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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Maarten Praet

Citation names

  • Praet, Maarten

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
931C-7132-0415

Websites

Knowledge fields

  • Humanities - History and Archaeology

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Dutch (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
French Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Upper intermediate (B2) Advanced (C1)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
German Elementary (A2) Advanced (C1) Elementary (A2) Elementary (A2) Intermediate (B1)
Arab Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1) Beginner (A1) Elementary (A2) Beginner (A1)
Education
Degree Classification
2019/09/01 - 2025/05/30
Ongoing
 PhD Program in Ancient Egyptian Art and Archaeology (Doctor of Philosophy)
Johns Hopkins University Department of Near Eastern Studies, United States
"The Reign of Mentuhotep II Reconsidered" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2016/09/20 - 2018/07/06
Concluded
 Master of Language and Area Studies: Egyptology (Master)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Letteren, Belgium
"he relief fragments of Mentuhotep II's mortuary temple in the Cinquantenaire Museum. Reconstruction and interpretation" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2015/09/20 - 2016/09/09
Concluded
 Master of Archaeology (Master)
Major in Ancient Egypt
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Letteren, Belgium
"De Middenrijksnecropool in Deir el-Bahari en el-Asasif" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2014/09/20 - 2015/09/11
Concluded
 Master of Ancient History (Master)
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Letteren, Belgium
"Administratieve relaties in de Fayum in de derde eeuw v.C. Een Social Network Analysis van ambtenarenapparaat aan de hand van het archief van Kleon en Theodoros en het Zenonarchief" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
2011/09/20 - 2014/07/01
Concluded
 Bachelor of History (Bachelor)
Major in Ancient History
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Letteren, Belgium
"De etnische herkomst van de auxilia in het Romeinse leger. Cohortes I Thebaeorum & II Thebaeorum" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2021/09/01 - 2022/08/15 Assistant (University Teacher) Johns Hopkins University Department of Near Eastern Studies, United States
Johns Hopkins University Department of Near Eastern Studies, United States
Projects

Other

Designation Funders
2022/02 - Current Project Amunet
NON-FUNDED
Co-Principal Investigator (Co-PI)
Not funded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Praet, Maarten. "The decorated wall fragments from the funerary temple of Mentuhotep II". In Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries, edited by Price, Campbell; Boonstra, Stephanie. United Kingdom, 2024.
    Accepted
Conference poster
  1. Poolman, Laurel; Praet, Maarten; Soldi, Sebastiano; Karakaya, Doga. "The Waste of a City: The Archaeology of a Sam’alian Refuse Pit". Paper presented in Annual Meeting of the American Society of Overseas Research, 2023.
Journal article
  1. Badr, Ibrahim; Sutherland, M Linda; Tooley, Angela M.J.; Praet, Maarten. "New Insights on Mummification Techniques during Ancient Egypt's Middle Kingdom Period (2055-1782 BC) Using Non-Destructive CT-Scanning of the Mummy of Lady Amanit, Priestess of Hathor". Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists 9 1 (2024): 94-109. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/jguaa2.2023.211923.1136.
    Published • 10.21608/jguaa2.2023.211923.1136
Magazine article
  1. Praet, Maarten. "De decoratie in de dodentempel van Mentoehotep II: een poging tot reconstructie van reliëffragment E.4619", Ta-Mery, 2022
Newsletter article
  1. Praet, Maarten. "Expeditie Egypte. Het ontstaan van de oud-Egyptische collectie in het Jubelpark", Post Scriptum. Nieuwsbrief van Post Factum, 2023
  2. Praet, Maarten. "Van Luxor naar Cairo. De lotgevallen van 22 Oudegyptische koninklijke gemummificeerde lichamen", Post Scriptum. Nieuwsbrief van Post Factum, 2021
  3. Praet, Maarten. "Bezwering voor het toedienen van een remedie aan ieder ziek lichaamsdeel. Geneeskunde in het Oude Egypte", Post Scriptum. Nieuwsbrief van Post Factum, 2020
  4. Praet, Maarten. "Gladiatoren: helden in het oude Rome", Post Scriptum. Nieuwsbrief van Post Factum, 2016
  5. Praet, Maarten. "Dubbeltentoonstelling in het KMKG. Sarcophagi & De leefwereld van Djehoetihotep", Post Scriptum, Nieuwsbrief van Post Factum, 2015
  6. Praet, Maarten. "Bespreking van H. SINGOR, Sicilië in de oudheid. De Griekse periode", Post Scriptum. Nieuwsbrief van Post Factum, 2014
  7. Praet, Maarten. "Tentoonstelling: Eeuwenoud Cyprus – Wisselwerking van culturen", Post Scriptum. Nieuwsbrief van Post Factum, 2012
Online resource
  1. Praet, Maarten. Ancient Egypt - The Temple of Mentuhotep II. 2021. https://religiondatabase.org/browse/1072/#/.
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. "The relief fragments of Mentuhotep II’s mortuary temple in the Cinquantenaire Museum: Reconstruction and interpretation". Master, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Letteren, 2018.
  2. "The necropolis of the Middle Kingdom in Dayr al-Bahri and al-Asasif. Evolution, spatial context and social stratification". Master, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Letteren, 2016.
  3. "Administrative relations in the Fayum during the 3rd century B.C. A Social Network Analysis of the Public administration on the basis of the archives of Kleon and Zenon". Master, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven Faculteit Letteren, 2015.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2024/01/08 Reconsidering Mentuhotep II. Evidence from museum collections in Greater Manchester Lecture presented to the general public
Manchester Egyptological Society (Manchester, United Kingdom)
2023/08/08 Of Gods and Kings. Religious innovations during the reign of Mentuhotep II International Congress of Egyptologists XIII
Leiden University (Leiden, Netherlands)
2023/03/10 Analyzing Human Relations Through the Syntax of Space. Case-studies from Ancient Egypt Workshop: Know your place: (Re)Constructing Spaces in Premodern Visual Cultures
eikones – Zentrum für die Theorie und Geschichte des Bildes (Basel, Switzerland)
2022/09/26 Access to Mural Art at Amarna. A Space Syntax Analysis of Wall Paintings in the King’s House Current Research in Egyptology
University of Montpellier (Montpellier, France)
2022/05 Access to Mural Art at Amarna. A Space Syntax Analysis of Wall Paintings in the King’s House 24th Annual International Congress of the Mediterranean Studies Association
(Lisbon, Portugal)
2022/04/23 Access to Mural Art at Amarna. A Space Syntax Analysis of Wall Paintings in the King’s House Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt
(Irvine (CA), United States)
2022/01/27 Decorated fragments from the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II in the former Sammlung von Bissing Symposium Bissing Links
Allard Pierson Museum (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
2021/03/02 A Life in Ruins. How to reconstruct an ancient Egyptian monument Lecture presented to the Community College of Baltimore County
Community College of Baltimore County (Baltimore, United States)
2020/04 Mentuhotep II’s jigsaw Puzzle. An attempt at reconstructing Brussels fragment E.5261 (cancelled because of Covid-19 pandemic) Annual Meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE)
(Toronto, Canada)
2019/06/19 Mentuhotep II’s jigsaw Puzzle. An attempt at reconstructing Brussels fragment E.5261 Current Research in Egyptology
(Alcalá de Henares, Spain)
2019/04/02 Ancient Egyptian stacking blocks. Relief fragments from the mortuary temple of Mentuhotep II in Brussels and Boston Lecture presented to the general public
American Research Center in Egypt, New England Chapter (Boston, United States)
2019/02/26 Een oud-Egyptische blokkendoos. Reliëf fragmenten uit de dodentempel van Mentoehotep II in Brussel en Boston Lecture presented to the general public
Egyptologica Vlaanderen vzw (Leuven and Ghent, Belgium)
2017/12 De reliëfs van Mentoehotep II uit het Jubelparkmuseum: Reconstructie en interpretatie Symposium: In de voetsporen van Jean Capart
Royal Museums of Art and History (Brussels, Belgium)
2017/05 The relief fragments of Mentuhotep II’s mortuary temple in Brussels: Reconstruction and interpretation The Egyptological Conference in Copenhagen
(Copenhagen, Denmark)
2017/02/25 The relief fragments of Mentuhotep II’s mortuary temple in Brussels: Reconstruction and interpretation Graduate Annual Research Discussions on Egypt and Nubia
(Cairo, Egypt)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2021/04 - Current Organizing the yearly ANSHE Lecture at Johns Hopkins University (2021/05/19)
Symposium (Co-organisor)
 Johns Hopkins University Department of Near Eastern Studies, United States
2021/09/01 - 2022/05/30 Organizing the Lunch Lectures cycle in the Near Eastern Studies department at the Johns Hopkins University. (2021/09/01 - 2022/05/30)
Symposium
 Johns Hopkins University Department of Near Eastern Studies, United States

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2023/10 - Current Member of the PhD Advisory Committee to the Vice Provost of Graduate Education of the Johns Hopkins University
Advisor / Consultant
 Johns Hopkins University Office of the Provost, United States

Conference scientific committee

Conference name Conference host
2023/12 - Current Member of the Current Research in Egyptology Editing Committee Current Research in Egyptology

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2023/11/27 - 2023/11/27 Guest lecturer (1 class) for the MA course Reis e Deuses (Mestrado)
2022/07/01 - 2022/08/15 Instructor for the Blast Summer Course Talk Like an Egyptian: Introduction to ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphs, organized by the Alexander Grass Humanities Institute
2021/09/01 - 2022/05/30 Instructor for the course Introduction to Middle Egyptian (Bachelor) Johns Hopkins University Department of Near Eastern Studies, United States

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2011/09/01 - 2012/05/30 Latin Paulien De Nul