Our IP interviewed @eltorres.bsky.social, an Andalusian comics editor and scriptwriter. ElTorres has a particular taste for Egyptian narratives, something that crystallises in one of his major works, Phantasmagoria (2020).You can now read the interview here: egypopcultlisboa.pt/interview-wi...

Egypopcult has prepared some new surprises coming up in September! Stay tuned for more 😎

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Julia Troche will be presenting her talk Imaginations of Ancient Egypt in Amusement Parks hosted by @issegyptomania.bsky.social online on 21st July 7pm BST! More info at: www.eventbrite.com/e/imaginatio...

One of our Egypopcult colleagues, Tara Sewell-Lasater, is currently working with a friend on a new project called the Alexandrian substack, based on a series of short stories on the life of Kleoaptra VII. Suscribe to watch their interviews at: thealexandrianseries.substack.com?utm_campaign...

The Alexandrian | M.D. Rollins | Substack

Short stories exploring the life of Kleopatra VII, and the lives of her ancestors. Click to read The Alexandrian, by M.D. Rollins, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ago.

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On July 18, the Manchester Game Center will host a seminar on Anubis in contemporary popular culture. The event is organized by two contributors to Egypopcult, Jennifer Cromwell and Arnaud Quertinmont, and will feature our IP Abraham I. Fernández Pichel, Lawrence Webb and Roxanne Bicker.

Anubis in Contemporary Popular Culture — Manchester Game Centre

The symposium ‘Anubis in Contemporary Popular Culture’ examines the reception of ancient Egyptian gods through the case study of the canine deity Anubis. By adopting a focussed examination of an indiv...

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Did you know that one the European Space Agency's satellites is called Cheops? The link between Egyptomania and space is as strong as ever! 🔭

The book edited by our PI, A.I. Fernández Pichel, "Imagining the Past in Fiction: Reception of Antiquity in Contemporary Popular Culture", is currently undergoing peer review. We hope the book will be published soon and that it will be available in bookstores shortly!

The conference Antiquity in Simulation: Global Receptions of the Classical World in Video Games will take place on 13 June Saturday at the Oxford Classics Faculty (OX1 3LU), from 9am-5pm. Our colleague Jennifer Cromwell, will be giving a paper at this conference, so make sure to check it out!

A new thriller/suspense novel in Spanish has been published on Ancient Egypt! Check out more info at: www.penguinlibros.com/es/novela-ne... #egyptomania #ancientegypt

Lo que pesa el corazón | Penguin Libros

UN CRIMEN RITUAL. UN TESORO EGIPCIO. TRES ÉPOCAS UNIDAS POR UN MITO QUE PODRÍA ESCONDER LA BARBARIE MÁS PERVERSA.

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Lee Cronin's The Mummy’ is being released in cinemas across almost all of Europe today, marking one of the major highlights of this year's Egyptomania. We're going to watch it this afternoon and will let you know what we thought of it. If you're planning to watch it soon, tell us what you think!

Just one week to go until the online I Congreso Internacional RIIPOA en Didáctica del Próximo Oriente Antiguo. If you’d like to attend, please be sure to email daniel.justel@uah.es. More info at: chul.letras.ulisboa.pt/evento/congr....

Our PI has finally finished Silent Hill 1 and was pleasantly surprised to discover that there are also Egyptian-themed references! In the final part of the game, you have to find, among other symbols, the Egyptian ankh in order to progress through this level. Have you played this game before?

A new Egyptomania videogame is coming soon to PC! Alternate between an archaeologist exploring the temple in 3D and a painted figure navigating the 2D frescoes etched into the stone. Watch the trailer at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxV7...

CfP open until Friday 1st May 2026 for an online symposium examining the god Anubis in contemporary popular culture, organised by Jennifer Cromwell and Arnaud Quertinmont! If you're interested in participating, check out: manchestergamecentre.org/blog-db/2026...

Check out this newly published volume on Ancient Egypt and video games, edited by Jennifer Cromwell. This volume is the first to focus solely on the portrayal of Ancient Egypt in video games. More info at: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

How are mummies and vampires similar in Egyptian-inspired fiction? Are they different, or do they combine in different works of popular culture beyond frequent crossovers? Abraham Fernández Pichel and Nolwenn Corriou analyse this in their future article, more info soon! @/Image by Jesús C. Gan.

"The Dog-Eared God" traces the story of an Egyptologist, Professor Dewey, who has been smuggling mummies out of Egypt for a number of years. Want to know more? Check out our database entry written by our new collaborator, Lawrence Webb: database.egypopcult.pt/the-dog-eare...

In the game Tomb Raider (1996), Lara Croft has to find a lost ancient artifact, the Scion of Atlantis. Her search for the remaining pieces takes her to Greece and ultimately to Egypt, where the third fragment is hidden. Check out our entry by Tara Sewell-Lasater: database.egypopcult.pt/tomb-raider/

Meet one of our collaborators! Víctor Sánchez Domínguez, professor and researcher in the Department of Specific Didactics at the University of Córdoba, is a leading specialist in the application of gamification in history as a teaching strategy at different educational levels.

Dr. Daniel Rafaelić has recently published a book in Croatian on the relationship between Ancient Egypt and cinema, from which we can expect an English version very soon! More info at: dzepna.com/product/drev...

French Nouvelle Vague film "Ma nuit chez Maud" (1969) alludes to the transcendence of love, the force of seduction and its power to shape History by reflecting on... the importance of Cleopatra's nose! See more at our database: database.egypopcult.pt/ma-nuit-chez-maud/

Exciting upcoming events in February 2026. 🔸ISSE Book Club Launch Event - 19 February 2026 at 7pm UK time, online 🔸Lecture - Chris Wood 'Egyptomagia. An exploration of the influence of Ancient Egypt on Western Magic' - 24 February 2026 at 7pm UK time, online

The Egypopcult team likes travelling around! ✈️ Can you guess where our social media CM, Esperanza, is right now finishing her PhD? P.S.: There is a hint in the picture ;)

Don't forget to submit your proposal to participate in the "I Congreso Internacional RIIPOA en Didáctica de Próximo Oriente Antiguo" by February 2nd (Monday) to the following emails: egypopcult.lisboa@gmail.com and daniel.justel@uah.es!!

Just ten days after the death of Erich von Däniken, we would like to revisit this article by Arnaud Quertinmont on the DC universe and ancient astronauts: egypopcult.pt/batman-and-t... Comment on what you think about the role of this populariser in science fiction and popular culture in general!

The University of Zagreb and the Archeological Museum in Zagreb will held their first international conference on the perceptions and receptions of Ancient History on November 3-7th 2026. For more info, check out: www.starapovijest.eu/en/2025/08/2...

The ERAE project, led by Florian Ebeling, Julia Budka, and Miguel John Versluys, confirms academia's interest in the reception of Ancient Egypt. If Egypopcult was a first step, ERAE is the confirmation of this. More info at: www.erae.gwi.uni-muenchen.de

We are republishing information about the 1st RIIPOA International Congress on Ancient Near Eastern Didactics, which will be held on 21-22 April 2026. Contributions can be sent to daniel.justel@uah.es or egypopcult.lisboa@gmail.com. These email addresses replace the previous email address!