Karnak Great Hypostyle Hall Project

09/03/2025

Dr. Peter Brand will be presenting a lecture on Ideological "Themes and Motifs in Ramesses II's Kadesh Narrative" on Sept. 5 2025 for the Petrie Memorial Lecture. https://www.friendsofpetrie.org.uk/wp/uncategorized/petrie-memorial-lecture-5th-september-2025/

05/13/2025

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05/13/2025

Members of the 2025 field season, led by Dr. Peter Brand, visiting Abu Simbel

04/21/2025

04/12/2023

Dr. Peter Brand was recently interviewed for the “What’s New in History” podcast series, discussing his book “Ramesses II, Egypt’s Ultimate Pharaoh.”

To listen please follow this link:

With Author Prof. Peter Brand

01/10/2023

Hey! Have you preordered it yet? Ramesses II, Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh
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01/10/2023

Dear all,
We are delighted to let you know that Dr. Peter Brand's upcoming book on Ramesses II, "Ramesses II: Egypt's Ultimate Pharaoh," Lockwood Press, will soon be available for purchase!
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12/08/2019

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11/18/2019

via Memphis Historians:
Dr. Peter Brand delivered a fascinating talk on emerging technologies and the recording of inscriptions on the giant columns of the Great Hypostyle Hall Project at Karnak Temple on November 13. The Fountain View Suite in the University Center was packed with students, faculty, and members of the Memphis community. Along with his explication of the project he oversees and the employment of new technologies to the study of ancient inscriptions, Professor Brand movingly remembered his mentor and predecessor on this project and in the Department of History, William J. Murnane.

03/14/2019

The translation and commentary volume of the interior wall scenes of the Great Hypostyle Hall in the Temple of Amun at Karnak is now available for purchase and free download on the Orietntal Institute's website.

By Peter J. Brand, Rosa Erika Feleg, and William J. Murnane

11/02/2018

Dear all, we are very delighted to let you know the translation and commentary volume of the reliefs on the interior walls of the Hypostyle Hall is finally here:

Standing at the heart of Karnak Temple, the Great Hypostyle Hall is a forest of 134 giant sandstone columns enclosed by massive walls. Sety I built the Great Hypostyle Hall ca. 1300 BCE and decorated the northern wing with exquisite bas reliefs. After his death, his successor Ramesses II complete...

07/27/2017

Dear all, the Science Channel will be featuring a documentary this Friday (July 28th) and the following days called Unearthed: Mystery of Egypt's Mega Temple. Part of the documentary discusses the Hypostyle Hall alongside interviews with some of the project members.
https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/unearthed/

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