Sofia Aziz

I am thrilled to have participated in the 4-part TV series on the life of Ramses ll, a superb production by my talented friend Curtis Ryan Woodside. You can catch it now on Amazon Prime and YouTube!

This lecture was recorded for Dream Palace Athens 2023.

I am delighted to announce that my next public lecture will be for the SSAE on October 12th. In November 2022, we celebrated the centenary of the discovery of Tutankhamun’s 18th dynasty tomb. Howard Carter and his team unearthed a treasure trove, the likes of which the world had never seen. Due to the sheer …

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My latest Article “Vital Organs” is Now Out in Nile Magazine! In this piece, I delve into the fascinating world of ancient Egyptian mummification, challenging some of the long-held beliefs about the process. What if some of what we thought we knew about mummification was wrong? A huge thank you to editor Jeff Burzacott and …

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My next zoom lecture will be on 13th May, 2024, 19:30 – 21:30 BST. All welcome…For tickets please follow link below: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/maes-sofia-aziz-the-human-brain-in-ancient-egypt-tickets-848288011277

Join us in Manchester on the 15th May, 2024 at Hetherington’s Cafe Bar, 8 Pollard St, Manchester, M4 7AJ (7.30-10pm). I’ll be discussing my research on the “Importance and Function of the Human Brain in Ancient Egypt” for the Pint of Science Festival. What understanding did the ancient Egyptians have of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology and …

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Coffin of Nedjemankh who was a priest of the god “Heryshaf” at the city of Ahnas. His coffin is made of gilded cartonnage with inlaid eyes and is covered with scenes as well as funerary spells from the Book of the Dead. It dates to the Ptolemaic Period (332-30 BCE). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, …

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So pleased to see my book included in the 2023 international congress of Egyptologists bookshop. Thank you to Vanessa Foott for the photos.

The Human Brain in Ancient Egypt provides a medical and historical re-evaluation of the function and importance of the human brain in ancient Egypt. The study evaluates whether treatment of the brain during anthropogenic mummification was linked to medical concepts of the brain. The notion that excerebration was carried out to rid the body of the …

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