Terry Wilfong

My research covers a wide range of topics relating to the social, cultural and religious history of ancient Egypt in its later periods (c. 1000 BCE - 800CE). Much of my recent and current research centers on material from the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, including its excavated material from the site of Karanis, and much of this research is related to exhibitions I have curated or am planning for the future. Current projects include a study of Third Intermediate Period personal protective oracles, a publication and exhibition of the facsimiles of Roman period wall paintings from Roman Egypt by the artist Hamzeh Carr, a catalogue of the basketry fans and related artifacts from the Karanis excavations, and an examination of possible evidence for transgender individuals in ancient Egypt.

NOTE: I am on leave and away from the University for the 2020/21 academic year.

Recent Publications:

"A Saite Family Burial Assemblage from Nag el-Hassiya in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology," in Essays for the Library of Seshat: Studies Presented to Janet H. Johnson on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday, ed. R. K. Ritner (Chicago: Oriental Institute Press, 2018) 439-449.

"The Changing Jackal Gods of Roman Egypt: Evidence from Karanis and Terenouthis," Religions of the Roman Empire 3 (2017) 298-317.

Death Dogs: The Jackal Gods of Ancient Egypt, Kelsey Museum Publication 11 (Ann Arbor: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, 2015).

"The Sonic Landscape of Karanis: Excavating the Sounds of Roman Egypt," in T. G. Wilfong , ed., with the assistance of Andrew W. S. Ferrara., Karanis Revealed: Discovering the Past and Present of a Michigan Excavation in Egypt, Kelsey Museum Publication 7 (Ann Arbor: Kelsey Museum Publications, 2014): 169-177.

Life, Death and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt: The Coffin of Djehutymose in the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, Kelsey Museum Publication 9 (Ann Arbor: Kelsey Museum Publications, 2013).