Taylor Bryanne Woodcock

PhD Candidate
taylorbryanne.woodcock@mail.utoronto.ca

Fields of Study

  • Egyptology

Areas of Interest

  • Ethnicity in antiquity
  • Nubian archaeology
  • Migration and cultural adaptation

Biography

Taylor has worked in Egypt as an archaeologist and finds analyst with the South Asasif Conservation Project for four seasons and in Sudan with the Jebel Barkal Archaeological Project for three seasons. She co-founded Nile Scribes, an Egyptology blog, with Thomas H. Greiner in 2017.

Education

  • M.A. in Egyptology from the American University in Cairo, Egypt

Current Supervisor(s)

Katja Goebs

Dissertation Title

Constructing the Self, Perceiving the Other: The Nubian in Ancient Egyptian Contexts

Publications

  • “Five Ancient Egyptian Words You Didn’t Know You Knew” in Nile 26 (July-August 2020), co-authored with Thomas H. Greiner
  • “Battle against Sea People,” “Battle of Kadesh,” “Battle of Megiddo,” “Ethnicity,” “Foreigners,” “Kush,” “Nubia,” “Punt,” in All Things Ancient Egypt: An Encyclopedia of the Ancient Egyptian World, 2 vols, (2019) edited by Lisa K. Sabbahy

Presentations

  • “Karakhamun’s Ceiling Project” presented for the Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities, Toronto, April 29, 2021
  • “Islands and Identities: The Sea Peoples in Egyptian Sources” presented for the Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Toronto, February 15, 2018
  • “Good Neighbors and Bad Neighbors: The dichotomy of positive and negative portrayals of ethnic groups in ancient Egyptian texts” presented at the Graduate Annual Research Discussions on Egypt & Nubia, Cairo, December 13, 2014

Teaching Experience

  • NML340 - Intermediate Middle Egyptian