Olaf Kaper
Professor of Egyptology
- Name
- Prof.dr. O.E. Kaper
- Telephone
- +31 71 527 2041
- o.e.kaper@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Olaf Kaper is a professor of Egyptology at Leiden University, specialized in the New Kingdom to Greek and Roman Periods. An expert in the fields of Egyptian religion, iconography and cultural history, he furthermore excavates in the Dakhleh Oasis.
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Temple culture in Ptolemaic Egypt alive and kicking -
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‘We haven't finished with Tutankhamun's tomb yet' -
Should we close our borders? Not according to the Classical World! -
Leiden Egyptologist unravels ancient mystery
Fields of interest
My fields of interest centre on Egypt from the New Kingdom to the Greek and Roman Periods, particularly in the fields of Egyptian religion, iconography, and cultural history. My particular specialisation is the study of the cultural history and the religious landscape of the Dakhleh Oasis. Based on extensive fieldwork since 1988 in five decorated temple sites, this study combines archaeological, textual, historical, religious and pictorial data to address questions of cultural change, particularly in Greco-Roman times.
CV
Education
- PhD in Egyptology, University of Groningen (1997)
- Doctoraal in de Egyptische taal en letterkunde, Leiden University (1988)
- Kandidaat in de Egyptische taal en letterkunde, Leiden University (1984)
Employment, principal appointments
- Full Professor of Egyptology, Leiden University (since 2005)
- Directeur d'étude invité at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Paris (2005)
- Lecturer in Egyptology, Leiden University (2003-2005)
- Lecturer in Egyptology, Monash University, Melbourne (2001-2002)
- Postdoc researcher for the Humboldt Foundation, Bonn, at the Humboldt University, Berlin (1999-2001)
- Assistant Director for Egyptology, Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (1994-1996; 2003-2004)
- PhD researcher, Catholic University of Louvain (1993-1994)
- Visiting Lecturer, Monash University, Melbourne (1991-1992)
- Egyptologist at the Netherlands Institute for Archaeology and Arabic Studies in Cairo (1989-1990)
Research
I am currently working on the costume of the Egyptian kings, notably on the finds from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
In the news: We haven't finished with Tutankhamun's tomb yet
Key publications
See also: Publications 1987-2003 (pdf)
Authored monographs
The Egyptian God Tutu: A Study of the Sphinx-God and Master of Demons with a Corpus of Monuments, Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 119, Peeters Publishers, Leuven 2003.
Temples and gods in Roman Dakhleh: Studies in the indigenous cults of an Egyptian oasis, PhD thesis Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, privately published 1997.
Edited volumes Broekman, G.P.F. & Demarée, R.J. & Kaper, O.E. (Eds.) (2009), The Libyan Period in Egypt: Historical and Cultural Studies into the 21st - 24th Dynasties.Proceedings of a Conference at Leiden University, 25-27 October 2007. Leiden/Leuven: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten / Peeters.
Life on the Fringe: Living in the Southern Egyptian Deserts during the Roman and early-Byzantine Periods: Proceedings of a colloquium held on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the Netherlands Institute for Archaeology and Arabic Studies in Cairo, 9-12 December 1996, ed. by O.E. Kaper, CNWS Publications 71, Leiden 1998.
Articles
2010 A Governor of Dakhleh Oasis in the Early Middle Kingdom. In: Woods, A., McFarlane, A., Binder, S. (eds.), Egyptian Culture and Society, Studies in Honour of Naguib Kanawati, Volume I, Supplément aus annales du service des antiquités de l'Egypte 38, pp. 219-245. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt. Together with C.A. Hope
2010 Galba's Cartouches at Ain Birbiyeh. In: Lembke, K., Minas-Nerpel, M., Pfeiffer, S. (eds.), Tradition and Transformation: Egypt under Roman Rule (Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 41, pp. 181-201. Leiden and Boston: Brill.
2006 A Donation Stela in the Name of Takeloth III from Amheida, Dakhleh Oasis, Jaarbericht Ex Oriente Lux 39 (2006), pp. 19-37, together with R.J. Demarée.
2002 ‘Policing the Desert: Old Kingdom activity around the Dakhleh oasis’, together with H.O. Willems and with an appendix by M.A. McDonald, in: R. Friedman (eds), Egyptand Nubia: Gifts of the desert, London, pp. 79-94.
2002 ‘Queen Nefertari and the Frog: On an amphibious element in the vignette to BD 94’, The Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology 13, pp. 109-126.
2002 ‘Pharaonic-Style Decoration in the Mammisi at Ismant el-Kharab: New insights after the 1996-1997 field season’, in: C.A. Hope and G.E. Bowen (eds), Dakhleh Oasis Project: Preliminary reports of the 1994-1995 to 1998-1999 field seasons, Oxford and Oakville, pp. 217-223.
2001 ‘Local Perceptions of the Fertility of the Dakhleh Oasis in the Roman Period’ in: C.A. Marlow and A.J. Mills (eds), The Oasis Papers 1: The Proceedings of the First Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, Dakhleh Oasis Project Monograph 6, Oxford, pp. 70-79.
1999 ‘Dipinti on the Temenos Wall at Deir el-Haggar (Dakhla Oasis)’, Bulletin de l’Institut Français d’Archéologie Orientale du Caire 99, pp. 233-258, together with K.A. Worp.
1995 ‘The Astronomical Ceiling of Deir el-Haggar in the Dakhleh Oasis’, The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 81, p. 175-195.
Teaching
- Cultural history of the Greek and Roman Periods
- Egyptian religion and religious texts
- Egyptian archaeology
- Ptolemaic hieroglyphs
Archaeological fieldwork in Egypt
- Egyptologist/epigrapher of the Dakhleh Oasis Project, directed by A.J. Mills, 1988 to present
- Director of the Kellis Mammisi Project, 2004 to present
- Associate Director of the excavations of New York University at Amheida, directed by R.S Bagnall, 2005 to present
Selected administrative appointments and service to the profession
- Head of the School of Middle Eastern Studies, Leiden University Institute for Area Studies (LIAS), 2008-2014
- Director of the Institute TCMO (Talen en Culturen van het Midden Oosten), 2006-2008
- Member, Curatorium van het Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, Leiden, 2007 to present
- Chair, Wetenschappelijke Adviesraad of the Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo, 2008 to present
- Head of the Department of Egyptology, Leiden University, 2005 to present
- Adjunct Research Associate at Monash University, School of Philosophical, Historical and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, 2003 to present
Professor of Egyptology
- Faculty of Humanities
- Leiden Institute for Area Studies
- SMES Egyptologie
- Sidebotham S.E., Ast R., Kaper O.E., Bajtler M., Bartos N. & Geerts R.C.A. (2024), Results of the winter 2023 excavation season at Berenike (Red Sea Coast), Egypt, Thetis 28: 7-16.
- Kaper O.E. (2024), The god Tutu and the Dakhleh oasis project. Poznan: The Friends of the Dakhleh Oasis, Dakhleh Oasis Project Newsletter 6: 14-18.
- Kaper O.E. (2024), Egyptologists and their Books: The Egyptology Library of NINO. In: Vrolijk A., Ommen K. van, Scheper K. & Baarda T. (Eds.), Prophets, Poets and Scholars: The Collections of the Middle Eastern Library of Leiden University. Leiden: Leiden University Press. 52-59.
- Sidebotham S.E., Ast R., Kaper O.E., Bergmann M., Bhandare S., Maurer A., Hartmann R., Popławski S., Oleksiak J.M., Bartos N., Geerts R.C.A., Kucharczyk R., Castro M. & Stoye M. (2023), Results of the Winter 2022 excavation season at Berenike (Red Sea Coast), Egypt, Thetis 27: 13-28.
- Kaper O.E. (2023), The revolt of Petubastis IV during the reigns of Cambyses and Darius. In: Schwab A. & Schütze A. (Eds.), Herodotean soundings: the Cambyses logos. Classica Monacensia no. 55. Tübingen: Narr Francke Attempto Verlag. 297-303.
- Bercken B. van den, Kaper O.E., Hoogendijk F.A.J. & Soliman D.M. (Eds.) (2023), Oog in oog: de mensen achter mummieportretten. Allard Pierson Museum Serie no. 9. Zwolle en Amsterdam: WBooks en Allard Pierson.
- Bercken B. van den & Kaper O.E. (2023), De mensen achter mummieportretten: makers, navolgers, verzamelaars, archeologen en onderzoekers. In: Bercken B. van den & Kaper O.E. (Eds.), Oog in oog: de mensen achter mummieportretten. Allard Pierson Museum Serie no. 9. Zwolle en Amsterdam: WBooks en Allard Pierson. 12-23.
- Kaper O.E. (2023), Portretten van mensen, beelden van levens: het dagelijks leven in Romeins Egypte volgens de mummieportretten. In: Bercken B. van den & Kaper O.E. (Eds.), Oog in oog: de mensen achter mummieportretten. Allard Pierson Museum Serie no. 9. Zwolle en Amsterdam: WBooks en Allard Pierson. 28-39.
- Kaper O.E. (2023), The mammisi of Tutu in Kellis: towards a new definition of birth houses. In: Abdelhalim Ali A. & Budde D. (Eds.), Mammisis of Egypt: Proceedings of the First International Colloquium Held in Cairo 27–28 March 2019. Bibliothèque d'Etude no. 185. Cairo: Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. 165-192.
- Hope C.A., Bowen G.E. & Kaper O.E. (2022), The pharaonic and classical religious complexes and the cult of Tutu. In: Hope C.A. & Bowen G.E. (Eds.), Kellis: a Roman-period village in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 203-242.
- Kaper O.E. (2022), Hieroglyphic Egyptian. In: Hope C.A. & Bowen G.E. (Eds.), Kellis: A Roman-Period Village in Egypt's Dakhleh Oasis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 198-199.
- Mullers B., Borgart A., Kaper O.E., Bast B. & Kuipers E. (2022), Building pyramids: reconstructing the process of lifting stones, Égypte Nilotique et Méditerranéenne 15: 245-264.
- Kaper O.E. (2022), Same-sex desire in Siwa Oasis: A case of vilification?. In: Cortjaens W. & Loeben C.E. (Eds.), Queer Archaeology: Winckelmann and his Passionate Followers - Queer Archaeology, Egyptology and the History of Arts since 1750. Rahden-Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf. 410-437.
- Kaper O.E. (2022), The Kellis Mammisi: a painted chapel from the final centuries of the ancient Egyptian religion. In: Spier J. & Cole S.E. (Eds.), Egypt and the classical world: cross-cultural encounters in antiquity. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum. 79-91.
- Kaper O.E. (2022), Hieroglyphs and hierarchy on an Egyptian stela (Things That Talk). [other].
- Oller Guzmán J., Fernández Abella D., Trevín Pita V., Kaper O.E., Ast R., Osypińska M. & Sidebotham S.E. (2022), A Falcon Shrine at the port of Berenike (Red Sea Coast, Egypt), American Journal of Archaeology 126(4): 567-591.
- Kaper O.E., Schulz R. & Schwark T. (2022), Grusswort. In: Cortjaens W. & Loeben C.E. (Eds.), Queer Archaeology: Winckelmann and his Passionate Followers - Queer Archaeology, Egyptology and the History of Arts since 1750. Rahden-Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf. 12-16.
- Kaper O.E. (2022), New reading book of Middle Egyptian texts, selected and edited by Adriaan de Buck: with a new introduction and additional texts. Egyptologische Uitgaven no. 33. Leuven: Peeters.
- Kaper O.E. (2021), Domitian and the Temples of Egypt. In: Raimondi Cominesi A., Haan N. de, Moormann E.M. & Stocks C. (Eds.), God on Earth, Emperor Domitian: The re-invention of Rome at the end of the 1st century AD. Papers on Archaeology of the Leiden Museum of Antiquities no. 24. Leiden: Sidestone. 181-184.
- Bagh T., Eisses K., Kaper O.E. & Loeben C.E. (2021), An exhibition about a god the ancient Egyptians would have called upon in an epidemic, which itself fell victim to one, KMT, a modern journal of Ancient Egypt 32(1): 35-43.
- Kaper O.E. (2021), Bes and Tutu: A Comparison. In: Bagh T. & Manniche L. (Eds.), Bes Demon God, Protector of Egypt. Copenhagen: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 82-91.
- Kaper O.E. (2021), Bes og Tutu: En sammenligning. In: Bagh T. & Manniche L. (Eds.), Bes Dæmongud: ægyptens beskytter. Copenhagen: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. 82-91.
- Ast R. & Kaper O.E. (2021), Isis-Tempel von Berenike, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung 2020: 93-96.
- Kaper O.E. (2021), Berenike as a Harbour for Meroe: New evidence for Meroitic presence on the Red Sea Coast, Der antike Sudan. Mitteilungen der Sudanarchäologischen Gesellschaft zu Berlin e.V. 32: 57-67.
- Sidebotham S.E., Zych I., Ast R., Kaper O.E., Bergmann M., Carannante A., Osypinska M., Harrell J.A., Kucharczyk R., Tomber R.S. & Soriga E. (2021), Results of the Winter 2020 Excavation Season at Berenike (Red Sea Coast), Egypt, Thetis - Mannheimer Beiträge zur Archäologie und Geschichte der antiken Mittelmeerkulturen 26: 13-23.
- Ast R. & Kaper O.E. (2020), Isis-Tempel von Berenike, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung (2019): 109-111.
- Kaper O.E. (2020), The God Seth in Dakhleh Oasis before the New Kingdom. In: Warfe A.R., Gill J.C.R., Hamilton C.R., Pettman A.J. & Stewart D.A. (Eds.), Dust, Demons and Pots: Studies in Honour of Colin A. Hope. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta no. 289. Leuven, Paris, Bristol CT: Peeters. 369-384.
- Hense M. & Kaper O.E. (2020), Een uniek bouwproject aan de Rode Zee: Reconstructie van de bouwgeschiedenis van de Isistempel van Berenike. In: Koek J. (Ed.), Mehen Essays over het Oude Egypte no. 8. Elst: Mehen. 28-45.
- Bagh T., Eisses K., Kaper O.E. & Loeben C.E. (2020), Vorwort. In: Loeben C.E. (Ed.), Bes. Aegyptiaca Kestneriana no. 2. Rahden/Westf.: Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH. 8-10.
- Kaper O.E. (2020), Ptolemaic and Roman temple texts. In: Shaw I. & Bloxam E. (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 1138-1153.
- Kaper O.E. (2020), Die Götter Bes und Tutu: Vergleich zweier ägyptischer Schutzgottheiten, Antike Welt 51(6): 19-22.
- Kaper O.E. (2020), Bès et Toutou : comparer les dieux égyptiens, Egypte, Afrique & Orient 100: 27-34.
- Sidebotham S.E., Zych I., Ast R., Kaper O.E., Hense M., Bergmann B. Osypińska M., Newton C., Carannante A. & Tomber R.S. (2020), Berenike 2019: Report on the Excavations, Thetis - Mannheimer Beiträge zur Archäologie und Geschichte der antiken Mittelmeerkulturen 25: 11-22.
- Kaper O.E. (2019), Voorwoord. In: Zuiderduin C. (Ed.), Het mooie westen: Mythen en symbolen in Egypte. Oegstgeest: De Groene Sfinx. 6-7.
- Kaper O.E. (2019), Temple building on the Egyptian margins: the geopolitical issues behind Seti II and Ramesses IX’s activity at Amheida. In: Bagnall R.S. & Tallet G. (Eds.), The Great Oasis of Egypt: the Kharga and Dakhla Oases in antiquity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 221-236.
- Kaper O.E. (2019), In Memoriam Joris Frans Borghouts 17 June 1939 - 7 September 2018: Chair of Egyptology at Leiden University from 1986 to 2004, Bibliotheca Orientalis 76(1-2): 5-10.
- Kaper O.E. (2019), The Egyptian royal costume in the Late Period. In: Budka J. (Ed.), 9th Symposium on Egyptian Royal Ideology, Egyptian royal ideology and kingship under periods of foreign rulers: Case studies from the first millennium BC, Munich, May 31 - June 2, 2018. Königtum, Staat und Gesellschaft früher Hochkulturen no. 4,6. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 31-39.
- Kaper O.E. (2019), A travelling exhibition about the god Bes, CIPEG Journal: Ancient Egyptian & Sudanese Collections and Museums 2019(12): 5.
- Sidebotham S.E., Zych I., Hense M., Ast R., Kaper O.E., Bergmann M., Osypińska M. & Carannante A. (2019), Results of the Winter 2018 Excavation Season at Berenike (Red Sea Coast), Egypt: The Belzoni Bicentennial Report, Thetis - Mannheimer Beiträge zur Archäologie und Geschichte der antiken Mittelmeerkulturen 24: 7-19.
- Hoven C. van den & Kaper O.E. (2018), Voor eeuwig en altijd: de farao. In: Wit A. de (Ed.), Geheimen van het Oude Egypte. Brugge/Leiden 16-27.
- Kruijf F. & Kaper O.E. (2018), Living in the harem. In: Pommereau C. (Ed.), Queens of Egypt. Issy-les-Moulineaux: Beaux Arts & Cie. 36-41.
- Kaper O.E. (2018), Construction de temples et politiques de contrôle du désert Occidental d'Égypte: L'exemple de l'oasis de Dakhla aux époques saïte et perse. In: Tallet G. & Sauzeau Th. (Eds.), Mer et désert de l'Antiquité à nos jours : Approches croisées. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes. 265-280.
- Kaper O.E. & Hoven C. van den (2018), Voor eeuwig en altijd: de farao. In: Wit A. de (Ed.), Geheimen van het Oude Egypte. Brugge: Xpo Center Bruges. 16-27.
- Kaper O.E. (2018), God op aarde: de farao. In: Raven M.J. (Ed.), Goden van Egypte: Op zoek naar de wetten van de kosmos. Leiden: Sidestone. 67-70.
- Kaper O.E. (2018), Oude en nieuwe goden van de Grieks-Romeinse periode. In: Raven M.J. (Ed.), Goden van Egypte: Op zoek naar de wetten van de kosmos. Leiden: Sidestone. 131-136.
- Kaper O.E., Weiss L.V., Keurs P. ter & Baan V.C.P. (Eds.) (2018), Liber Amicorum: Martino Raven decies mille dierum ob strenuam felicemque antiquitatum aegyptiarum oblatus contentionem. Leiden: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden.
- Kaper O.E. (2018), Maarten’s colleges aan de Universiteit Leiden. In: Kaper O.E., Weis L., Keurs P. ter & Baan V.C.P. (Eds.), Liber Amicorum: Martino Raven decies mille dierum ob strenuam felicemque antiquitatum aegyptiarum oblatus contentionem. Leiden: Rijksmuseum van Oudheden. 63-65.
- Kaper O.E. (2018), Het koninkrijk van Kerma, Parel van de Nubische bronstijd. In: Steffens B. (Ed.), Nubië, Land van de zwarte farao's. Zwolle: WBOOKS. 30-43.
- Kaper O.E. (2017), Queens of the Nile, Ancient Egypt 17.4(100): 21-25.
- Kaper O.E. (2017), Neck Scarves in Memphis and Thebes: A New Look at the Stola. In: Verschoor V., Stuart A.J. & Demarée C. (Eds.), Imaging and Imagining the Memphite Necropolis: Liber amicorum René van Walsem. Egyptologische Uitgaven no. 30. Leuven and Leiden: Peeters and NINO. 299-308.
- Kaper O.E. (2017), The temple of Kellis at the crossroads between East and West in the Roman Empire. In: , Aspects of Globalisation: Mobility, exchange and the development of multi-cultural states. Leiden: Luris. 32-35.
- Kaper O.E. (2017), Het leger van Cambyses dat verdween in de Egyptische woestijn, Phoenix: Tijdschrift voor de archeologie en geschiedenis van het Nabije Oosten 63(2): 34-47.
- Kaper O.E. (2017), Uw Egyptefoto in Ta-Mery, Ta-Mery 10: 55.
- Hoven C. van den & Kaper O.E. (2016), Voor eeuwig en altijd. In: Kaper O.E. (Ed.), Koninginnen van de Nijl: macht en schoonheid in het Nieuwe Rijk (1539-1077 v.Chr.). Leiden: Sidestone Press. 11-20.
- Kaper O.E. (2016), Oudheden in de achterkant van de oase, Ta-Mery 9: 46-67.
- Kaper O.E. (2016), Nefertari en de koninginnen van het Nieuwe Rijk, RMO magazine 42: 4-10.
- Kaper O.E. (2016), Koninginnen van de Nijl: Macht en schoonheid in het Nieuwe Rijk (1539-1077 v.Chr.). Leiden: Sidestone Press.
- Kaper O.E., Raven M.J. & Haring B.J.J. (2016), Koninginnen van de Nijl in vertaling. Leiden: Sidestone Press.
- Kaper O.E. (2015), De god Toetoe, heer van de demonen. In: Koek J. (Ed.), Mehen Essays over het oude Egypte no. 5. Elst 62-75.
- Kaper O.E. (2015), De Piramide van Amheida of waarom de Grote Piramide niet zo volmaakt is als we denken. In: Beek N. van de, Delpeut L. & Kersten W.I.M. (Eds.), 40 jaar Dispuut Pleyte (1975-2015). Leiden 45-53.
- Kaper O.E. (2015), Petubastis IV in the Dakhla Oasis: New Evidence about an Early Rebellion against Persian Rule and Its Suppression in Political Memory. In: Silverman J.M. & Waerzeggers C. (Eds.), Political memory in and after the Persian Empire no. 13. Atlanta: SBL Press. 125-149.
- Bagnall R.S., Aravecchia N., Cribiore R., Davoli P., Kaper O.E. & McFadden S. (2015), An Oasis City. New York: NYU Press.
- Kaper O.E., Hense M. & Geerts R.C.A. (2015), A Stela of Amenemhet IV from the Main Temple at Berenike, Bibliotheca Orientalis 72(5/6): 585-601.
- Hupperetz W., Kaper O.E., Naerebout F. & Versluys M.J. (2014), Keys to Rome. Allard Pierson Museum Serie no. 5. Zwolle: W Books.
- Kaper O.E. (2014), A change in the menu in Roman Egypt. In: Hupperetz W., Kaper O.E., Naerebout F. & Versluys M.J. (Eds.), Keys to Rome 76-80.
- Vogelsang-Eastwood G. & Kaper O.E. (2014), New fashions in Graeco-Roman dress and jewellery in Egypt. In: Hupperetz W., Kaper O.E., Naerebout F. & Versluys M.J. (Eds.), Keys to Rome 142-145.
- Kaper O.E. (2014), De geschiedenis van de egyptologie aan Nederlandse universiteiten. In: Kaper O.E. & Dercksen J.G. (Eds.), Waar de geschiedenis begon, Nederlandse onderzoekers in de ban van spijkerschrift, hiërogliefen en aardewerk: Uitgave naar aanleiding van het 75-jarig bestaan van het Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1939-2014. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. 39-61.
- Kaper O.E. (2014), Tempels, papyri en lemen huizen: Nederlands onderzoek in de oase Dachla. In: Kaper O.E. & Dercksen J.G. (Eds.), Waar de geschiedenis begon, Nederlandse onderzoekers in de ban van spijkerschrift, hiërogliefen en aardewerk: Uitgave naar aanleiding van het 75-jarig bestaan van het Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1939-2014. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. 317-323.
- Kaper O.E. (2014), Changes in religion and burial rites in Egypt. In: Hupperetz W, Kaper O.E., Naerebout F. & Versluys M.J. (Eds.), Keys to Rome 98-104.
- Kaper O.E. & Naerebout F.G. (2014), The houses of people and gods in Egypt. In: Hupperetz W, Kaper O.E., Naerebout F. & Versluys M.J. (Eds.), Keys to Rome. Allard Pierson Museum Serie 123-127.
- Kaper O.E. & Naerebout F.G. (2014), De gebouwde omgeving: de behuizing van mensen en goden in Egypte. In: Hupperetz W., Kaper O.E., Naerebout F.G. & Versluys M.J. (Eds.), Van Rome naar Romeins. Allard Pierson Museum Serie no. 5. Zwolle/Amsterdam: WBooks/Allard Pierson Museum. 123-128.
- Haring B.J.J., Kaper O.E. & Walsem R. van (2014), Creases on the throat as an art historical peculiarity in Deir el Medina. In: Haring B.J.J., Kaper O.E. & Walsem R. van (Eds.), The workman's progress. Studies in the village of deir el-Medina and other documents from Western Thebes in honour of Rob Demarée no. 28. Leuven: Peeters. 261-289.
- Kaper O.E. (2014), The Third Dimension in Stelae from Deir el-Medina. In: Haring B.J.J., Kaper O.E. & Walsem R. van (Eds.), The Workman's Progress: Studies in the Village of Deir el-Medina and Other Documents from Western Thebes in Honour of Rob Demarée. Egyptologische Uitgaven no. 28. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. 133-155.
- Kaper O.E. (2014), The three seasons in the soubassement. In: Rickert A. & Ventker B. (Eds.), Altägyptische Enzyklopädien: Die Soubassements in den Tempeln der griechisch-römischen Zeit. Studien zur spätägyptischen Religion no. 7. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag. 517-525.
- Kaper O.E. (2014), Coffin or Bed ? Decorated Biers from Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. In: Tallet G. & Zivie-Coche C. (Eds.), Le myrte et la rose: Mélanges offerts à Françoise Dunand par ses élèves, collègues et amis. Cahiers de l'Égypte Nilotique et Méditerranéenne no. 9. Montpellier: Université Paul Valéry (Montpellier III). 357-370.
- Kaper O.E. (2014), Sinuhe's Art of Happiness. In: Hays H.M., Feder F. & Morenz L.D. (Eds.), Interpretations of Sinuhe. Egyptologische Uitgaven no. 27. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. 59-68.
- Kaper O.E. & Dercksen J.G. (Eds.) (2014), Waar de geschiedenis begon, Nederlandse onderzoekers in de ban van spijkerschrift, hiërogliefen en aardewerk: Uitgave naar aanleiding van het 75-jarig bestaan van het Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten, 1939-2014. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
- Haring B.J.J., Kaper O.E. & Walsem R. van (Eds.) (2014), The workman's progress. Studies in the village of Deir el-Medina and other documents from Western Thebes in honour of Rob Demarée. Egyptologische Uitgaven no. 28. Leuven: Peeters.
- Haring B.J.J., Kaper O.E. & Walsem R. van (Eds.) (2014), The Workman's Progress: Studies in the Village of Deir el-Medina and Other Documents from Western Thebes in Honour of Rob Demarée. Egyptologische Uitgaven no. 28. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
- Kaper O.E. & Dercksen J.G. (Eds.) (2014), Waar de geschiedenis begon. Nederlandse onderzoekers in de ban van spijkerschrift, hiërogliefen en aardewerk. Leiden: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten.
- Hupperetz W., Kaper O.E., Naerebout F.G. & Versluys M.J. (Eds.) (2014), Van Rome naar Romeins. Allard Pierson Museum Serie no. 5. Zwolle/Amsterdam: WBooks/Allard Pierson Museum.
- Thompson J. & Kaper O.E. (2014), Ten geleide, in Jason Thompson, Een geschiedenis van Egypte van de vroegste tijd tot nu, met een voorwoord van Olaf Kaper, pp. 5-6. [other].
- Kaper O.E. (2014), Toerisme en opgravingen in Egypte, drie jaar na de revolutie, RMO magazine (37): 26.
- Kaper O.E. (2014), Adriaan de Buck, de eerste Hoogleraar Egyptologie in Leiden, Phoenix: bulletin uitgegeven door het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux (59,3): 94-95.
- Kaper O.E. (2013), Tempel in der Oase Dachla: Neue Entdeckungen in Amheida, El-Qasr und Deir el-Hagar. In: Müller-Römer F. (Ed.), Thots: Infoheft des Collegium Aegyptium e.V. Heft 10. Munich: Förderkreis des Instituts für Ägyptologie der Uni München. 20-23.
- Kaper O.E. (2013), Epigraphic Evidence from the Dakhleh Oasis in the Late Period. In: Bagnall R.S., Davoli P. & Hope C.A. (Eds.), The Oasis Papers 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project. Oxford: Oxbow Books. 167-176.
- Kaper O.E. (2013), Tutu. In: Bagnall R.S., Brodersen K., Champion C.B., Erskine A. & Huebner S.R. (Eds.), The Encyclopedia of Ancient History: Blackwell Publishing Ltd.. 6892-6893.
- Kaper O.E. (2012), Departing from Protocol: Emperor Names in the Temples of Dakhleh Oasis. In: Hallof J. (Ed.), Auf den Spuren des Sobek: Festschrift für Horst Beinlich zum 28. Dezember 2012. Dettelbach: J.H. Röll. 137-162.
- Kaper O.E. (2012), The Western Oases. In: Riggs C. (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of Roman Egypt. Oxford ea: Oxford University Press. 717-735.
- Kaper O.E. (2012), A New Geographical Procession from the Time of Vespasian. Zivie-Coche C. & Guermeur I. (Eds.), « Parcourir l’éternité » Hommages à Jean Yoyotte. . Turnhout: Brepols. 625-632.
- Kaper O.E. (Ed.) (2012), Colours of the Oasis: Artists and the Archaeology of Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. Leiden: private publication.
- Kaper O.E. (2012), Cleopatra: koningin tussen drie culturen, RoMeO vriendenblad 13(34): 14-17.
- Kaper O.E. (2012), The Egyptian God Tutu: Additions to the Catalogue of Monuments, Chronique d'Égypte 87(173): 67-93.
- Kaper O.E. & Hope C.A. (2011), Egyptian Interest in the Oases in the New Kingdom and a New Stela for Seth from Mut el-Kharab. In: Collier M. & Snape S. (Eds.), Ramesside Studies in Honour of K.A. Kitchen. Bolton: Rutherford Press. 219-236.
- Kaper O.E. & Bettles E. (2011), The Divine Potters of Kellis. In: Aston D., Bader B., Gallorini C., Nicholson P. & Buckingham S. (Eds.), Under the Potter's Tree: Studies on Ancient Egypt Presented to Janine Bourriau on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday. Leuven: Peeters. 215-251.
- Kaper O.E. (2011), Tempel an der "Rückseite der Oase": Aktuelle Grabungen decken eine ganze Kultlandschaft auf, Antike Welt 2(2011): 15-19.
- Kaper O.E. (2010), Galba's Cartouches at Ain Birbiyeh. In: Lembke K., Minas-Nerpel M. & Pfeiffer S. (Eds.), Tradition and Transformation: Egypt under Roman Rule. Leiden and Boston: Brill. 181-201.
- Kaper O.E. (2010), Isis in Roman Dakhleh: Goddess of the Village, the Province, and the Country. In: Bricault L. & Versluys M.J. (Eds.), Isis on the Nile, Egyptian Gods in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt: Michel Malaise in honorem. Leiden, Boston: Brill. 149-180.
- Kaper O.E. & Hope C.A. (2010), A Governor of Dakhleh Oasis in the Early Middle Kingdom. In: Woods A., McFarlane A. & Binder S. (Eds.), Egyptian Culture and Society, Studies in Honour of Naguib Kanawati, Volume I. Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities of Egypt. 219-245.
- Kaper O.E. (2010), De lampenboom: Gebruik en betekenis van verlichting in het oude Egypte, Ta-Mery Jaarlijks magazine voor de vrienden van het oude Egypte 3: 81-89.
- Kaper O.E. (2010), A Kemyt Ostracon from Amheida, Dakhleh Oasis, Bulletin de l'Institut Français Archéologie Orientale 110: 115-126.
- Kaper O.E. (2009), A Fragment from the Osiris Chapels at Dendera in Bristol, Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux 41: 31-45.
- Kaper O.E. (2009), Soldier's Identity Marks of the Old Kingdom in the Western Desert. Haring B.J.J., Kaper O.E. & Zoest C.H. van (Eds.), Pictograms or Pseudo Script? Non-textual identity marks in practical use in Ancient Egypt and elsewhere. Proceedings of a Conference in Leiden, 19-20 December 2006. Pictograms or Pseudo Script? Non-textual identity marks in practical use in Ancient Egypt and elsewhere. Leiden and Leuven: NINO and Peeters. 169-178.
- Kaper O.E. (2009), Epigraphic Evidence from the Dakhleh Oasis in the Libyan Period. Broekman G.P.F., Demarée R.J. & Kaper O.E. (Eds.), The Libyan Period in Egypt, Historical and Cultural Studies into the 21st - 24th Dynasties: Proceedings of a conference at Leiden University, 25-27 October 2007. 149-159.
- Broekman G.P.F., Demarée R.J. & Kaper O.E. (Eds.) (2009), The Libyan Period in Egypt: Historical and Cultural Studies into the 21st - 24th Dynasties. Proceedings of a Conference at Leiden University, 25-27 October 2007. Leiden/Leuven: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten / Peeters.
- Haring B.J.J. & Kaper O.E. (Eds.) (2009), Pictograms or Pseudo Script? Non-textual identity marks in practical use in Ancient Egypt and elsewhere. Proceedings of a Conference in Leiden, 19-20 December 2006. Leiden/Leuven: Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten/Peeters.
- Kaper O.E. (2009), Restoring Wall Paintings of the Temple of Tutu, Egyptian Archaeology 35: 3-7.
- Kaper O.E. (2009), Amonnacht: een god gemaakt voor de oase Dachla, Ta-Mery Jaarlijks magazine voor de vrienden van het oude Egypte 2: 13-18.
- Schijns W., Kaper O.E. & Kila J. (2008), Vernacular Mud Brick Architecture in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt and the Design of the Dakhleh Oasis Training and Archaeological Conservation Centre. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
- Kaper O.E. (2008) Boekbespreking. Review of: Lefebvre G. & Cherpion N. (2007), Le tombeau de Pétosiris no. 3-4. Cairo: Institut Francais d'Archéologie Orientale du Caire. Bibliotheca Orientalis LXV: 382-384.
- Kaper O.E. (2008), '...En je trommelt maar op je buik: Ritme en recitatie in het oude Egypte, Ta-Mery Jaarlijks magazine voor de vrienden van het oude Egypte 1: 2-12.
- Kaper O.E. (2008), The Libyan Period in Egypt, Egyptian Archaeology 32: 38-39.
- Hope C.A., Bowen G.E., Dolling W., Healey E., Kaper O.E. & Milner J. (2008), The Excavations at Mut el-Kharab, Dakhleh Oasis in 2008, Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology 19: 49-71.
- Broekman G.P.F., Demarée R.J. & Kaper O.E. (2008), The Numbering of the Kings called Shoshenq, Göttinger Miszellen: Beiträge zur ägyptologischen Diskussion 216: 9-10.
- Kaper O.E. (2007), Astronomie en astrologie in het oude Egypte, Phoenix: bulletin uitgegeven door het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux 53(2-3): 70-83.
- Kaper O.E. & Demarée R.J. (2006), A Donation Stela in the Name of Takeloth III from Amheida, Dakhleh Oasis, Jaarbericht van het Vooraziatisch Egyptisch Genootschap Ex Oriente Lux 39: 19-37.
- Kaper O.E. & Zoest C.H. van (2006), Treasures of the Dakhleh Oasis. Cairo: Nederlands-Vlaams Instituut in Cairo.
- Kaper O.E. (2006), object beschrijvingen. In: Warmenbol E. (Ed.), Sfinx: De wachters van Egypte. Brussel: ING België en Mercatorfonds.
- Kaper O.E. (2006) Boekbespreking. Review of: Dunand F. & Zivie-Coche C. (1991), Gods and men in Egypt 3000 BCE to 395 CE, Ithaca/London 2004, translated from the French by David Lorton. Paris: Armand Colin. Palarch .
- Bagnall R.S., Davoli P., Kaper O.E. & Whitehouse H. (2006), Roman Amheida: Excavating A Town in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis, MINERVA: The International Review of Ancient Art & Archaeology 17(6): 26-29.
- Kaper O.E. (2006), A new temple for Thoth in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egyptian Archaeology 29: 12-14.
- Bagnall R.S., Davoli P. & Kaper O.E. (2006), La notizia del mese: Amheida, il più grande città romana nell'oasi di Dakhla, Pharaon Magazine. Alla scoperta dell'antico Egitto II(9/10): 6-17.
- Kaper O.E. (2005), Katalognummern 188-199. In: Beck H., Bol P.C. & Bückling M. (Eds.), Ägypten Griechenland Rom: Abwehr und Berührung. Tübingen/Berlijn: Wasmuth Verlag. 611-619.
- Kaper O.E. (2005), Synkretistische Götterbilder in hellenistische und römischer Zeit. In: Beck H., Bol P.C. & Bückling M. (Eds.), Ägypten Griechenland Rom: Abwehr und Berührung. Tübingen/Berlijn: Wasmuth Verlag. 305-309.
- Kaper O.E. (2005), La religion égyptienne dans l'oasis de Dakhla, Annuaire de l'Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes, Section des sciences religieuses. Résumé des conférences et travaux 113: 135-139.
- Kaper O.E. (2004), The god Tutu at Kellis: On two stelae found at Ismant el-Kharab in 2000. Bowen G.E. & Hope C.A. (Eds.), The Oasis Papers III: The Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project. . Oxford/Oakville: Oxbow Books. 311-321.
- Kaper O.E. (2004), Mithras im ptolemäischen Ägypten. Bol P.C., Kaminski G. & Maderna C. (Eds.), Fremdheit - Eigenheit: Ägypten, Griechenland und Rom, Austausch und Verständnis. Symposion des Liebieghauses, Frankfurt am Main vom 28. - 30. November 2002 und 16. - 19. Januar 2003. Stuttgart: Offizin Chr. Scheufele. 557-564.
- Kaper O.E. (2004), The Decoration of North Tomb 1. Bowen G.E. & Hope C.A. (Eds.), The Oasis Papers III: The Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project. . Oxford/Oakville: Oxbow Books. 323-330.
- Kaper O.E. & Mills A.J. (2004), 'Ain el-Gazzareen: Developments in the Old Kingdom settlement. Bowen G.E. & Hope C.A. (Eds.), The Oasis Papers III: The Proceedings of the Third International Conference of the Dakhleh Oasis Project. . Oxford/Oakville: Oxbow Books. 123-129.
- Worp K.A. & Kaper O.E. (1999), Greek Dipinti on the Temenos Wall at Deir el-Haggar (Dakhleh Oasis), Bulletin de l'Institut Français Archéologie Orientale 99: 233-258.
- Kaper O.E. (Ed.) (1998), Life on the Fringe: Living in the Southern Egyptian Deserts during the Roman and early-Byzantine Periods. Leiden: Research School CNWS.
- Worp K.A. & Kaper O.E. (1995), A Bronze representing Tapsais of Kellis, Revue d'Egyptologie 46: 107-118.