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Kara and Jordan discuss the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive with Griffith Institute staff Daniela Rosenow and Lara Bampfield.

Summary: Kara and Jordan welcome Griffith Institute staff Daniela Rosenow and Lara Bampfield to discuss the new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive, a searchable, metadata-driven platform that reconnects Carter’s excavation records to the tomb spaces, seasons, people, and objects. We learn about the trials and tribulations behind such an endevour, future plans for the project, and some of the fabulous stories behind lesser-known pieces in Tut’s tomb. Tutankhamun Spatial Archive Guest Bios: Lara Bampfield has recently submitted her DPhil in Assyriology at the University of Oxford. Her research investigates change and continuity in the motifs of Old Babylonian and Kassite cylinder seals, applying advanced digital methods such as 2D and 3D modelling, image-annotation software, and machine learning to analyse these transformations. In 2025 Lara joined the Griffith team as research assistant for the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive project focusing on the digital and metadata components. Daniela Rosenow studied Egyptology and Classics at the Humboldt University Berlin where she obtained her PhD on Late Period sacred architecture. She has worked at UCL’s Institute of Archaeology, the British…

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Hosts: Kara Cooney, Jordan

Guests: Daniela Rosenow, Lara Bampfield

Topics covered

• Tutankhamun
• digital archive
• Egyptology
• excavation records
• metadata
• cultural heritage

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Griffith Institute, University of Oxford, British Museum, University of Munich, German Archaeological Institute Cairo, UCL’s Institute of Archaeology

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