Professor and  IT-Representative, Institute of Egyptology

Franz-Klein-Gasse 1, 1190 Vienna

Room: AE.21

Telefon: +43-1-4277-43107
E-Mail: peter.janosi@univie.ac.at

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Acadamic Career

Present

Associate Professor Institute of Egyptology, University of Vienna (since 2001)

Deputy Head of the Institute of Egyptology, University of Vienna

Chairman of “The Foundation for Postgraduates in Egyptology” at the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna

Member of the Czech Institute of Egyptology at Abusir and Saqqara/Egypt

2006–07

J. Clawson Mills Fellow at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Department of Egyptian Art, New York

2001

Habilitation

1989–2001

Research Assistant, Institute of Egyptology, University of Vienna

1988–89

Research Grant Recipient, Institute of Egyptology, Charles University, Prague

1988–89

Research Assistant, Academy of Sciences, Vienna

1988

Ph.D. degree in Egyptology. Ph.D. Thesis: “The Pyramids of the Queens of the Old and Middle Kingdom

1983–88

Field work in Austria and Egypt

1981–88

Enrolment at the University of Vienna (Egyptology, History, Prehistory)

Fieldwork

Since 2013

Member of the Excavations of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, Egypt: excavations at the pyramid precinct of Djedkara-Isesi at Saqqara-South.

2010–present

Member of the Excavations Institute of Egyptology at the Charles University in Prague: excavations at Abusir-South.

1993–95

Excavations at Tell Hebwa-South (Sinai); “Salam-Canal-Project”, Austrian Archaeological Institute, Cairo;

1990

Excavations at the pyramid complex of Queen Khentkaus II at Abusir, Institute of Egyptology at the Charles University, Prague

1988–2006

Member of the excavations at Tell el-Dab‘a. Site supervisor

1984–86

Student member at Tell el-Dab‘a a. Austrian Archaeological Institute, Cairo

1984–85

Excavations at the pyramid of Senwosret I at Lisht. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

1983–84

Excavations at the pyramid of Amenemhat III at Dahshur. German Archaeological Institute, Cairo.

Selected Bibliography

Books

In preparation:

The Pyramid Complex of Djedkara-Isesi at Saqqara-South: The Temple

The Tomb of Pepi-ankh at Saqqara-South

2023

Vom Nil an die Donau. Die Geschichte der ägyptischen Wandtapeten im Kunsthistorischen Museum Wien (ed. with Regina Hölzl), Berlin, Wien.

2018

The Art of Describing – The world of Tomb Decoration as Visual Culture of the Old Kingdom in honour of Yvonne Harpur (ed. with H. Vymazalová), Prague.

Art-facts and Artefacts: Visualising the Material World in Middle Kingdom Egypt (ed. with L. Hudáková, U. Siffert, and C. Jurman), Middle Kingdom Studies, vol. 8, London.

2016

The Pyramid Complex of Amenemhat I – The Reliefs Publications of The Metropolitan Museum of Art Egyptian Expedition, New York Yale University Press, New Haven and London.

Change and Innovation in Middle Kingdom Art. Proceedings of the MeKeTRE Study Day held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum) Vienna (3rd May 2013), Middle Kingdom Studies 4, (ed. with L. Hudáková and A. Kahlbacher) London.

2013

Im Schatten der Pyramiden. Die österreichischen Grabungen in Giza (1912–1929). Eine Ausstellung des Kunsthistorischen Museums Wien 22. Jänner bis 20. Mai 2013. (ed. with Sabine Haag and Regina Hölzl) Vienna.

2010

Die Pyramiden. Mythos und Archäologie, Beck Verlag, Munich 2004, 2010² (translations: 2006 in Italian, 2007 in Korean).

2006

Die Gräberwelt der Pyramidenzeit. Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie. Mainz 2006.

2005

(editor) Structure and Significance. Thoughts on Ancient Egyptian Architecture. Festschrift for Dieter Arnold. Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.

2004

Giza in der 4. Dynastie. Die Baugeschichte und Belegung einer Nekropole des Alten Reiches I: Die Mastabas der Kernfriedhöfe und die Felsgräber. Untersuchungen der Zweigstelle Kairo, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Denkschriften der Gesamtakademie, Vienna.

Tell el-Dab‘a XI. Areal A/V. Späthyksoszeitliche Siedlungsreste aus dem Bereich der nordöstlichen Vorstadt (with I. Hein). Untersuchungen der Zweigstelle Kairo, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.

2001

The Middle Kindom Objects from Tell el-Dab‘a and their evaluation, in: Labib Habachi†, Tell el-Dab‘a I, Tell el-Dab‘a and Qantir the site and its connection with Avaris and Piramesse. Aus dem Nachlaß herausgegeben von E.-M. Engel unter der Mitarbeit von P. Jánosi und C. Mlinar, Untersuchungen der Zweigstelle Kairo, Vol. II, The Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna.

1997

Österreich vor den Pyramiden. Die Grabungen Hermann Junkers im Auftrag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften bei der großen Pyramide in Giza. Veröffentlichungen der Ägyptischen Kommission der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften Vol. 3, Vienna.

1996

Die Pyramidenanlagen der Königinnen. Untersuchungen zu einem Grabtyp des Alten und Mittleren Reiches. Untersuchungen der Zweigstelle, Vol. XIII, Vienna.

Articles

See Entries in u:cris.