Jeffrey Newman - Near Eastern Languages & Cultures

Jeffrey Newman

Graduate Student

Jeffrey is a Ph.D. candidate in Egyptology at UCLA. His research focuses on Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt, particularly regarding how elites utilized ritual and performance to communicate ideologies of power and how large administrative institutions developed to facilitate this communication. He is also interested in trade and resource acquisition in early Egypt, specifically how metal and mineralogical materials were sourced, processed and integrated into a broader system of elite ritual display. Jeffrey has worked with many archaeological excavations in Egypt, Ethiopia and Israel. He is currently the metallurgical specialist for the Yale Tell Edfu Project and the Hierakonpolis Expedition. He is also a photographer and has worked at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum (ISAC) at the University of Chicago and the UCLA Coffins Project.

Education

MA, Egyptology, University of Chicago (2016)
BA, Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Cultures, Penn State (2014)

Research

Ritual, Performance and Kingship in early Egyptian history
Trade and Technology in early Egypt
Kingship and Ideologies of Power in Northeast Africa

Fields of Interest

Egyptian interactions with the Levant and Nubia, particularly in the Early Dynastic Period and Old Kingdom
Egyptian Military and Trade Expeditions
Raw material processing in ancient Egypt