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A Life on the Rocks: Dirk Huyge (1957–2018) and the Development of Rock Art Research in Egypt

dc.contributor.authorClaes, Wouter
dc.contributor.authorHendrickx, Stan
dc.contributor.authorDe Dapper, Morgan
dc.contributor.editorFörster, Frank
dc.contributor.editorGatto, Maria Carmela
dc.contributor.editorMedici, Paolo
dc.contributor.editorPolkowski, Paweł Lech
dc.contributor.editorSperveslage, Gunnar
dc.coverage.spatialEgypten_US
dc.coverage.spatialElkaben_US
dc.coverage.spatialQurtaen_US
dc.coverage.spatialel-Hoshen_US
dc.date2025
dc.date.accessioned2026-03-26T16:28:36Z
dc.date.available2026-03-26T16:28:36Z
dc.identifier.isbn9781906137953
dc.identifier.urihttps://orfeo.belnet.be/handle/internal/14645
dc.descriptionThe fundamental role and importance of Dirk Huyge for the renewed interest in and development of rock art research in Egypt during the last decades cannot be underestimated. Starting with his research on the rock art of Elkab, Dirk presented a comprehensive approach for the study of Predynastic rock art in the Upper Egyptian Nile valley. Later he firmly demonstrated the existence of Epipalaeolithic rock art at el-Hosh, linked to fishing activities, which at the moment of its discovery constituted the earliest art known in Egypt. However, that changed when he discovered at el-Hosh, and especially Qurta, even earlier representations, dating to the Late Palaeolithic. His impact and influence on the study of Egyptian rock art will remain for a long time, if only because he managed to go beyond cataloguing and stressed the importance of integrating his discoveries into the archaeology and iconography of ancient Egypt. A full bibliography of Dirk Huyge’s publications (1977–2022) is provided at the end of this paper.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherGolden House Publicationsen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesInternet-Beiträge zur Ägyptologie und Sudanarchäologieen_US
dc.titleA Life on the Rocks: Dirk Huyge (1957–2018) and the Development of Rock Art Research in Egypten_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
dc.subject.frascatiHistory and Archaeologyen_US
dc.audienceScientificen_US
dc.subject.freeHistory of Egyptologyen_US
dc.subject.freeDirk Huygeen_US
dc.subject.freeEgyptian rock arten_US
dc.source.titleCurrent Research in the Rock Art of the Eastern Sahara: In Memory of Dirk Huyge (1957–2018): Proceedings of a Session of the 20th International Rock Art Congress IFRAO 2018 in Valcamonica, Italyen_US
dc.source.volume27en_US
dc.source.page5-38en_US
Orfeo.peerreviewedYesen_US


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