Martin Bommas
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Martin Bommas (born 1967 in Heilbronn) is a German
Academia
Martin Bommas studied
Philology
In 1994, Martin Bommas began working on religious texts at the
Archaeology
Martin Bommas began his archaeological work in Pakistan in 1990 where he participated in survey and excavation work in the
Museums
In the museum sector, Martin Bommas has contributed to the establishment and maintenance of temporary and permanent exhibitions around the world. He acted as a consulting Egyptologist for the establishment of the new Archaeological Museum at Elephantine in Egypt (1995-1998) and for an exhibition on Egypt in Graeco-Roman times at the Städtische Galerie Liebieghaus in Frankfurt (2003-2005), as well as a consulting archaeologist for a permanent exhibition on Egyptian gods in the Aegean world at the Archaeological Museum of Thessaloniki. Between 2010 and 2018 he served as Curator of the Eton Myers Collection of Egyptian Art at the University of Birmingham. In 2018 he moved to Macquarie University in Sydney to occupy the role of Museum Director at the Macquarie University History Museum. This Museum is part of the Arts Precinct (opened 2021) at the University and the collection comprises over 18,000 objects that span ancient cultures around the world to modern Australian history.[6] In his role as Museum Director, Martin Bommas directed the Museum’s layout and design and he oversees the collection.
Non-archaeological discoveries
Some notable achievements in Martin Bommas’ career include the discovery of several papyrus fragments. In 1998, he published the long lost fragments of the magical Papyrus Harris 501 that he discovered in the Von-Portheim Stiftung, Heidelberg. Between 2016 and 2017, he was resident Getty Research Scholar at the Getty Villa in Los Angeles where he discovered a large collection of unpublished hieratic papyri, mainly stemming from the Book of the Dead. This material has been published in the Google Arts & Culture online exhibition: The Getty Book of the Dead.[7] At the Nicholson Museum at the University of Sydney, he discovered, translated and researched more unpublished papyri fragments, including a papyrus dating to the earliest period of Islam in Egypt.
Media
Martin Bommas has participated in various media productions, such as The Verb with
References
- ^ "Charlotte Booth". University of Birmingham. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017.
- ^ a b "Martin Bommas". Macquarie University. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ^ "Martin Bommas | Macquarie University - Academia.edu". mq.academia.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ^ "Meldungen - Dainst". www.dainst.org. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ^ "Qubbet el-Hawa Research Project". Egypt Exploration Society. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ^ "Macquarie University History Museum". Macquarie University. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
- ^ "The Getty Book of the Dead". Google Arts & Culture. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
External links
- "Archaeologists find compelling evidence for new tombs at Qubbet Al-Hawa site in Aswan - Ancient Egypt - Heritage - Ahram Online". English.ahram.org.eg. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- "New discoveries around Aswan". Ees.ac.uk. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- "Shop landing". Ees.ac.uk. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- "Qubbet el-Hawa Research Project". Ees.ac.uk. 21 July 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2017.
- "Orientalia Vol.75". Gregorian Biblical BookShop. Retrieved 22 October 2017 – via Google Books.
- Channel 5: Egyptian Tomb Hunting with Tony Robinson http://www.channel5.com/show/egyptian-tomb-hunting/
- Martin Bommas Academia Profile. Retrieved December 2019.
- Martin Bommas MQ Research Portal. Retrieved December 2019.
- Macquarie University History Museum. Retrieved September 2020.
- Google Arts & Culture: The Getty Book of the Dead. Retrieved September 2020.
- German Archaeological Institute. Retrieved September 2020.
- Macquarie University History Museum. Retrieved May 2021.