetric Communication in Ancient Societies, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (16–17 October 2025).
•(2021) Invited lecture: ""عقود الزواج في مصر البطلمية في ضوء أوراق البردي"" (Marriage Contracts in Ptolemaic Egypt in the light of Papyri), Bibliotheca Alexandrina Antiquities Museum (31 August 2021).
•(2021) Series of 3 training lectures (“Tuna el-Gebel: One hundred years of excavations”, “Methodology of Publishing finds”, “The main sources in Egyptology”), Tuna el-Gebel Beginner Field School, Middle Egypt Archaeological Training Center, Kom el-Loli (03/01/2021–08/02/2021)."
"•(2026): Co-organizer of the IFAO Papyrology Seminar, Cairo (Starting from Sep. 2026).
•(2020): Co-organizer and Workshop Lecturer for the program ""Methods of distinguishing the authenticity of the monuments,"" organized by the Department of Training and Scientific Publishing, Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism, held at the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo (25–26 November 2020).
•(2016): Co-organizer and Presenter for the lecture ""Demotic Sources: Life and Death at Tuna el-Gebel"" at the Second Seminar in Arabic and Greek Papyrology for Young Egyptian Academics, jointly organized by the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo (DAIK) and the IFAO (9–11 May 2016)."
•(2020): Co-organizer and Workshop Lecturer for the program ""Methods of distinguishing the authenticity of the monuments,"" organized by the Department of Training and Scientific Publishing, Ministry of Antiquities and Tourism, held at the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo (25–26 November 2020).
•(2016): Co-organizer and Presenter for the lecture ""Demotic Sources: Life and Death at Tuna el-Gebel"" at the Second Seminar in Arabic and Greek Papyrology for Young Egyptian Academics, jointly organized by the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo (DAIK) and the IFAO (9–11 May 2016)."
"•(2026): Work Package Leader (Digital Transformation) for ERASMUS+ proposal ""Preserving the Past, Educating the Future: Beja Heritage in Curricula"" (Helwan Univ., Democritus Univ. of Thrace, Univ. of Cyprus; Under Review).
•(2024): Lead Applicant for ISPF (British Council) proposal ""ECHO RA: Egypt’s Cultural Heritage Oracles"", developed AI & Digital Twins framework in collaboration with the University of Bradford (Not Funded).
•(2023): Consortium Research Member for Horizon Europe proposal ""DITA: Digital Twins for All – Supporting Inclusivity and Creativity"", focusing on AI for cultural heritage (Not Funded).
•(2023): Certified in Digital Transformation in Archaeology, Helwan University."
•(2024): Lead Applicant for ISPF (British Council) proposal ""ECHO RA: Egypt’s Cultural Heritage Oracles"", developed AI & Digital Twins framework in collaboration with the University of Bradford (Not Funded).
•(2023): Consortium Research Member for Horizon Europe proposal ""DITA: Digital Twins for All – Supporting Inclusivity and Creativity"", focusing on AI for cultural heritage (Not Funded).
•(2023): Certified in Digital Transformation in Archaeology, Helwan University."