Description:
The role of memory in shaping religion in the ancient cities of Mesopotamia, Egypt, Greece and Rome.
Brief description:
Martin Bommas is senior lecturer in Egyptology at the Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity at the University of Birmingham, UK. He was a research associate of Professor Jan Assmann at the University of Heidelberg until 2000, and has published five monographs on ancient Egyptian rituals, religious texts, and memory.