''Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur'' is an annual

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

containing articles pertaining to the study of

Egyptology Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , ''-logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious p ...

. It was established in 1974 by Hartwig Altenmueller and

Dietrich Wildung Dietrich () is an ancient German name meaning "Ruler of the People.” Also "keeper of the keys" or a "lockpick" either the tool or the profession. Given name * Dietrich, Count of Oldenburg (c. 1398 – 1440) * Thierry of Alsace (german: Dietric ...

, with the aim of creating a communication mechanism for scholars researching ancient Egyptian culture. Articles are mostly written in

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but articles written in other languages, principally

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and French, are also accepted for publication. The journal is published by Helmut Buske Verlag.

History

The journal was edited by Hartwig Altenmueller and Dietrich Wildung from 1974 to 1993. From 1994 to 2010, the journal was edited by Hartwig Altenmueller and Nicole Kloth. Since 2010 it has been edited by Jochem Kahl (Berlin) and Nicole Kloth (Heidelberg).

Use of Crocodile Hieroglyph

The first volume appeared in 1974, with a set of guidelines appearing under a stylised representation of the ''s3k'' crocodile

hieroglyph A hieroglyph ( Greek for "sacred carvings") was a character of the ancient Egyptian writing system. Logographic scripts that are pictographic in form in a way reminiscent of ancient Egyptian are also sometimes called "hieroglyphs". In Neoplatoni ...

sketched by Wildung. This choice of name and logo was a pun on the ancient Egyptian word ''sꜣk'' , which means "to pull together." In the forward of the first volume, the editors state that the crocodile is not there as a warning to authors, rather signalling the intent of the editors to bring together articles and create a tool for communication in the discipline.

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Article abstracts 1994-present
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