College of Charleston Department of History
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 Professor James Henry Breasted, written during the latter's political and archaeological reconnaissance of the Middle East from 1919-20.
Contact:
Peter Piccione , Associate Professor
Email: piccionep@cofc.edu
Phone: 953-4861
Office:Maybank 314
Peter Piccione, History Consultant for "The Body Beautiful in Ancient Egypt." Discovery Films Documentary, Cicada Films, London. April-May 2004.
(Compass: A Publication of the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, Vol. I)
Fall 2009:
HIST 103.012, 014
HIST 230.001 ST: Ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia
Spring 2010:
