Galina A. Belova

Director

Scientific Degrees

Doctor of History («Egypt and Nubia», the Institute for Oriental Studies RAS, 1995)

Candidate of History («The Egyptians in Nubia», the IOS RAS, 1978)   

Employment history

1999 to present — Director of the Centre for Egyptological Studies, RAS

1992–1999 — Head of the Department of Egyptology of the IOS RAS

1974–1992 — Research fellow of the IOS RAS, RAS

Activities

Director of the RIEC Archaeological Mission at Memphis;

Director of the RIEC Archaeological Survey and Conservation of the Theban Tomb 23

Director of the Russian Underwater Archaeological Mission to Alexandria;

Director of the RIEC Mission to Deir el-Banat (Fayoum);

Co-director the Russian-Dutch Archaeological Expedition at Tell Ibrahim Awad;

Co-director of the Russian-German Mission to the Royal Cache TT 320 (Luxor);

Co-director of «Fine Conservation of Al-Mo'allaqa Church» project;

Head of the project «Databank of Eastern-European Egyptology» on the territory of the former USSR, Eastern Europe and A.R. Egypt;

Editor of the series «The Sacred Word of the East».

Publications

• Archaeological Research of the CESRAS at Kom Tuman (Memphis) // Belova G. (ed.) Achievements and Problems of Modern Egyptology. Proceedings of the conference held in Moscow on September 29-October 2, 2009 M., 2011. P. 17-33.  

• Belova G., Graefe E. (eds.) The Royal Cache TT 320: a re-examination. Cairo, 2010. 228 p.; plates 

• The Egyptians in Nubia (in Russian). Moscow, 1978.

• Egyptians and Nubian Lands in the Old Kingdom // Kormisheva E. (ed.) Ancient Egypt and Kush. In Memoriam Mikhail A. Korostovtsev. Moscow, 1993. P. 35-65.

• Les pays de la Nubie ancienne // Atti del VI Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia. Vol. I. Torino, 1993. P. 41-45.

• L'égyptologie russe avant Golenischeff // Egypte. Afrique et Orient. 1996. № 4. P. 26-29.

• The Egyptians' Ideas of Hostile Encirclement // Eyre C.J. (ed.) Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Egyptologysts. Cambridge, 3-9 September 1995. Leuven, 1998. P. 143-148.

• The Inner Coffin of Nesj-Mwt from the Priestly Cache of Bab el-Gasus // Eldalmaty M., Trad M. (eds.) Egyptian Museum Collections around the World. Vol. 1. Cairo, 2002. P. 111-118 (together with S. Ivanov)

• The Eastern Borders of Egypt: New Data // Hawass Z. (ed.) Egyptology at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Egyptologists. Cairo, 2000. Vol. 2. Cairo, 2003. P. 113-122.

• TT 320 and the History of the Royal Cache during the 21st Dynasty // Hawass Z. (ed.) Egyptology at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Egyptologists. Cairo, 2000. Vol. 1. Cairo, 2003. P. 73-80.

• Russians in the Land of Pyramids. Travellers, Schollars, Collectors. Moscow, 2003 (in co-authorship with T.A. Sherkova)

• The Cretans in Egypt // Maravelia A.-A. (ed.) Europe, Hellas and Egypt: Complementary antipodes during Late Antiquity. Papers from Session IV.3, held at the European Association of Archaeologists 8th Annual Meeting in Thessaloniki 2002. Oxford, 2004. P. 1-4

• Ancient Memphis and the Helleno-Roman World: A Short Note // Maravelia, A.-A. (ed.): Modern Trends in European Egyptology: Papers from a Session, held at the European Association of Archaeologists 9th Annual Meeting in St. Petersburg 2003, BAR International Series 1448. Oxford, 2005. P. 5-6

• Integrated Geophysical Survey at the Kom Tuman Site, Ancient Memphis (Egypt) // Piro, S. (ed.): Proceedings-Extended Abstracts of the 6-th International Conference on Archaeological Prospecting. Rome, Italy, September 14-17, 2005. Rome, 2005, p. 66-69 (in co-authorship with M. Kats, I. Modin, A. Gidaspov, S. Sokolov, A. Pelevin and A. Krol).

• Russian Scholars in Egypt // Belova G.A. (ed.) Return to Egypt. Pages of History of Russian Egyptology. Moscow, 2009. P. 52-111.

Honors and membership

• Member of the International Association of Egyptologists;
• Member of the Egypt Exploration Society;
• Member of the European Association of Archaeologists;
• Member of the Russian Geographic Society;
• Academician of the Russian Academy of Surviving.