About the Centre

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 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;
• Member of the international working group «Informatique et egyptologie»;
• Editor of the series «The Sacred Word of the East».

Publications

Author of more than 90 articles on history and culture of Ancient Egypt, including

• 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).
• Rulers of Africa. Moscow, in print

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.