Peter Piccione , Associate Professor
Email:piccionep@cofc.edu

Department of History
Office: Maybank 307 Hours: by appt.
Phone: 953-4861

PETER A. PICCIONE (Ancient Egypt, the Near East, Nubia and Cush) received his Ph. D. from The Oriental Institute of The University of Chicago in 1990. He has performed epigraphical and archaeological research in Egypt and directs the Theban Tombs Publication Project in Egypt. His numerous articles pertain to the history of Egyptian religion, medicine, athletics, and social history. Currently he is the managing editor of Serapis: The American Journal of Egyptology (Chicago) and editor for Ancient Egypt for the Society of Ancient Medicine Review (Ann Arbor). His book, The Game of Senet in Ancient Egyptian History and Religion, is forthcoming (University of Hamburg). He is also editing an editio princeps of the letters of Prof. James Henry Breasted, written during the latter's political and archaeological reconnaissance of the Middle East from 1919-20.

Professor Piccione's web site
Theban Tombs Research
Ancient Records of Egypt edited by James H. Breasted