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The Griffith Institute - University of Oxford

The Griffith Institute has been at the heart of Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford for over seventy years.

It is home to two major research projects, the Topographical Bibliography (Porter & Moss) and the Online Egyptological Bibliography (OEB). The Griffith Institute also houses an archive of 'wonderful things' containing the collective memory and life work of some of Egyptology's greatest scholars, including its founder Francis Llewellyn Griffith, as well as Sir Alan Gardiner and Jaroslav Černý. Perhaps the most famous are the records of Howard Carter whose name is synonymous with the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun. The Griffith Institute provides vital resources for the study of the history and culture of ancient Egypt and the Near East, which may be accessed directly, or online.

Griffith latest news

Davies Theban Tomb tracings now online

Detail of text in Theban Tomb 65 (Davies tracing 10.23.91)

Over 1000 tracings made in Theban tombs by Norman and Nina de Garis Davies in the early twentieth century have now been rehoused, catalogued, digitized and the online publication completed. Some of these tracings record scenes that have since deteriorated or are now lost.


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Visit the Griffith Institute's Facebook page for the latest news, project updates and information on Egyptological events in and around Oxford. View highlights from the Griffith Institute Archive, including the watercolours of George Alexander Hoskins, a corpus of hieroglyphic signs compiled by Rosalind Paget and Annie Pirie, and Harry Burton's photographs taken during the excavation of the tomb of Tutankhamun.

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