Jana Jones Explained

Jana Jones
Death Date:	2023
Fields:	Egyptology
Workplaces:	Macquarie University
Alma Mater:	Macquarie University (BA, MA, PhD)
Thesis Title:	Textiles in early Egyptian funerary contexts analysis of the epigraphic and archaeological evidence
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Thesis Year:	2011
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Academic Advisors:	Boyo Ockinga
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Jana Marie Jones (d. 2023) was an Australian Egyptologist and research fellow in the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University.^[1] She was an expert on ancient Egyptian textiles. She also contributed to research on archaeological excavations at Helwan cemetery^[2] and Hierakonpolis.^[3]

Her research provided evidence that mummification occurred in Prehistoric Egypt,^{[4] [5]} approximately 1,500 years earlier than previously believed, through the analysis of Mummy S. 293, the earliest preserved mummy from the Museo Egizio in Turin, Italy.^{[6] [7]}

She completed a BA degree at Macquarie University in 1981, majoring in modern languages. Later, she received an MA (1998) and then PhD (2012) in Egyptology, also from Macquarie University. Her thesis supervisor was Boyo Ockinga.

See also

• Tarkhan dress

Publications

Articles

• • Jones . Jana . Mirzaei . Mehdi . Ravishankar . Prathiba . Xavier . Dylan . Lim . Do Seon . Shin . Dong Hoon . Bianucci . Raffaella . Haynes . Paul A. . Identification of proteins from 4200-year-old skin and muscle tissue biopsies from ancient Egyptian mummies of the first intermediate period shows evidence of acute inflammation and severe immune response . Philosophical transactions. Series A, Mathematical, physical, and engineering sciences . 28 October 2016 . 374 . 2079 . 20150373 . 10.1098/rsta.2015.0373 . 1364-503X. 5031639 .

Books

• Book: Köhler . Eva Christiana . Jones . Jana . Helwan II: the Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom funerary relief slabs . 2009 . Verlag Marie Leidorf . Rahden . 9783867579711.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Calling Dr Jones . This Week At Macquarie University . 5 February 2024 . en-AU . 14 September 2015.
2. E. Christiana Köhler, Jana Jones: Helwan II, The Early Dynastic and Old Kingdom Funerary Relief Slabs, Studien zur Archäologie und Geschichte Altägyptens, Band 25, Rahden 2009,, p. 1
3. Friedman . Renée Frances . Watrall . Ethan . Jones . Jana . Fahmy . Ahmed G. . Van Neer . Wim . Linseele . Veerle . Excavations at Hierakonpolis . Archéo-Nil . 2002 . 12 . 1 . 55–68 . 10.3406/arnil.2002.870 . 17 August 2024.
4. Web site: Jones . Jana . Prehistoric Egyptians mummified bodies 1,500 years before the pharaohs . CNN . 5 February 2024 . en . 28 September 2018.
5. Web site: Wei-Haas . Maya . Mummy Helps Confirm Earliest Egyptian Embalming Recipe . National Geographic . 5 February 2024 . en . 15 August 2018.
6. Web site: Masterson . Andrew . Egyptian mummification pushed back 1500 years . cosmosmagazine.com . 5 February 2024 . en-AU . 15 August 2018.
7. News: McGrath . Ciaran . Egyptians were making mummies more than 5,000 years ago . 17 August 2024 . Express.co.uk . 16 August 2018 . en.