Nikolaev Andrei N.

Languages:

• Russian (native),
• Egyptian (reading),
• English (fluent),
• German (reading)

Education:

• 2004-2007: PhD Programme in Asian and African History, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, SPbSU.
• 2007: PhD Thesis: “I-IV Dynasties Stelae of Ancient Egypt. Structural Analysis of Monuments” (supervisor Prof. Andrey Bolshakov).
• 2002-2004: Master of Arts, Asian and African History, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, SPbSU.
• 2002-1998: Bachelor of Arts, Oriental and African Studies, Major: Egyptology, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, SPbSU.

Professional positions and teaching experience:

• Since 2017: Associate Professor, the Ancient Near Eastern (Ancient Orient) Studies, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, SPbSU
• 2013-2017: Senior Lecturer, Department of the Ancient Near Eastern (Ancient Orient) Studies, Faculty of Asian and African Studies, SPbSU
• Since 2014: Deputy Head of the Oriental Department, State Hermitage Museum
• Since 2007: Senior Researcher, Oriental Department, State Hermitage Museum

Research interests:

• Ancient Egyptian History;
• Early Dynastic Period in Egypt;
• Ancient Egyptian Historiography;
• Ancient Egyptian Coffins

Courses taught:

• History of Ancient Egypt
• Historiography of Ancient Egypt
• Introduction to specialization
• Egyptian collection of the State Hermitage Museum

Publications:

• The earliest written sources of Egypt (Dynasties «0» - III): qualitative and quantitative alterations // Aegyptiaca Rossica. Vol. 5. Moscow, 2017. P. 197-210. (In Russian)
• Mummy case of an unknown woman in the collection of the Hermitage Museum // Aegyptiaca Rossica. Vol. 5. Moscow, 2017. P. 211-228. (In Russian)
• Liturgies for a deceased. One more version of the text // Aegyptiaca Rossica. Vol. 5. Moscow, 2017. P. 229-245. (In Russian)
• The funerary ensemble of Nairis in the Hermitage Museum. Zeitschrift für ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde 143 (1), 2016. S. 77-87. (co-authored with R.Meffre).
• Observations on a Ramesside letter: Papyrus Hermitage ДВ-1119. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. Vol. 101 (2015). P. 365-376. (co-authored with N. V. Makeeva).
• The Pyramidion of Rer // Aegyptiaca Rossica. Vol. 4. Moscow, 2016. P. 274-293. (In Russian)
• Protective ring Sn: Forerunner of Ancient Egyptian Cartouches // Saint Petersburg Egyptological Readings 2013-2014. In commemoration of J. Perepelkin: on the Occasion of his 110th Birthday. Transactions of the State Hermitage, LXXVI. Saint Petersburg, 2015. P. 153-160.
• Several Early Ancient Egyptian Seals from the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow // Saint Petersburg Egyptological Readings 2013-2014. In commemoration of J. Perepelkin: on the Occasion of his 110th Birthday. Transactions of the State Hermitage, LXXVI. Saint Petersburg, 2015. P. 161-176.
• The Coffin of Pa-kesh // Aegyptiaca Rossica. Vol. 3. Moscow, 2015. P. 190-224. (In Russian)
• The Sarcophagus of Tja-nefer. Prague // Archiv Orientalni, 83/1, 2015, P. 1-30.