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ICE – International Congresses of Egyptologists

After its separation from the International Conference of Orientalists in Paris in 1973, the International Congress of Egyptologists (ICE) was held at intervals of three and four years, respectively.

The 13th International Congress of Egyptologists will take place in Leiden (6-12 August 2023).

Leiden has been home to Egyptology since 1818 when the first large collection of Egyptian antiquities entered the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. The 13th ICE is made jointly by the Leiden University Department of Egyptology, the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden (RMO), the Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten (NINO) and the Papyrologisch Instituut, Leiden.

To present at the International Congress of Egyptologists it is obligatory to be a member of the IAE. If you are not a member yet, you can join here.

The following list specifies the year and location of the ICE as well as the publication of its proceedings and/or abstracts.

No.YearLocationAbstractsProceedings
1st ICE 1976 Cairo / Egypt Wildung, Dietrich (ed.), First International Congress of Egyptology, München 1976 Reineke, Walter F. (ed.), First International Congress of Egyptology, Cairo, October 2–10, 1976. Acts, Schriften zur Geschichte und Kultur des Alten Orients 14, Berlin 1979
2nd ICE 1979 Grenoble / France L’Égyptologie en 1979. Axes prioritaires de recherché, Tome I–II, Colloques Internationaux du Centre National de la recherché Scientifique 595, Paris 1982
3rd ICE 1982 Toronto / Canada SSEA (ed.),Third International Congress of Egyptology, September 5 – 11 1982, Toronto, Canada [Programme and Abstracts, Toronto 1982] Kelley, A[llyn] L. (ed.), Papers of the Pottery Workshop. Third International Congress of Egyptology, Toronto, September 1982, The Society for the Study of Egyptian Antiquities (SSEA), Studies 4, Mississauga 1982
4th ICE 1985 Munich / Germany Schoske, Sylvia (ed.), Fourth International Congress of Egyptology, Munich 1985, 26 August – 1 September. Abstracts of Papers, München 1985 Schoske, Sylvia (ed.), Akten des vierten Internationalen Ägyptologen Kongresses, München 1985, Band 1–4, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur (SAK), Beihefte 1–4, Hamburg 1988–1991
5th ICE 1988 Cairo / Egypt Cherif, Alya (ed.), Fifth International Congress of Egyptology, October 29 – November 3, Cairo 1988. Abstracts of Papers, [Cairo 1988]
6th ICE 1991 Turin / Italy Sesto Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia, Turin 1st –8th September 1991. Abstracts of Papers, Turin 1991 Sesto Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia. Atti, Volume I–II, Torino 1992–1993
7th ICE 1995 Cambridge / United Kingdom Eyre, Christopher J. (ed.), Seventh International Congress of Egyptologists, Cambridge, 3–9 September 1995. Abstracts of Papers, Oxford 1995 Eyre, C[hristopher] J. (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Egyptologists, Cambridge, 3–9 September 1995, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta (OLA) 82, Leuven 1998
8th ICE 2000 Cairo / Egypt Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists, Cairo, 28 March – 3 April. Abstracts of Papers, Cairo 2000 Hawass, Zahi (ed.), Egyptology at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century. Proceedings of the Eighth International Congress of Egyptologists, Cairo, 2000, Volume 1–3, Cairo / New York 2003
9th ICE 2004 Grenoble / France IXe Congrès International des Égyptologues, Grenoble, 6 – 12 Septembre 2004, Grenoble-France. Résumés des communications , [Grenoble 2004] Goyon, Jean-Claude / Christine Cardin (eds.), Proceedings of the Ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, Grenoble, 6–12 septembre 2004, Volume I–II, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta (OLA) 150, Leuven 2007
10th ICE 2008 Rhodes / Greece Kousoulis, Panagiotis (ed.), Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists. University of the Aegean, Department of Mediterranean Studies, Rhodes 22–29 May 2008. Abstracts of Papers, Rhodes 2008 ( Download) Kousoulis, Panagiotis / Nikolaos Lazaridis (eds.), Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists, University of the Aegean, Rhodes, 22-29 May 2008, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta (OLA) 241, Leuven 2015
11th ICE 2015 Florence / Italy Museo Egizio Firenze, Paper and poster abstracts ICE XI, International Congress of Egyptologists XI, Florence (Italy), August 23rd – 30th 2015, Livorno 2015 Rosati, Gloria/Guidotti, Maria Cristina (eds.), Proceedings of the XI International Congress of Egyptologists, Florence, Italy 23-30 August 2015, Archaeopress Egyptology 19, Oxford 2017
12th ICE 2019 Cairo / Egypt