Faculty of Archaeology

Dr. Yahya ElShahat Mohamed Mahmoud

Contact Information
Phone Number: 084 6300587                          
Fax Number: 084 6302350
E-mail Address: yam11@fayoum.edu.eg
Office: Bulding Of Faculty Archaeology - Greek Department
Post Address: Fayoum University - Faculty of Archaeology - Greek Department - POBox: 63514
Academic Qualifications
B.Sc : Arts – Archaeology, Roman and Greek Studies – Damanhur University – 2011
Career History
Ceramist with the French archaeological mission of Taposiris Magna and Plinthine, Alexandria, Egypt. May 2023
Ceramist member of the Ifao mission at the Osirian chapels (Karnack North) at Luxor, Egypt February 2022
Director of scientific Excavation Unit, Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University. October 2022-now
Secretary of the council of the Department of Greek and Roman Archaeology – Faculty of Archaeology – Fayoum University. March 2022-now
Secretary of " The 3rd international conference of The Faculty of Archeology - Fayoum University- Egypt in cooperation with & University of Marburg – Germany, Entitled "Technology and Digitization in Preserving, Documenting and Conserving Antiquities", 23-25 May 2022, Fayoum – Egypt January-June 2022
Ceramist member of the Ifao mission at Philadelphia at Fayoum January 2022- now
Lecturer of Greek and Roman Archaeology at the Faculty of Archaeology – Fayoum University. December 2021- now
Ceramist member of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology at Cairo (Ifao) mission at Kom Abu Billo at Momofia Governorate September2021- now
Assistant of the President of the Department of Greek and Roman Archaeology - Faculty of Archaeology, Fayoum University. December 2019 – tell now
Ceramist with the French archaeological mission of Philadelphia, Fayoum, Egypt June 2019-
Doctoral fellowship at the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology at Cairo (Ifao) January – December 2019
Ph.D. student at the Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, Ain Shams University, working on theses entitled "Crocodilopolis- Kiman Faris. A Study of the Ptolemaic and Roman Pottery". June 2018- September 2021.
Ceramist of Egypt Exploration Society (EES) mission at Kafr ed-Dawar region at the Buheira governorate, Egypt as a part of the Delta Survey project. November - December 2018
Ceramist with the French archaeological mission of Taposiris Magna and Plinthine. April 2018 - Now
Assistant Lecturer at the Faculty of Archaeology – Fayoum University. March 2017- December 2021
Ph.D. student at the Greek and Roman Archaeology and studies Department – Faculty of Arts, University of Alexandria. February 2017- April 2018
Ancient Pottery study training with the French archaeological mission of Taposiris Magna and Plinthine, Alexandria, Egypt. April – May 2017
Field archaeologist member (Excavation and Documentation) of the mission of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology at Cairo (Ifao) at Tell Samara in Daqahlia Governorate, Egypt (I continue to participate February- March 2018) February 2017
Master degree in Arts from the Greek and Roman Archaeology and Studies Department- Faculty of Arts- Damanhur University. The Dissertation is entitled “A Study of the Bathes in Western Delta in Egypt during The Greco-Roman Period”. December 2016
Field archaeologist member (Excavation and Documentation) of the mission of the Faculty of Archaeology – Fayoum university at Kiman Faris (Medinet El- Fayoum) December 2016 - January 2017
Field archaeologist member (Excavation and Documentation) of the mission of the mission of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology at Cairo (Ifao) at Tell Neshed (Tell Iswid the North)- Sharqia governorate March 2016
Demonstrator at the Faculty of Archaeology – Fayoum University. November 2015 - March 2017.
Member of the mission of Supreme Council of Antiquities (SCA), at Tell el-Abqa'in (in Hosh Issa – in El-Behera Governorate, Egypt. March- May 2015
Coordinator inspector with the Japanese expedition of Waseda University during their survey work of Kom el- Debaa in Abu Hommus February 22 – March 6, 2014
Inspector of antiquities at the Inspectorate of North El- Beheira governorate, Egypt. October 2012- till November 2015
Bachelor of Arts, Dep. Greek and Roman Archaeology, Faculty of Arts, the University of Damanhur with a Very Good estimation (with a grade of honor) 2011
Archaeology and Heritage Management Trainings
Advanced Training in Pottery study at the Osirian Chapels at Karnak, Luxor, IFAO Program of continuous training. January 9-21, 2021
Advanced Training in Excavations (Pottery study), the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology at Cairo (Ifao) Program of continuous training. January-February 2020
The Management of Heritage and Heritage Sites, Egypt Exploration Society 7-20 July 2020
Computer-IT tools for drawing and photography applied to Archaeology (Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop), a workshop organized by The Egypt Exploration Society (EES) November 12, 2017
Pottery study Training with the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology at Cairo (Ifao) mission of Taposiris Magna and Plinthine. (Member of the team since the next season 2018 ) April – May 2017
Digitization and Virtual Museums. ICOM Egypt in collaboration with Faculty of Archaeology - Fayoum University. 13-14 March 2017
An internship at INRAP (the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research) in Paris, France. December 6th – 19th, 2015
“Advanced Archaeological Excavation Field School”, the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology at Cairo (Ifao), the field school was continued at Luxor 1st -7th Feb 2015; and Kom el-Iswid in Sharqia governorate during April 2015 September 2014
Training on pottery Study with the German expedition at Kom el-Giza in Kafr ed-Dawar, Egypt. April – May 2014
A course of Registering, Storing Antiquities, and security of Museum stores at the department of training and archaeological awareness of the inspectorate of Alexandria, Egypt. February 2014
Archaeological excavation training field school at the Scientific center of Sinai antiquities at Qantara Sharq (Eastern Qantara), Egypt. March – April 2013
Scientific Conferences
Paper entitled "Investigation of The Topographical Changes of Archaeological Sites Through Archival Data, Aerial Photographs and Historical Maps. Kiman Fares in Fayoum as A Case Study", The 3rd international conference of The Faculty of Archeology - Fayoum University- Egypt in cooperation with & University of Marburg – Germany Entitled "Technology and Digitization in Preserving, Documenting and Conserving Antiquities", 23-25 May 2022, Fayoum – Egypt
Paper entitled "Ptolemaic and Roman Table wares from Kiman Faris – Crocodilopolis", Twelfth International Congress of Egyptologists (ICE XII), Cairo, Egypt - November 3rd – 8th, 2019
A paper entitled " Late Roman Pottery from Kiman Faris- Arsenoe (Crocodilopolis)" at "the 7th International Conference on Late Roman Coarse Wares, Cooking Wares and Amphorae in the Mediterranean: Archaeology and Archaeometry (LRCW 7)", València, Riba-Roja de T?ria and Alacant (15-19 October 2019)
A paper entitled "Ptolemaic and Roman Cooking wares from Kiman Faris – Crocodilopolis" at "International Congress ' In thy arms, I lost myself' – Images, Perceptions and Productions in/ of Antiquity" organized by CHAM, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities - University NOVA de Lisboa and University of Azores, Lisboa, 9-11 October, 2019.
A poster entitled "The Archaeological Sites in Idko Lake and its Environs" at "The sixth Delta Survey Workshop," 11 – 13 April, 2019 at Mansoura University, organized in collaboration with the EES and the Ministry of Antiquities,
A poster entitled "Amphorae from Crocodilopolis – Kiman Faris" at "Graduate Annual Research Discussions on Egypt and Nubia VI," Saturday February 23 2019, DAI Cairo.
Organizing Conferences and Training programs
A scientific publishing training for professional in ancient pottery studies “Writing workshop. Publish ceramics”, the laboratory of Pottery at the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology at Cairo (Ifao) in collaboration with the Faculty of Archaeology – Fayoum University, (October 8-12, 2023) Organizer and trainer
“Digital Epigraphy using Adobe Illustrator software”, the Excavation Unit in cooperation with Antiquities Research and Conservation Center of the Faculty of Archeology - Fayoum University- Egypt, November 2022. Organizer and trainer
“Zotero software for management of scientific references”, the Excavation Unit in cooperation with the Unit of Scientific Publishing of the Faculty of Archeology - Fayoum University- Egypt, December 18, 2022 Organizer and trainer
“Using Photogrammetry in Documenting Antiquities (Using Photoscan software)”, Excavation Unit in cooperation with Antiquities Research and Conservation Center of the Faculty of Archeology - Fayoum University- Egypt, December 18, 2022 Organizer
The 3rd international conference of The Faculty of Archeology - Fayoum University- Egypt in cooperation with University of Marburg – Germany, Entitled "Technology and Digitization in Preserving, Documenting and Conserving Antiquities", 23-25 May 2022, Fayoum – Egypt. Secretary of a Conference
Public Talks and Lectures
Public lecture "Kiman Faris. 200 years of excavations and archaeological research", the second season of the Seminar on Greek and Roman Studies in Egypt and the Arab World 2020-2021, the fourth lecture, on Thursday, December 17, 2020, at nine in the evening - via the Zoom application.
Public lecture "Late Roman Pottery from Kiman Faris – Medinet el-Fayoum", second episode of the Seminar of the Department of Greek and Roman Archeology - Faculty of Archeology - Fayoum University, December 9, 2019.
Public lecture "Public architecture in Egypt during the Greco-Roman era", Rashid National Museum within a training program entitled "Architecture in Ancient Egypt" under the auspices of the Ministry of Antiquities. July 28, 2017.
The Baths of Marina el-Alamain: on July 18, 2016 at the National Museum of Alexandria, as a part of a Training program arranged by the Ministry of Antiquities in Egypt (Marina el- Alamain Antiquities inspectorate was the direct responsible administrative department), this program was entitled "The study of an archaeological city. Marina el-Alamiain as an example"
The Archaeological Sites in Idko Lake and the Surrounding Area: on May 16, 2015, in the Alexandrina as a part of a Workshop entitled "The Archaeological Sites in Buheira: The Hidden Treasure."
Publications
Yahya Elshahat Mohamed Mahmoud, “Beyond the Scene: Depictions of Oil Lamps on Archaic and Classical Greek Pottery,” Classical Papers, No. 20, 2023.
Ruey-Lin Chang et al., “Philadelphia (2022)”, le Bulletin archéologique des Ecoles françaises à l’étranger, Egypte , 2023, DOI: 10.4000/baefe.8176
Yahya Elshahat Mohamed Mahmoud, "Dionysus as a God of the Underworld: A Comparative Study with Osiris", The Bulletin of the Center for Papyrological Studies and Inscriptions, No. 39, Ain Shams University, 2022.
Yahya Mahmoud, “Pottery from the Sarapeion Greek Bath at Krokodilopolis “Kiman Faris”, Bulletin de Liaison de la céramique égyptienne 31, 2022.
Yahya Mahmoud, “Ptolemaic and Roman Vessels of Scented Oil from Kiman Faris – Krokodilopolis”, Shedet 8, 2021: 98 -110.
Yahya Mahmoud, Sylvie Marchand, “Amphorae of Kiman Faris - Krokodilopolis (Fayoum) from Ptolemaic- Late Roman Period”, Bulletin de Liaison de la céramique égyptienne 30, 2021 : 37-102.
Bérangère Redon et al., “Taposiris Magna et Plinthine deux villes de Maréotide”, Suppl. BIFAO 118, 2019: 65-80. (a contribution to pottery Study section)
Yahya Elshahat Mohmed Mahmoud, A Roman Bath at Kom el-Barnuji, Journal of the Researches of the Faculty of Arts – Monofia University, Vol. 107, October 2016.
Yahya Elshahat Mohmed Mahmoud, A Study of the Baths in the Western Delta in Egypt during the Greco-Roman Period, A thesis presented for the degree of Master of Arts, Faculty of Arts, Damanhur University, 2016.
Teaching and transfer of knowledge
I teach several courses within the Greek and Roman Archeology Program at the Faculty of Archeology - Fayoum University, including:
1- Archaeological Excavation.
2- Greek pottery.
3- Antiquities of Middle Egypt and Fayoum during Greco-Roman Period.
4- Antiquities of Upper Egypt during Greco-Roman Period.
5- Roman arts.
6- Greek and Roman Wall Painting and Mosaic.
7- Greek mythology.
8- Roman History
Supervision of Scientific Theses
Co-supervisor: Doctoral dissertation entitled: “Reflection of Rural Life in Roman Art” by researcher: Kholoud Muhammad Fakhri, Faculty of Arts - Damanhour University (under study).
Reviewing Scientific Journals
Reviewer for “International Journal of Science, Technology and Society (IJSTS)”, ISSN Print: 2330-7412; ISSN Online: 2330-7420,
https://www.sciencepg.com/j/ijsts
Education and Quality Insurance Training
Strategic Planning
Lecturer Preparation
Strategic Planning
Conference Organization
Communication Skills
Reference Advanced Course
Research Methods
Research Ethics
Organizing the Conferences
Banks of questions (for exams preparation)
Credit hours teaching programs.
Languages
Arabic (Mother Tongue)
English (Advanced Level)
French (Intermediate Level)
Italian (Intermediate level of listening, good reading, and a little speaking)
Computer skills
Has the ICDL, Digital Citizen Certificate.
Knows using AutoCAD, adobe Illustrator, adobe Photoshop, Sketch up Software.
Photogrammetric Modeling with Photoscan software.
zotero software for references management