GALINA BELOVA - DIRECTOR OF THE CENTER

Scientific Degrees 

• Doctor of History («Egypt and Nubia», the Institute for Oriental Studies RAS, 1995) 
• Candidate of History («The Egyptians in Nubia», the IOS RAS, 1978) 

Employment history 

1999 to present — Director of the Centre for Egyptological Studies, RAS 
1992–1999 — Head of the Department of Egyptology of the IOS RAS 
1974–1992 — Research fellow of the IOS RAS, RAS 

Activities 

- Director of the RIEC Archaeological Mission at Memphis;
- Director of the RIEC Archaeological Survey and Conservation of the TT 23
- Director of the Russian Underwater Archaeological Mission to Alexandria;
- Director of the RIEC Mission to Deir el-Banat (Fayoum);
- Co-director the Russian-Dutch Archaeological Expedition at Tell Ibrahim Awad;
- Co-director of the Russian-German Mission to the Royal Cache TT 320 (Luxor);
- Co-director of «Fine Conservation of Al-Mo'allaqa Church» project;
- Head of the project «Databank of Eastern-European Egyptology» on the territory of the former USSR, Eastern Europe and A.R. Egypt;
- Editor of the series «The Sacred Word of the East». 

Honors and membership 

- Member of the International Association of Egyptologists;
- Member of the Egypt Exploration Society;
- Member of the European Association of Archaeologists;
- Member of the Russian Geographic Society;
- Academician of the Russian Academy of Surviving

Publications 

Author of more than 90 articles on history and culture of Ancient Egypt, including 

• Archaeological Research of the CESRAS at Kom Tuman (Memphis) // Belova G. (ed.) Achievements and Problems of Modern Egyptology. Proceedings of the conference held in Moscow on September 29-October 2, 2009 M., 2011. P. 17-33. 
• Belova G., Graefe E. (eds.) The Royal Cache TT 320: a re-examination. Cairo, 2010. 228 p.; plates 
• The Egyptians in Nubia (in Russian). Moscow, 1978. 
• Egyptians and Nubian Lands in the Old Kingdom // Kormisheva E. (ed.) Ancient Egypt and Kush. In Memoriam Mikhail A. Korostovtsev. Moscow, 1993. P. 35-65. 
• Les pays de la Nubie ancienne // Atti del VI Congresso Internazionale di Egittologia. Vol. I. Torino, 1993. P. 41-45. 
• L'égyptologie russe avant Golenischeff // Egypte. Afrique et Orient. 1996. № 4. P. 26-29. 
• The Egyptians' Ideas of Hostile Encirclement // Eyre C.J. (ed.) Proceedings of the Seventh International Congress of Egyptologysts. Cambridge, 3-9 September 1995. Leuven, 1998. P. 143-148. 
• The Inner Coffin of Nesj-Mwt from the Priestly Cache of Bab el-Gasus // Eldalmaty M., Trad M. (eds.) Egyptian Museum Collections around the World. Vol. 1. Cairo, 2002. P. 111-118 (together with S. Ivanov) 
• The Eastern Borders of Egypt: New Data // Hawass Z. (ed.) Egyptology at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Egyptologists. Cairo, 2000. Vol. 2. Cairo, 2003. P. 113-122. 
• TT 320 and the History of the Royal Cache during the 21st Dynasty // Hawass Z. (ed.) Egyptology at the Dawn of the Twenty-first Century. Proceedings of the 8th International Congress of Egyptologists. Cairo, 2000. Vol. 1. Cairo, 2003. P. 73-80.
• Russians in the Land of Pyramids. Travellers, Schollars, Collectors. Moscow, 2003 (in co-authorship with T.A. Sherkova) 
• The Cretans in Egypt // Maravelia A.-A. (ed.) Europe, Hellas and Egypt: Complementary antipodes during Late Antiquity. Papers from Session IV.3, held at the European Association of Archaeologists 8th Annual Meeting in Thessaloniki 2002. Oxford, 2004. P. 1-4 
• Ancient Memphis and the Helleno-Roman World: A Short Note // Maravelia, A.-A. (ed.): Modern Trends in European Egyptology: Papers from a Session, held at the European Association of Archaeologists 9th Annual Meeting in St. Petersburg 2003, BAR International Series 1448. Oxford, 2005. P. 5-6 
• Integrated Geophysical Survey at the Kom Tuman Site, Ancient Memphis (Egypt) // Piro, S. (ed.): Proceedings-Extended Abstracts of the 6-th International Conference on Archaeological Prospecting. Rome, Italy, September 14-17, 2005. Rome, 2005, p. 66-69 (in co-authorship with M. Kats, I. Modin, A. Gidaspov, S. Sokolov, A. Pelevin and A. Krol).
• The Royal Cache TT 320: New Invistigations 1998, 2003 and 2004 // ASAE 80 (2006), p. 207-220 (in association with E. Graefe).
• Russian Scholars in Egypt // Belova G.A. (ed.) Return to Egypt. Pages of History of Russian Egyptology. Moscow, 2009. P. 52-111.