Marina Brown

At Yale University Marina received an M.Phil in Egyptology in 2011, and her PhD in Egyptology in 2015. She was appointed Postdoctoral Associate in Egyptology at Yale for the academic year 2015-16. Marina obtained a B.A. in Near and Middle Eastern Civilizations from the University of Toronto in 2006.
Marina’s research focuses on traditions of rock art, rock inscription, and graffiti production in ancient Egypt.  Her dissertation, entitled ‘Keeping Enemies Closer:’ Ascribed Material Agency in Ancient Egyptian Rock Inscriptions and the Projection of Presence and Power in Liminal Regions, explored the functional and structural dynamics of rock art, rock inscription, and graffiti production with respect to patterns of site formation and territorial negotiation at contested boundaries.  This interdisciplinary study integrated a cross-cultural and diachronic analysis of traditions of rock art, rock inscription, and graffiti production with materiality and material culture theory, agency theory, and phenomenological theories on the relationship between people and landscape to arrive at a new framework for understanding the role that rock art played in site formation. 
Marina’s postdoctoral work focuses on preparing these materials for publication including the ongoing direction of the Ancient Egyptian Rock Inscription Database (AERID) Project.  The AERID Project envisages the online publication of a comprehensive database of rock inscription content and context as a searchable resource.
Marina gained field experience as a archaeological assistant and epigraphic artist for the Theban Desert Road Survey (3 seasons), the Mo’alla Survey Project (1 season), and the Tell el-Masha’la Project (1 season).  She worked as a laboratory and research assistant for the North Abydos Cultic Zone Project and for the Wadi Ziqlab Project.  She also worked in Toronto as a field archaeologist for the Cultural Resource Management firm Archeoworks.
In addition to holding the Certificate of College Teaching Preparation Marina taught extensively at Yale.  Courses taught include survey courses on the history of the Middle East from Alexander the Great to early Islam, from early Islam to the modern day, and on heroic themes in the literature of Mesopotamia.  She has three years experience in teaching academic writing.
Publications: 
“A New Analysis of the Titles of Teti on Statue BM EA 888,” (in preparation).
“Ahmose N: Basilophoric Double Naming during the Reign of Ahmose I,” (in preparation).
“The Rock Inscriptions of Ahmose Turoi and the Development of the Early Viceregal Office,” (in preparation).
 “The Enigmatic Statuette of Djehutymose (MFA 24.743): Deputy of Wawat at Semna,” (forthcoming), (with D. Klotz).
“Inscription NH7,” in S. Hendricks, J.C. Darnell, M.C. Gatto, et al.  The Earliest Representations of Royal Power in Egypt – the Rock Drawings of Nag el-Hamdulab (Aswan), (forthcoming).
“The Mummy (1932)”, in C. Manassa, ed., Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs, (New Haven: Yale Peabody Museum, 2013),
And online in Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs, Digital Exhibition, ed. C. Manassa (Launch, April 2013)
http://echoesofegypt.peabody.yale.edu/mummy-mania/mummy
“Shawabti of the Prince of Miam Heqanefer,” in C. Manassa, ed., Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs, (New Haven: Yale Peabody Museum, 2013),
And online in Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs, Digital Exhibition, ed. C. Manassa (Launch, April 2013)
http://echoesofegypt.peabody.yale.edu/overview/shawabti-inscribed-chief-...
“Review of Pharaonic Inscriptions from the Southern Eastern Desert of Egypt by Russell D. Rothe, William K. Miller, and George (Rip) Rapp,” Journal of Near Eastern Studies 72/1 (April 2013): 125-137, (with J.C. Darnell).