Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Mohamed Ismail Khaled
Date of birth 13/12/1978
Nationality Egyptian
Education
| 1999 | Bachelor of Arts in Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Archaeology Department, Menia University |
| 2001 | Post Graduate Diploma in the History of Art, Faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University |
| 2005–2009 | Awarded a Ph.D. Scholarship from Czech ministry of education, Charles University (Ph.D. dissertation; The Royal Funerary Domains in the Old Kingdom, New Evidence from the Causeway of the Pyramid Complex of Sahura) |
Professional Experience
| 1999 – 2002 | Inspector of Antiquities for the Supreme Council of Antiquities in the office of the Undersecretary for Giza and the Cairo Monuments |
| 2000 | Assistant of the Senior Editor of American University Press in Cairo – helped with the publishing of the book, “The Hidden Treasures of the Egyptian Museum” by Dr. Zahi Hawass |
| 2000-2001 | Member of the Egyptian Antiquities Information System (EAIS) – worked on the Geographic Information System (GIS) using satellite images to locate and map Egyptian antiquity sites |
| 2002 | Assistant of the Senior Editor of White Star Publishing in Italy – helped with the publishing of the book, “Treasures of the Pyramids” edited by Dr. Zahi Hawass |
| 2003 | Assistant of the Senior Editor of National Geographic in Washington DC – helped with the publishing of the book, “The Curse of the Pharaohs” by Dr. Zahi Hawass |
| 2003 | Assistant of the Senior Editor of Harry N. Abrams publishing in New York – helped with the publishing of the book, “Secrets from the Sand” by Dr. Zahi Hawass |
| 2004 | Assistant of the Senior Editor of American University Press in Cairo helped with publishing of the book, “Mountains of Pharaohs”, by Dr. Zahi Hawass |
| 2004 | Assistant of the Senior Editor of Thames & Hudson Ltd. Publishing in England – helped with the publishing of the book, “Giza and the Pyramids” by Dr. Zahi Hawass and Dr. Mark Lehner |
| 2003–2004 | Responsible for the technical aspects of all SCA publications in Arabic and English. Including scientific editing, photo selection and layout. Overseer of 15 employees in the Research Department |
| 2002–2005 | Director of the Scientific Research Department of the Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA) and the Assistant to the Secretary General of the SCA |
| 2014–2016 | On Scientific leave |
| 2009–present | General Director of the Department of Permanent committees and Foreign Missions Affairs at Ministry of Antiquities (MA). Responsible for the work of all Foreign Missions working and excavating in Egypt |
| 2014–2016 | Postdoctoral Research Scholarship of Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung at Universität Würzburg, Institut für Altertumswissenschaften, Lehrstuhl für altägyptische Kulturgeschichte in ptolemäisch- römischer Zeit. Germany |
| 2016–2018 | Coordinator of the Development and Site Management Project of Pyramids at Giza Plateau. |
| 2017–2018 | Scientific Supervisor of the Scientific Publication Department at the Ministry of Antiquities. |
| 2018–present | Scientific Member at Universität Würzburg, Lehrstuhl für Ägyptologie. Germany. |
Field Work
| 2004; 2012 | Seasons Assistant of the Field Director of the excavation at Abusir. The discovery of the Abusir Blocks from the causeway of Sahure |
| 2013–present | Director of the excavation at Abusir. The discovery of the Abusir Blocks from the causeway of Sahura. |
Grants and Fellowships
| 2006–2009 | Grant No. 335/2006/A-HN/FF (Faculty of Philosophy-Charles University in Prague. Czech Republic). Scenes of the Royal Funerary Domains from the causeway of Sahura |
| 04/2012 | Visiting Scholar fellowship at the Department of the department of the Near Eastern Languages & Civilizations and the Yale Egyptological institute, Yale University, United States of America (USA) |
| 2012–2014 | Grant No. AZ 04/F/12 (Gerda Henkel Stiftung) Research Grant (The Royal Funerary Domains in the Old Kingdom) |
| 2014–2016 | Alexander von Humboldt Post-Doc Fellow at Würzburg University, Germany |
| 2015 | Grant from Thyssen Stiftung for organizing a conference “Geography and Economy of the Ancient Nile Delta, held at University Würzburg, from 26th -29th, November 2015, Germany |
| 2016–2017 | Alexander von Humboldt Return Fellowship Alumni |
| 2016–2018 | Grant from Stiftungsfonds für Postgraduates der Ägyptologie, (The Relief of the Funerary Domains Procession of Sahura: New discovery from the Causeway) |
| 2018–2019 | Grant from Antiquities Endowment Fund (AEF) by the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE), project: Pyramid complex of Sahura: Protection, Restoration & Documentation |
| 2018–2021 | Project funded by (DFG) Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, project: Excavating the Egyptian State and Economy in the Late Third Millennium BCE: A New Investigation of the Causeway of Sahura at Abusir, Würzburg University, Germany |
Honors
| 2000 | 8th International Congress of Egyptologists Award (ICE VIII) |
| 2002 | Centennial Celebration of the Egyptian Museum Award (SCA) |
| 2014 | Corresponding Member of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI) |
Professional International Conferences
| 2005 | "Notes on the name of the Domain I3gt", in the conference „Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2005", held in Prague "June 27th–July 5th 2005", Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2006 | "Site Management and Saving Our Heritage", Brno, Czech Republic, 5.7.2006–10.7.2006 |
| 2007 | "Old kingdom Funerary domains: Question of dating!", in the conference, Chronology and Archaeology in Ancient Egypt, (The Third and the early Second Millennium B.C.), held in Prague (June 11–14, 2007), Prague (2008) |
| 2010 | "New discoveries from Abusir": in the conference of "Abusir an Saqqara in the Year 2010" held in Prague "May 31st–June 4th 2010", Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2012 | "The Egyptian Expedition at Abusir: The Funerary Domains of Sahura: New Evidence": in the conference, "Altägyptische Geographie", held in Fribourg, "29th–30th November 2012", Switzerland |
| 2013 | "Sahura Causeway- Rediscovered!": in the conference "The 64th Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)", held in Cincinnati, "13th–21st April 2013", United State of America |
| 2015 | "The Donation of the Royal Funerary Domains in the Old Kingdom": in the conference of "Abusir and Saqqara in the Year 2015" held in Prague "June 22nd–June 27th 2015", Prague, Czech Republic |
| 2015 | "The Delta in the time of Sahura, new discoveries": in the conference of “The Geography and Economy of the Ancient Nile Delta" held in Würzburg Universität, "November 26th–November 29th 2015", Würzburg, Germany |
| 2017 | “Delta at the time of the Fifth Dynasty”: in the conference “Delta and Sinai 2. Current Research”, held The Department of Egyptian and Near Eastern Archaeology, Institute of Archaeology, Jagiellonian University in Kraków, Poland, 29th September–1st October, Kraków, Poland |
| 2017 | “Forgotten blocks from Abusir, Recent Discoveries”: in the conference “XI. Templetagung, The Discourse between Tomb and Temple”, held in Charles University, May 24th–May 27th 2017, Prague. Czech Republic |
| 2017 | “Recent discoveries from the Causeway of Sahura at Abusir”: in a workshop “The rise and development of the solar cult and architecture in Ancient Egypt”, held in Czech Academy of Science, December 15th 2017, Prague. Czech Republic |
Committee Appointment
| 2000 | Member of the organizing committee of the 8th International Congress |
| 2002 | Member of the Committee of Hidden Treasures Exhibit for the Centennial Celebration of the Egyptian Museum. Traveled throughout Egypt with a committee of 5 persons to select the artifacts for the exhibit. Consulted on the artifact display and renovations of the basement of the Egyptian Museum |
| 2004 | Member of the permanent executive committee of Akhenaton Museum in Menia, Middle Egypt |
| 2009–2011 | Coordinator of the High Committee of the Project of the Children Museum at Heliopolis |
| 2009–present | Member of the Committee of Reviewing the work of the Archaeological Missions excavating in Egypt |
| 2009–present | Member of the permanent committee of Egyptian, Islamic and Coptic Antiquities at Supreme Council of Antiquities |
| 2016–2018 | Member of the High Committee of the Giza Plateau development project |
| 2016–2018 | Member of the Foreign Exhibition committee at the Ministry of Antiquities |
| 2017–2018 | Head of the committee responsible for supervising the training of inspectors at the ministry of Antiquities |
| 2017-2018 | Member of the Scientific Publication committee of the Ministry of Antiquities |
| 2017-2018 | Head of the committee responsible for preparing Archaeological Atlas book for school pupils for the Egyptian Ministry of Education |
| 2018–present | Member of the organizing committee of the 12th International Congress of Egyptology (ICE XII) |
Education Outreach and Lectures
| 2008 | Lecture, The Pyramids of Ancient Egypt, Cairo University, Faculty of Arts, Department of History |
| 2009 | Teacher, Ancient Egyptian Economy, the Supreme Council of Antiquities Adult Education Program |
| 2010 | Teacher, Introduction to the Ancient Egyptian Art, the Supreme Council of Antiquities Adult Education Program |
| 2011 | Lecture for the Macedonian Archeologists, Funerary Furniture in Ancient Egypt, the Supreme Council of Antiquities |
| 2011 | Lecture, The Funerary Domains of Sahura, New Evidence, The Polish Center of Mediterranean Archaeology. Heliopolis, Cairo |
| 2012 | Series of Lectures for the graduate and undergraduate students, New Discoveries from Abusir, Yale Egyptological institute, Yale University, USA |
| 2012 | Public Lecture, Egyptian Cultural Heritage and the Egyptian Revolution. The Council on Middle East Studies the MacMillan Center, Yale University, USA |
| 2013 | Lecture in the Egypt Exploration Society, Recent Discoveries from the Causeway of Sahura at Abusir, The British Council, Agouza, Cairo |
| 2014 | Public Lecture, The Causeway of Sahura at Abusir-Rediscovered, Bagno di Romagna, Italy |
| 2014 | Lecture, The pyramid complex of Sahura: History of Exploration, The Institut für die Kulturen des Alten Orients (IANES) Abteilung für Ägyptologie, Universität Tübingen, Germany |
| 2015 | Lecture, Ludwig Borchardt: The forgotten blocks from the Pyramid Complex of Sahura at Abusir, The Institut für Ägyptologie und Koptologie der Universität München, Germany |
| 2015 | Lecture, The Rediscovery of the Causeway of Sahura at Abusir, The Institut für Altertumswissenschaften, Lehrstuhl für altägyptische Kulturgeschichte in ptolemäisch-römischer Zeit, Universität Würzburg, Germany |
| 2016 | Teaching Egyptology Seminars for school children at the Akademie für Innovative Bildung und Management (AIM), Heilbronn-Franken, Germany |
| 2018 | Lecture, Recent discovery from the Causeway of Sahura at Abusir, The American Research Center in Egypt, January 10th 2018, Cairo. Egypt |
