Solange Ashby

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Solange Ashby
NationalityAmerican
OccupationEgyptologist
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Chicago
ThesisCalling Out to Isis: The Enduring Nubian Presence at Philae (2016)
Academic work
InstitutionsBarnard College

Solange Ashby is an Egyptologist, Nubiologist and archaeologist, whose expertise focuses on language and religion in ancient Egypt.

Career[]

Ashby studied for a BA in Intercultural Studies at Bard College at Simon's Rock.[1] She graduated with a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Chicago.[1][2] Her doctoral research took place at the temple of Philae in Egypt, as well as excavating at the Kushite cemetery of El-Kurru in Sudan.[3] Her research examined the inscriptions, including graffiti, made by Kushite visitors, who travelled to the Egyptian temples in Lower Nubia.[3][4]

In January 2021 she is due to take up a position in the Department of Classics and Ancient Studies at Barnard College, New York, as an Adjunct Professor.[5] She has held fellowships at the Catholic University’s Institute of Christian Oriental Research and the American Research Centre in Egypt and has taught at the American University in Washington.[6]

Media[]

In 2018, Ashby featured in a documentary directed by Taaqiy Grant, which looked at many aspects of Ancient Egyptian civilisation, including its barter-based economic system.[7] In 2020, she featured in the film series Hapi, which focused on the role of economics in civilisation.[8]

Publications[]

  • Calling Out To Isis: the Enduring Nubian Presence at Philae (2020)[9]
  • "Milk Libations for Osiris: Nubian Piety at Philae" in Near Eastern Archaeology (2019)[10]
  • "Dancing for Hathor: Nubian Women in Egyptian Cultic Life" in Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies (2018)[11]
  • “Meroitic Worship of Isis at Philae” (2011)[12]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Adjunct Professorial Lecturer". American University. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  2. ^ Westerfeld, Jennifer Taylor (2019). Egyptian Hieroglyphs in the Late Antique Imagination. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. ISBN 978-0-8122-9640-2. OCLC 1134074305.
  3. ^ a b "Solange Ashby | Smithsonian Journeys Expert". www.smithsonianjourneys.org. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  4. ^ Graffiti as devotion along the Nile and beyond. Emberlin, Geoff, Davis, Suzanne. Ann Arbor. p. 76. ISBN 978-0-9906623-9-6. OCLC 1112375246.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ "Gorgias Press". www.gorgiaspress.com. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  6. ^ "Scholar". Women Also Know History. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  7. ^ "بالصور.. شركة أمريكية تُصور فيلمًا وثائقيًا عن الإمبراطورية الفرعونية في أسوان". مصراوي.كوم. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  8. ^ "CAST". Hapi Films. Retrieved 2020-07-29.
  9. ^ Ashby, Solange. Calling out to ISIS : the enduring Nubian presence at Philae. Piscataway, NJ, USA. ISBN 978-1-4632-3968-8. OCLC 1157824314.
  10. ^ Ashby, Solange (2019-12-01). "Milk Libations for Osiris: Nubian Piety at Philae". Near Eastern Archaeology. 82 (4): 200–209. doi:10.1086/705360. ISSN 1094-2076.
  11. ^ Ashby, Solange (2018-12-29). "Dancing for Hathor: Nubian Women in Egyptian Cultic Life". Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies. 5 (1). doi:10.5070/D65110046.
  12. ^ Egypt in its African context : proceedings of the conference held at the Manchester Museum, University of Manchester, 2-4 October 2009. Exell, Karen. Oxford: Archaeopress. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4073-0760-2. OCLC 707825500.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)

Further reading[]

Ashby, Solange (2018) "Dancing for Hathor: Nubian Women in Egyptian Cultic Life," Dotawo: A Journal of Nubian Studies: Vol. 5 , Article 2.open access

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