Mariam Ayad
Visiting Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Near Eastern Religions
WSRP Research Associate 2020–21
Home institution
The American University in Cairo
Research project
A Gendered Analysis of an Egyptian Mortuary Ritual
This project explores the impact of class and gender on ancient Egyptian conceptions of death, revival, and the afterlife. By comparing two contemporaneous funerary corpora belonging to a high-ranking priestess and the man who served her, it assesses whether the Egyptians adopted gendered pathways to the afterlife.
Profile
Mariam Ayad is Associate Professor of Egyptology at The American University in Cairo. She is the author of God’s Wife, God’s Servant: The God's Wife of Amun (ca.740–525 BC) (Routledge, 2009).
Course
HDS 3074: Gender and Ritual in Ancient Egyptian Funerary Practices (Fall 2020)