Professor Paul Nicholson
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Paul Nicholson
Professor in Archaeology
Overview
Research interests
- Egyptology
- Early Technology
- Faience
- Glass
- Egyptian Animal Cults
- Photography in Archaeology
- Stereoscopic Photography
- History of Archaeology
- Archaeological Science
- Archaeology of Mongolia
Research projects
- The Catacombs of Anubis, Saqqara, Egypt.
- Faience production in Roman Memphis, Egypt.
- Early Glass in Ancient Egypt
Research groups
Publication
2025
- Nicholson, P. et al. 2025. Emery and the Ibises. Presented at: 13th International Congress of Egyptologists Leiden, Netherlands 06 - 11 August 2023. Published in: Soliman, D. ed. Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Egyptologists. Leiden: International Association of Egyptologists
2023
- Jackson, C. M. and Nicholson, P. T. 2023. Simply red: a late bronze age glass ingot from Amarna. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 47 103793. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103793)
- Mills, S. et al. 2023. Kerma settlement site P5, North Dongola Reach: Report on 2023 season. Sudan and Nubia 27 , pp.107-130.
- Nicholson, P. 2023. Between humanity and the gods: sacred animals and their place in popular religion at Saqqara. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 38-39 , pp.221-230.
2022
- Nicholson, P. 2022. Early 20th century tourism and commercial photography in Egypt and the Holy Land. Journal of Tourism History 14 (3), pp.263-290. (10.1080/1755182X.2022.2144483)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2022. Sacred animals at Saqqara. Heritage 5 (2) 1240. (10.3390/heritage5020064)
2021
- Nicholson, P. 2021. The catacombs of Anubis at North Saqqara: a subterranean world of canids.. Ancient Egypt 21 (3), pp.20-26.
- Nicholson, P. T. , Ikram, S. and Mills, S. 2021. The catacombs of Anubis at North Saqqara: an archaeological perspective. British Museum Publications in Egypt and Sudan Leuven, Belgium: Peeters. (10.2307/j.ctv1vwbtfm)
2020
- Nicholson, P. 2020. Fabriquer du verre a l'epoqu amarnienne. In: Connor, S. and Laboury, D. eds. Toutankhamon A La Decouverte du Pharaon Oublie. Liege: Presses Universitaires de Liege. , pp.192-195.
- Nicholson, P. 2020. Glass production in the Amarna period.. In: Connor, S. and Laboury, D. eds. Tutankhamun: Discovering the Forgotten Pharaoh.. Liege University Press. , pp.192-195.
2019
- Nicholson, P. T. 2019. The North Ibis Catacomb at Saqqara. In: Porcier, S. , Ikram, S. and Pasquali, S. eds. Creatures of Earth, Water and Sky: Essays on Animals in Ancient Egypt and Nubia. Amsterdam: Sidestone Press. , pp.251-258.
2018
- Nicholson, P. 2018. [Book Review] Paul Bahn ed. Archaeology: the whole story. European Journal of Archaeology 21 (4), pp.655-657. (10.1017/eaa.2018.50)
- Nicholson, P. 2018. Kitagawa, C. - The Tomb of the Dogs at Asyut. Faunal remains and other selected objects. (The Asyut Project 9). Verlag Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2016. [Book Review]. Bibliotheca Orientalis 75 (1-2), pp.93-96. (10.2143/BIOR.75.1.3285286)
- Nicholson, P. 2018. Pottery production In Egypt: the Chaîne Opératoire as a heuristic tool. Studies in Ancient Art and Civilisation 21 , pp.25-52. (10.12797/SAAC.21.2017.21.02)
- Nicholson, P. and Jackson, C. 2018. Identifying the characteristics of the earliest glass works from excavations. Anatolian Archaeological Studies 21
- Nicholson, P. T. 2018. Pharaonic and Roman faience production in Egypt: craftsmen, economy and modes of production. In: Benz, M. and Helms, T. eds. Craft Production Systems in a Cross Cultural Perspective. Bonn: University of Bonn. , pp.53-60.
2017
- Nicholson, P. and Mills, S. 2017. Stereoviews of World War One: Realistic travels. Journal of 3D Imaging (210), pp.14-21.
- Nicholson, P. , Mills, S. and Rees, H. 2017. Views of an antique land. Ancient Egypt Magazine 17 (6) (102), pp.36-42.
- Nicholson, P. , Mills, S. and Rees, H. 2017. Views of an Antique Land: photography in Egypt and Palestine during the First World War. The Journal of the T.E. Lawrence Society 26 (2), pp.75-94.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Mills, S. 2017. Soldier tourism in First World War Egypt and Palestine: the evidence of photography. Journal of Tourism History 9 (2-3), pp.205-222. (10.1080/1755182X.2017.1410582)
2016
- Nicholson, P. , Mills, S. and Rees, H. 2016. Views of an Antique Land: some results.. ASTENE Bulletin 70 , pp.10-13.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2016. The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara: Narrative of a ritual landscape.. In: Price, C. et al., Mummies, Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary Essays for Rosalie David. Manchester: Manchester University Press. , pp.19-31.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Doherty, S. 2016. Arts and crafts: Artistic representations as ethno-archaeology: A guide to craft technique. Presented at: Vienna 2 - Ancient Egyptian Ceramics in the 21st Century Vienna, Austria 14-18 May 2012. Published in: Bader, B. , Knoblauch, C. M. and Kohler, E. C. eds. Vienna 2 - Ancient Egyptian Ceramics in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the International Conference held at the University of Vienna 14th-18th of May, 2012. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta Vol. 245. Leuven: Peeters. , pp.435-450.
2015
- Nicholson, P. T. , Ikram, S. and Mills, S. 2015. The catacombs of Anubis at North Saqqara. Antiquity 89 (345), pp.645-661. (10.15184/aqy.2014.53)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2015. British work at the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara,Egypt. In: Mcknight, L. and Atherton-Woolham, S. eds. Gifts for the Gods: Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies and the British. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. , pp.38-41.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2015. Glass and vitreous materials at Tell el-Amarna. In: Kousoulis, P. and Lazaridis, N. eds. Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists. Vol. 2, Orientalia Lovaniensia Vol. 241.Leuven: Peeters
- Nicholson, P. T. , Parkes, P. J. and Jackson, C. 2015. A tale of two tiles: Preliminary investigation of two faience 'bricks'. In: Oppenheim, A. and Goelet, O. eds. The Art and Culture of Ancient Egypt: Studies in Honor of Dorothea Arnold. Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar Vol. 19.New York, NY: Egyptological Seminar of New York
2013
- Ikram, S. et al., 2013. Killing man's best friend?. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 28 (2), pp.48-66.
- Jackson, C. M. and Nicholson, P. T. 2013. Glass at el-Amarna. In: Janssens, K. H. A. ed. Modern Methods for Analysing Archaeological and Historical Glass. Vol. 1, Chichester: Wiley. , pp.345-353. (10.1002/9781118314234.ch15)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2013. Working in Memphis: the production of faience at Roman period Kom Helul. Excavation Memoir Vol. 105London: Egypt Exploration Society.
- Nicholson, P. T. et al. 2013. Geoarchaeological and environmental work at the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara, Egypt. Studia Quaternaria 30 (2), pp.83-89. (10.2478/squa-2013-0008)
- Nicholson, P. T. and Jackson, C. 2013. Glass of Amenhotep II from tomb KV55 in the Valley of the Kings.. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 99 , pp.85-99.
2012
- Nicholson, P. T. 2012. Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter Reformation [Book Review]. The Historian 74 (2), pp.389-391. (10.1111/j.1540-6563.2012.00322_45.x)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2012. Faience. In: Bagnall, R. S. et al., The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Oxford: Blackwell(10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah15153)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2012. Pharaonic glass. In: Bagnall, R. S. et al., The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell(10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah15421)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2012. "Stone...that flows": faience and glass as man-made stones in Egypt. Journal of Glass Studies 54 , pp.11-23.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2012. Technology, Egyptian. In: Bagnall, R. S. et al., The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Oxford: Blackwell(10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah21318)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2012. Trade and control of glass between New Kingdom Egypt and her neighbours. Presented at: Achievements and Problems of Modern Egyptology International Conference Moscow, Russia 29 September - 2 October 2009. Published in: Belova, G. A. and Ivanov, S. V. eds. Achievements and Problems of Modern Egyptology: Book of Proceedings. Moscow: Centre for Egyptological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (CESRAS). , pp.259-265.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Jackson, C. 2012. The Harrow chalice: early glass or early fake?. In: Ignatiadou, D. and Antonaras, A. eds. Annales du Congrès de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre. Vol. 18, A. I. H. V.. , pp.38-43.
2011
- Nicholson, P. T. 2011. Ägyptologische Tempeltagung: Structuring Religion. Königtum, Staat und Gesellschaft Früher Hochkulturen 3,2 [Book Review]. Journal of the American Oriental Society 130 (4), pp.669-671.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2011. Egyptian Royal Residences. Königtum, Staat und Gesellschaft Früher Hochkulturen 4,1 [Book Review]. Journal of the American Oriental Society 130 (4), pp.671-673.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2011. Glass working, use and discard. In: Wendrich, W. ed. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. UCLA
- Nicholson, P. T. 2011. "I'm not the saggar maker, I'm the saggar maker's mate" - Saggar making and bottom knocking in Stoke on Trent as a guide to early saggar technology. In: Aston, D. et al., Under the Potter's Tree: Studies in Ancient Egypt Presented to Janine Bourriau on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta Vol. 204.Leuven: Peeters. , pp.703-722.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2011. John Henry Haynes: a photographer and archaeologist in the Ottoman Empire 1881-1900 [Book Review]. ASTENE Bulletin 50 , pp.12-14.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2011. Nécropole des Animaux Sacrés Dernières Découvertes. Dossiers d’Archéologie H-S 20 , pp.62-67.
2010
- Jackson, C. and Nicholson, P. T. 2010. The provenance of some glass ingots from the Uluburun shipwreck. Journal of Archaeological Science 37 (2), pp.295-301. (10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.040)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Baboons, falcons and cows. Dig , pp.13-15.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Dogs as Food. Archaeology 63 (5), pp.34.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Faience finds. Dig , pp.26-28.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Glass and faience. In: Veldmeijer, A. J. ed. Tutankhamun’s Footwear: Studies of Ancient Egyptian Footwear. Leiden: Sidestone Press. , pp.148-149.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Keeper of the house of the desert. In: Ikram, S. and Dodson, A. eds. Beyond the Horizon: Studies in Egyptian Art, Archaeology and History in Honour of Barry J. Kemp. Vol. 1, Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities Press. , pp.275-323.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Kilns and firing structures. In: Wendrich, W. ed. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. UCLA
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. 'Other than': Egyptology as science? A selective history. Presented at: Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt Conferences Manchester 1-3 September 2008. Published in: Cockitt, J. and David, A. eds. Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Proceedings of the Conferences Held in Cairo (2007) and Manchester (2008). BAR international series Vol. 2141. Oxford: Archaeopress. , pp.122-126.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Yesterday and today. Dig 12 (1), pp.25.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Rose, P. J. 2010. The Pottery. In: Shaw, I. ed. Hatnub: Quarrying Travertine in Ancient Egypt. Excavation memoir Vol. 88.London: Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.81-96.
- Shaw, I. , Jameson, R. and Nicholson, P. T. 2010. The quarry P region at Hatnub. In: Shaw, I. et al., Hatnub: Quarrying Travertine in Ancient Egypt. EES Excavation memoir Vol. 88.London: Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.31-74.
2009
- Nicholson, P. T. 2009. Brilliant things for Akhenaten: making glass at Tell el-Amarna. GRAFMA 9/10 , pp.61-66.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2009. Cults, caches and catacombs: Saqqara’s animal necropolis. Current World Archaeology 36 , pp.33-38.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2009. Egyptology for the masses: James Henry Breasted and the Underwood Brothers. In: Magee, D. , Bourriau, J. D. and Quirke, S. eds. Sitting Beside Lepsius: Studies in Honour of Jaromir Malek at the Griffith Institute (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta). Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta Leuven: Petters. , pp.381-422.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2009. Faience technology. In: Wendrich, W. ed. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. UCLA
- Nicholson, P. T. 2009. Pottery production. In: Wendrich, W. ed. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. UCLA
- Nicholson, P. T. 2009. The production and exchange of vitreous materials in Egypt and the Aegean during the second millennium B.C. Presented at: The Knowledge Economy and Technological Capabilities Paris, France 9-10 December 2005. Published in: Wissa, M. ed. The Knowledge Economy and Technological Capabilities : Egypt, the Near East and the Mediterranean; 2nd Millennium B.C. - 1st Millennium A.D.; Proceedings of a Conference Held at the Maison de la Chimie Paris, France, 9-10 December 2005. Aula orientalis : Supplementa Vol. 26. Sabadell, Barcelona: Editorial Ausa. , pp.103-111.
2008
- Nicholson, P. T. 2008. Bad teeth and shrewd politics: review of 'Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt' by Joyce Tyldesley, Profile Books, 320pp, £20.00, ISBN 9781861979650, Published 24 January 2008 [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.50.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2008. Egypt’s ancient glass: excavations and experiments at Tell el-Amarna. Current World Archaeology 28 , pp.30-38.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2008. Glass and faience production sites in New Kingdom Egypt: a review of the evidence. In: Jackson, C. M. and Wager, E. C. eds. Vitreous Materials in the Late Bronze Age Aegean. Oxford: Oxbow Books. , pp.1-13.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2008. R. S. Bianchi et al.: “Reflections on Ancient Glass from the Borowski Collection” [Book Review]. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 94 , pp.321-323.
- Shaw, I. and Nicholson, P. T. 2008. The British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. London: British Museum Press.
2007
- Nicholson, P. T. 2007. Brilliant things for Akhenaten: the production of glass, vitreous materials and pottery at Amarna site O45.1. Excavation Memoir Vol. 80London: Egypt Exploration Society.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Price, J. 2007. Glass fish vessel. In: Sidebotham, S. E. and Wendrich, W. Z. eds. Berenike 1999-2000. Cotsen Institute. , pp.220-224.
2006
- Nicholson, P. T. 2006. Glass vessels from the reign of Thutmose III and a hitherto unknown glass chalice. Journal of Glass Studies 48 , pp.11-21.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2006. Petrie and the production of vitreous materials. In: Mathieu, B. , Meeks, D. and Wissa, M. eds. L’apport de l’Égypte à l’histoire des techniques. Bibliothèque d'étude Vol. 142.Institut Francais d'Archaologie Orientale. , pp.207-216.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2006. The beautiful burial in Roman Egypt [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.27.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2006. The Egyptian Revival [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement
2005
- Nicholson, P. T. 2005. A hoard of votive bronzes from the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara. British Academy Review 8 , pp.41-44.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2005. Bourriau and Phillips (2004) Invention and Innovation: The Social Context of Technological Change 2 [Book Review]. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 48 (2), pp.323-325.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2005. The sacred animal necropolis at North Saqqara: the cults and their catacombs. In: Ikram, S. ed. Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. , pp.44-71.
2004
- Gosling, J. , Manti, P. and Nicholson, P. T. 2004. Discovery and conservation of a hoard of votive bronzes from the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara. PalArch 2 (1), pp.1-12.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2004. Conserving bronzes from North Saqqara. Egyptian Archaeology 25 , pp.7-9.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2004. Encounters with Ancient Egypt: series of 8 volumes [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.24.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2004. Glass. In: Fagan, B. M. ed. The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World. Thames and Hudson. , pp.49-52.
2003
- Nicholson, P. T. 2003. Did the Egyptians invent glass?. In: Manley, B. ed. The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt. Thames and Hudson. , pp.259-261.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2003. New excavations at a Ptolemaic-Roman faience factory at Memphis, Egypt. Presented at: 15e Congrès de l'Association pour l'Histoire du Verre 15-20 October 2001. Annales du 15e Congrès de l’ Association pour l’Histoire du Verre. A.I.H.V.. , pp.49-52.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2003. P. Usick, Adventures in Egypt and Nubia [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.29.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2003. ‘The Mind of Egypt’ J Assman, Metropolitan Books, New York [Book Review]. The Historian 66 (2), pp.384-385.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Price, J. 2003. Glass from the port of Berenike, Red Sea Coast, Egypt. In: Foy, D. and Nenna, M. -. eds. Échanges et commerce du verre dans le monde antique. Editions Monique Mergoil. , pp.389-394.
2002
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. A new furnace at Kom Helul, Memphis. Egyptian Archaeology 20 , pp.24-25.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. Deir Mawas and Deir el-Gharbi: two contrasting ceramic traditions. In: Wendrich, W. and Kooij, G. v. d. eds. Moving Matters: Ethnoarchaeology in the Near East. Centre for Non-Western Studies. , pp.139-146.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. Glass production at Amarna: ancient technology replicated. In: Wendrich, W. and Kooij, G. v. d. eds. Moving matters: Ethnoarchaeology in the Near East. Centre for Non-Western Studies. , pp.103-106.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. Hellenistic/Roman faience production at Memphis, Egypt. In: Kordas, G. ed. Hyalos, Vitrum, Glass: History, Technology and Conservation of Glass and Vitreous Materials in the Hellenic World. Glasnet. , pp.141-145.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. Kom Helul. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 87 , pp.12-13.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. Savour the flavour of Egypt’s mummys: review of G. Belzoni “Belzoni’s Travels” [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.26.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. Vitreous technology: evidence for faience production at Kom Helul, Memphis (Egypt). In: Aldhouse-Green, M. J. and Webster, P. V. eds. Artefacts and Archaeology. University of Wales Press. , pp.90-101.
2001
- Nicholson, P. T. 2001. Faience. In: Redford, D. B. ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Vol. 1, Oxford University Press. , pp.491-496.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2001. Faience production at Kom Helul, Memphis. Egyptian Archaeology 18 , pp.15-17.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2001. Mummy sequels: review of R. David and R. Archbold “Conversations with mummies”, G. Elliot Smith “The Royal Mummies”, T.M. Davis “The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou with the Funeral Papyrus of Iouiya”, H. Carter “The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen” and T.G.H. James and A. de Luca “Tutankhamun”. [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.27.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2001. The glass. In: Sidebotham, S. E. and Wendrich, W. Z. eds. Berenike reports '98. Centre for Non-Western Studies. , pp.203-209.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2001. Three-dimensional imaging in archaeology: its history and future. Antiquity -Oxford- 75 , pp.402-409.
- Shortland, A. J. , Nicholson, P. T. and Jackson, C. M. 2001. Glass and faience at Amarna: different methods of supply for production, and subsequent distribution. In: Shortland, A. J. ed. The Social Context of Technological Change: Egypt and the Near East 1650-1550 B.C... Oxbow. , pp.147-160.
2000
- Bourriau, J. D. , Nicholson, P. T. and Rose, P. J. 2000. Pottery. In: Nicholson, P. T. and Shaw, I. eds. Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology. Cambridge University Press. , pp.121-147.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2000. Bert Underwood at work?. Journal of 3D Imaging 150 , pp.8-11.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2000. Egyptian faience. In: Ellis, L. ed. Archaeological Method and Theory: An Encyclopedia. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities New York, NY: Garland Publishing. , pp.206-207.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2000. Glass. In: Ellis, L. ed. Archaeological Method and Theory: An Encyclopedia. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities New York, NY: Garland Publishing. , pp.258-262.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2000. Roman glass from Berenike (Egypt): Some new work. Presented at: 14e Congrès de l’ Association pour l’Histoire du Verre 2000. Annales du 14e Congrès de l’ Association pour l’Histoire du Verre. AIHV. , pp.151-155.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Henderson, J. 2000. Glass. In: Nicholson, P. T. and Shaw, I. eds. Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. , pp.195-205.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Peltenburg, E. J. 2000. Faience. In: Nicholson, P. T. and Shaw, I. eds. Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology.. Cambridge, UK: Cambrdige University Press. , pp.177-194.
1999
- Nicholson, P. T. 1999. Ancient Egyptian intrigues: review of J. Tyldesley “Nefertiti” and R. Brier “The Murder of Tutankhamen” [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.26.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1999. Cahiers de la Céramique Égyptienne 4 and 5 [Book Review]. Bibliotheca Orientalis 56 , pp.768-771.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1999. Cross dating, heavy mineral analysis, lynchet, Mohs scale, Munsell colour chart, Optical Emission Spectrometry, petrological analysis, photomicrograph, thermal analysis, thermal colour test, thermal gradients, thermogravimetric analysis, thin sectioning, trace elements. In: Shaw, I. and Jameson, R. eds. Blackwell's dictionary of archaeology. Blackwell
- Nicholson, P. T. 1999. Faience technology and production. In: Bard, K. A. ed. Encyclopedia of the archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge. , pp.297-298.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1999. Glass. In: Bard, K. A. ed. Encyclopedia of the archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge. , pp.357-358.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Jackson, C. M. 1999. Tell el-Amarna and the glassmakers’ workshop of the second millennium B.C.. In: Nenna, M. ed. La Route du Verre. Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen. , pp.11-20.
- Nicholson, P. T. , Jackson, C. M. and Frazer, K. J. 1999. The North Ibis Catacomb at Saqqara: ‘The tomb of the birds’. In: Leahy, A. and Tait, J. eds. Studies on Ancient Egypt in honour of H.S. Smith. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.209-214.
1998
- Jackson, C. M. , Nicholson, P. T. and Gneisinger, W. 1998. Glassmaking at Tell el-Amarna: an integrated approach. Journal of Glass Studies 40 , pp.11-23.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1998. Materials and technology. In: Friedman, F. D. ed. Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience. Thames and Hudson. , pp.50-64.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1998. The Egyptian collection at Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil. Egyptian Archaeology 12 , pp.11-13.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Jackson, C. M. 1998. Kind of blue: glass of the Amarna period replicated. In: McCray, W. P. ed. Prehistory and history of glassmaking technology. American Ceramic Society. , pp.105-120.
- Tite, M. S. et al., 1998. The use of copper and cobalt colorants in vitreous materials in ancient Egypt. In: Colinart, S. and Menu, M. eds. La Couleur dans la Peinture et l’emaillage de l’Egypte Ancienne. Edipuglia. , pp.111-120.
1997
- Nicholson, P. T. 1997. Early glass and glazing in Egypt: new excavations at Tell el-Amarna. In: Sinclair, A. , Slater, E. and Gowlett, J. eds. Archaeological Sciences 1995. Oxbow. , pp.49-53.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1997. The Glass. In: Sidebotham, S. E. and Wendrich, W. Z. eds. Berenike ’96. Centre for Non-Western Studies. , pp.279-288.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1997. The place of glass manufacture in 18th dynasty Egypt. In: Phillips, J. , Bell, L. and Williams, B. eds. Ancient Egypt, The Aegean and the Near East: Studies in honour of Martha Rhoads Bell.. Vol. 2, Van Siclen Books. , pp.377-387.
- Nicholson, P. T. , Jackson, C. M. and Trott, K. M. 1997. The Ulu Burun glass ingots, cylindrical vessels and Egyptian glass. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 83 , pp.143-153.
1996
- Nicholson, P. T. 1996. Badari, el-. In: Turner, J. S. ed. The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 3, Macmillan. , pp.35.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1996. Glass (Egyptian). In: Turner, J. S. ed. The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 10, Macmillan. , pp.54-59.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1996. J. Baines (ed.) Stone vessels etc. from the tomb of Tutankhamun [Book Review]. Bibliotheca Orientalis 53 (5/6), pp.701-706.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1996. Naqada. In: Turner, J. S. ed. The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 22, Macmillan. , pp.488-489.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1996. New evidence for glass and glazing at Tell el-Amarna (Egypt). Presented at: Annales du 13e Congrès de l'Association Internationale Pour l'histoire du Verre Pays-Bas 28 August - 1 September 1995. Published in: Meconcelli, G. ed. Annales du 13e Congrès de l'Association Internationale Pour L'histoire du Verre: Pays-Bas, 28 août-1 septembre 1995. Amsterdam: AIHV. , pp.11-19.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1996. Unpleasant Ur-kitsh: review of H.W.F. Saggs "Babylonians" and D. Collon [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.18.
1995
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. Amarna Expedition, 1994-95. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 81 , pp.9-10.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. Construction and firing of an experimental updraught kiln. In: Kemp, B. J. ed. Amarna Reports VI. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.239-278.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. Glass making/working at Amarna: some new work. Journal of Glass Studies 37 , pp.11-19.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. Industrial archaeology at Amarna: an 18th Dynasty industrial site. Egyptian Archaeology 7 , pp.14-16.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. Recent excavations at an ancient Egyptian glassworks: Tell el-Amarna 1993. Glass Technology 36 (4), pp.125-128.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. The potters of Deir Mawas an ethnoarchaeological study. In: Kemp, B. J. ed. Amarna Reports VI. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.279-308.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. The sacred animal necropolis at North Saqqara. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 81 , pp.6-9.
1994
- Boyd, W. E. and Nicholson, P. T. 1994. Review of Archaeometry: Current Australasian Research, by Barry L. Fankhauser and J. Roger Bird; Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials, by S. U. Wisseman and W. S. Williams and Archaeozoology of the Near East: proceedings of the first international symposium on the archaeozoology of southwestern Asia and adjacent areas, by H. Buitenhuis and A. T. Clason [Book Review]. Journal of Archaeological Science 21 (4), pp.573-574. (10.1006/jasc.1994.1056)
- Nicholson, P. T. 1994. Archaeology beneath Saqqara. Egyptian Archaeology 4 , pp.7-8.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1994. C. Lilyquist and R.H. Brill, Studies in Early Egyptian Glass [Book Review]. Discussions in Egyptology 30 , pp.193-196.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1994. C. Orton, P. Tyers and A. Vince, Pottery in archaeology [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.24.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1994. Preliminary report on work at the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara, 1992. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 80 , pp.1-10.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1994. The potters of Deir Mawas: a village in Middle Egypt. Part 1: from clay to form. [VHS Video]. Sheffield University.
- Thomas, J. and Nicholson, P. T. 1994. Refiring experiments on material from Nuraghe Ortu Comidu (Sardara): some aspects of ceramic technology. In: Balmuth, M. ed. Quaderni Della Soprintendenza Archeologica Di Cagliari E Oristano. Soprintendenza Archeologica Di Cagliari. , pp.115-139.
1993
- Nicholson, P. T. 1993. Egyptian faience and glass. Shire Egyptology Vol. 18Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, UK: Shire Publications.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1993. Hunsrück-Eifel-Kultur pottery. In: Boura, F. , Metzler, J. and Miron, A. eds. Archaeologia Mosellana les Actes du XIe Colloque de l'A.F.E.A.F.. Archaeologia Mosellana. , pp.233-241.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1993. The firing of pottery. In: Arnold, D. and Bourriau, J. D. eds. An introduction To Ancient Egyptian pottery. von Zabern. , pp.103-120.
1992
- Bourriau, J. D. and Nicholson, P. T. 1992. Marl clay pottery fabrics of the New Kingdom from Memphis, Saqqara and Amarna. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 78 , pp.29-91.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1992. Appendix 1: The pottery thin sections. (In J.& P.J. Cherry, Further research on the prehistory of the Cumbrian Limestone uplands: the ceramic evidence). Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 92 , pp.14-22.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1992. Tell el-Amarna. Current ceramic projects. Bulletin de Liaison du Groupe International D'Etude de la Céramique Égyptienne 16 , pp.19-22.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1992. The Ballâs Pottery Project: ethnoarchaeology in Upper Egypt. In: Bey, G. J. and Pool, C. J. eds. Ceramic production and distribution: an integrated approach. Westview Press. , pp.25-47.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1992. The pottery workshop at Q48.4 at Tell el-Amarna. In: Ballet, P. ed. Ateliers De Potiers Et Productions Ceramiques En Egypte: Cahiers de La Céramique Egyptienne III. Institut Français D'Archeologie Orientale. , pp.61-70.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Patterson, H. L. 1992. The Ballâs Pottery Project. Anthropology Today 1 (2), pp.16-18.
1991
- Fieller, N. R. J. and Nicholson, P. T. 1991. Grain size analysis of archaeological pottery: the use of statistical models. In: Middleton, A. and Freestone, I. eds. Recent Developments in Ceramic Petrology. Occasional Paper Vol. 81.London: British Musuem. , pp.71-111.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1991. Die Hunsrück-Eifel-Kultur, ein Ausblick. In: Haffner, A. and Miron, A. eds. Studien zur Eisenzeit im Hunsrück-Nahe-Raum. Trierer Zeitschrift Beiheft Vol. 13.Leinen: Trierer Zeitschrift. , pp.53-69.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1991. Ethnoarchaeology at Deir Mawas, Egypt. Ceramic Petrology Group Newsletter 6 , pp.4-6.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1991. Review of A. Gibson and A. Woods, Prehistoric pottery for the archaeologist [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.22.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1991. Some aspects of ancient Egyptian glass. Ancient Middle East Society Quarterly 2 (6), pp.8-11.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1991. The relationship between excavation, ethnoarchaeology and experiment in Egyptology. Presented at: Sixth International Congress of EgyptologyProceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Egyptology. International Association of Egyptologists. , pp.473-479.
1990
- Nicholson, P. T. 1990. Cleopatra's Needle. Minerva 1 (3), pp.10-11.
1989
- Fieller, N. R. J. and Nicholson, P. T. 1989. Grain size analysis of archaeological pottery: the use of statistical models. In: Joint Sheffield/Manchester Schools of Probability and Statistics Research Report 319/88. Joint Sheffield/Manchester Schools of Probability and Statistics. , pp.[n.a].
- Nicholson, P. T. 1989. Ballâs and after. Experimental Firing Group Newsletter 20 , pp.2.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1989. Excavations at P47.20: House of Ramose complex. In: Kemp, B. J. ed. Amarna Reports V. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.226-238.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1989. Experimental determination of the purpose of a 'box oven'. In: Kemp, B. J. ed. Amarna Reports V. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.241-252.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1989. Iron Age pottery production in the Hunsrück-Eifel-Kultur of Germany: a world-system perspective. BAR International Series Vol. 501Oxford: British Archaeological Reports.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1989. Report on the 1987 excavations: the pottery kilns in building Q48.4. In: Kemp, B. J. ed. Amarna Reports V. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.64-81.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Patterson, H. L. 1989. Ceramic technology in Upper Egypt: as study of pottery firing. World Archaeology 21 (1), pp.71-86.
1988
- Nicholson, P. T. 1988. An ancient city, modern archaeology: the Tell el-Amarna excavations. Ancient Middle East Society Quarterly 1 (5), pp.7-11.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1988. Egyptian potteries: ancient and modern. Ancient Middle East Society Quarterly 1 (3), pp.9-13.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1988. Sheffield University archaeological expedition to Egypt 1987: The Ballâs Pottery Project. In: Winser, N. and Winser, S. eds. Expedition Yearbook 1987. Royal Geographical Society. , pp.53-54.
1987
- Nicholson, P. T. 1987. Note on firing an experimental box oven. Experimental Firing Group Newsletter 18 , pp.1.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1987. Science in Egyptology. Current Archaeology 107 , pp.376.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1987. The Ballâs Pottery Project. Current Archaeology 107 , pp.376-377.
- Phillips, P. , Nicholson, P. T. and Patterson, H. L. 1987. La ceramica nuragica di Ortu Comidu. In: La Sardegna Nel Mediterraneo Tra Il Secondo E Il Primo Millennio a.C.. Assessorato Alla Cultura. , pp.225-232.
1986
- Nicholson, P. T. 1986. The potters of Deir el-Gharbi. Popular Archaeology 6 (4), pp.5-10.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Patterson, H. L. 1986. Fazekasipar A Nilus Völgyében. Elet Es Tudomany 11 (14), pp.210-212.
1985
- Nicholson, P. T. 1985. Sheffield University archaeological expedition to Egypt 1984: The Ballâs Pottery Project. In: Winser, N. and Winser, S. eds. Expedition Yearbook 1984. Royal Geographical Society. , pp.53-54.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Patterson, H. L. 1985. Ethnoarchaeology in Egypt: The Ballâs Pottery Project. Archaeology 38 (3), pp.52-59.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Patterson, H. L. 1985. Pottery making in Upper Egypt: an ethnoarchaeological study. World Archaeology 17 (2), pp.222-239.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Rose, P. J. 1985. Pottery fabrics and ware groups at el-Amarna. In: Kemp, B. J. ed. Amarna Reports II. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.133-174.
1984
- Nicholson, P. T. 1984. A note on a less well known epoxide resin. Archaeometry 26 (2), pp.245-246. (10.1111/j.1475-4754.1984.tb00339.x)
1983
- Nicholson, P. T. 1983. B.A.R.S. 120 [Book Review]. Medieval Ceramics 7 , pp.111-112.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1983. Hodder Westropp: a nineteenth century archaeologist. Antiquity 58 , pp.205-210.
Articles
- Bourriau, J. D. and Nicholson, P. T. 1992. Marl clay pottery fabrics of the New Kingdom from Memphis, Saqqara and Amarna. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 78 , pp.29-91.
- Boyd, W. E. and Nicholson, P. T. 1994. Review of Archaeometry: Current Australasian Research, by Barry L. Fankhauser and J. Roger Bird; Ancient Technologies and Archaeological Materials, by S. U. Wisseman and W. S. Williams and Archaeozoology of the Near East: proceedings of the first international symposium on the archaeozoology of southwestern Asia and adjacent areas, by H. Buitenhuis and A. T. Clason [Book Review]. Journal of Archaeological Science 21 (4), pp.573-574. (10.1006/jasc.1994.1056)
- Gosling, J. , Manti, P. and Nicholson, P. T. 2004. Discovery and conservation of a hoard of votive bronzes from the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara. PalArch 2 (1), pp.1-12.
- Ikram, S. et al., 2013. Killing man's best friend?. Archaeological Review from Cambridge 28 (2), pp.48-66.
- Jackson, C. M. , Nicholson, P. T. and Gneisinger, W. 1998. Glassmaking at Tell el-Amarna: an integrated approach. Journal of Glass Studies 40 , pp.11-23.
- Jackson, C. and Nicholson, P. T. 2010. The provenance of some glass ingots from the Uluburun shipwreck. Journal of Archaeological Science 37 (2), pp.295-301. (10.1016/j.jas.2009.09.040)
- Jackson, C. M. and Nicholson, P. T. 2023. Simply red: a late bronze age glass ingot from Amarna. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports 47 103793. (10.1016/j.jasrep.2022.103793)
- Mills, S. et al. 2023. Kerma settlement site P5, North Dongola Reach: Report on 2023 season. Sudan and Nubia 27 , pp.107-130.
- Nicholson, P. 2018. [Book Review] Paul Bahn ed. Archaeology: the whole story. European Journal of Archaeology 21 (4), pp.655-657. (10.1017/eaa.2018.50)
- Nicholson, P. 2023. Between humanity and the gods: sacred animals and their place in popular religion at Saqqara. Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 38-39 , pp.221-230.
- Nicholson, P. 2022. Early 20th century tourism and commercial photography in Egypt and the Holy Land. Journal of Tourism History 14 (3), pp.263-290. (10.1080/1755182X.2022.2144483)
- Nicholson, P. 2018. Kitagawa, C. - The Tomb of the Dogs at Asyut. Faunal remains and other selected objects. (The Asyut Project 9). Verlag Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden, 2016. [Book Review]. Bibliotheca Orientalis 75 (1-2), pp.93-96. (10.2143/BIOR.75.1.3285286)
- Nicholson, P. 2018. Pottery production In Egypt: the Chaîne Opératoire as a heuristic tool. Studies in Ancient Art and Civilisation 21 , pp.25-52. (10.12797/SAAC.21.2017.21.02)
- Nicholson, P. 2021. The catacombs of Anubis at North Saqqara: a subterranean world of canids.. Ancient Egypt 21 (3), pp.20-26.
- Nicholson, P. and Jackson, C. 2018. Identifying the characteristics of the earliest glass works from excavations. Anatolian Archaeological Studies 21
- Nicholson, P. and Mills, S. 2017. Stereoviews of World War One: Realistic travels. Journal of 3D Imaging (210), pp.14-21.
- Nicholson, P. , Mills, S. and Rees, H. 2017. Views of an antique land. Ancient Egypt Magazine 17 (6) (102), pp.36-42.
- Nicholson, P. , Mills, S. and Rees, H. 2017. Views of an Antique Land: photography in Egypt and Palestine during the First World War. The Journal of the T.E. Lawrence Society 26 (2), pp.75-94.
- Nicholson, P. , Mills, S. and Rees, H. 2016. Views of an Antique Land: some results.. ASTENE Bulletin 70 , pp.10-13.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2022. Sacred animals at Saqqara. Heritage 5 (2) 1240. (10.3390/heritage5020064)
- Nicholson, P. T. , Ikram, S. and Mills, S. 2015. The catacombs of Anubis at North Saqqara. Antiquity 89 (345), pp.645-661. (10.15184/aqy.2014.53)
- Nicholson, P. T. and Mills, S. 2017. Soldier tourism in First World War Egypt and Palestine: the evidence of photography. Journal of Tourism History 9 (2-3), pp.205-222. (10.1080/1755182X.2017.1410582)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2005. A hoard of votive bronzes from the Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara. British Academy Review 8 , pp.41-44.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. A new furnace at Kom Helul, Memphis. Egyptian Archaeology 20 , pp.24-25.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1984. A note on a less well known epoxide resin. Archaeometry 26 (2), pp.245-246. (10.1111/j.1475-4754.1984.tb00339.x)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2011. Ägyptologische Tempeltagung: Structuring Religion. Königtum, Staat und Gesellschaft Früher Hochkulturen 3,2 [Book Review]. Journal of the American Oriental Society 130 (4), pp.669-671.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. Amarna Expedition, 1994-95. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 81 , pp.9-10.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2012. Amarna Sunset: Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter Reformation [Book Review]. The Historian 74 (2), pp.389-391. (10.1111/j.1540-6563.2012.00322_45.x)
- Nicholson, P. T. 1988. An ancient city, modern archaeology: the Tell el-Amarna excavations. Ancient Middle East Society Quarterly 1 (5), pp.7-11.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1999. Ancient Egyptian intrigues: review of J. Tyldesley “Nefertiti” and R. Brier “The Murder of Tutankhamen” [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.26.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1992. Appendix 1: The pottery thin sections. (In J.& P.J. Cherry, Further research on the prehistory of the Cumbrian Limestone uplands: the ceramic evidence). Transactions of the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian and Archaeological Society 92 , pp.14-22.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1994. Archaeology beneath Saqqara. Egyptian Archaeology 4 , pp.7-8.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Baboons, falcons and cows. Dig , pp.13-15.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2008. Bad teeth and shrewd politics: review of 'Cleopatra: Last Queen of Egypt' by Joyce Tyldesley, Profile Books, 320pp, £20.00, ISBN 9781861979650, Published 24 January 2008 [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.50.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1989. Ballâs and after. Experimental Firing Group Newsletter 20 , pp.2.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1983. B.A.R.S. 120 [Book Review]. Medieval Ceramics 7 , pp.111-112.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2000. Bert Underwood at work?. Journal of 3D Imaging 150 , pp.8-11.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2005. Bourriau and Phillips (2004) Invention and Innovation: The Social Context of Technological Change 2 [Book Review]. Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 48 (2), pp.323-325.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2009. Brilliant things for Akhenaten: making glass at Tell el-Amarna. GRAFMA 9/10 , pp.61-66.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1994. C. Lilyquist and R.H. Brill, Studies in Early Egyptian Glass [Book Review]. Discussions in Egyptology 30 , pp.193-196.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1994. C. Orton, P. Tyers and A. Vince, Pottery in archaeology [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.24.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1999. Cahiers de la Céramique Égyptienne 4 and 5 [Book Review]. Bibliotheca Orientalis 56 , pp.768-771.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1990. Cleopatra's Needle. Minerva 1 (3), pp.10-11.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2004. Conserving bronzes from North Saqqara. Egyptian Archaeology 25 , pp.7-9.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2009. Cults, caches and catacombs: Saqqara’s animal necropolis. Current World Archaeology 36 , pp.33-38.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Dogs as Food. Archaeology 63 (5), pp.34.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1988. Egyptian potteries: ancient and modern. Ancient Middle East Society Quarterly 1 (3), pp.9-13.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2011. Egyptian Royal Residences. Königtum, Staat und Gesellschaft Früher Hochkulturen 4,1 [Book Review]. Journal of the American Oriental Society 130 (4), pp.671-673.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2008. Egypt’s ancient glass: excavations and experiments at Tell el-Amarna. Current World Archaeology 28 , pp.30-38.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2004. Encounters with Ancient Egypt: series of 8 volumes [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.24.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1991. Ethnoarchaeology at Deir Mawas, Egypt. Ceramic Petrology Group Newsletter 6 , pp.4-6.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Faience finds. Dig , pp.26-28.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2001. Faience production at Kom Helul, Memphis. Egyptian Archaeology 18 , pp.15-17.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. Glass making/working at Amarna: some new work. Journal of Glass Studies 37 , pp.11-19.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2006. Glass vessels from the reign of Thutmose III and a hitherto unknown glass chalice. Journal of Glass Studies 48 , pp.11-21.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1983. Hodder Westropp: a nineteenth century archaeologist. Antiquity 58 , pp.205-210.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. Industrial archaeology at Amarna: an 18th Dynasty industrial site. Egyptian Archaeology 7 , pp.14-16.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1996. J. Baines (ed.) Stone vessels etc. from the tomb of Tutankhamun [Book Review]. Bibliotheca Orientalis 53 (5/6), pp.701-706.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2011. John Henry Haynes: a photographer and archaeologist in the Ottoman Empire 1881-1900 [Book Review]. ASTENE Bulletin 50 , pp.12-14.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. Kom Helul. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 87 , pp.12-13.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2001. Mummy sequels: review of R. David and R. Archbold “Conversations with mummies”, G. Elliot Smith “The Royal Mummies”, T.M. Davis “The Tomb of Iouiya and Touiyou with the Funeral Papyrus of Iouiya”, H. Carter “The Tomb of Tut.ankh.Amen” and T.G.H. James and A. de Luca “Tutankhamun”. [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.27.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2011. Nécropole des Animaux Sacrés Dernières Découvertes. Dossiers d’Archéologie H-S 20 , pp.62-67.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1987. Note on firing an experimental box oven. Experimental Firing Group Newsletter 18 , pp.1.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2003. P. Usick, Adventures in Egypt and Nubia [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.29.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1994. Preliminary report on work at the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara, 1992. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 80 , pp.1-10.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2008. R. S. Bianchi et al.: “Reflections on Ancient Glass from the Borowski Collection” [Book Review]. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 94 , pp.321-323.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. Recent excavations at an ancient Egyptian glassworks: Tell el-Amarna 1993. Glass Technology 36 (4), pp.125-128.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1991. Review of A. Gibson and A. Woods, Prehistoric pottery for the archaeologist [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.22.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. Savour the flavour of Egypt’s mummys: review of G. Belzoni “Belzoni’s Travels” [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.26.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1987. Science in Egyptology. Current Archaeology 107 , pp.376.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1991. Some aspects of ancient Egyptian glass. Ancient Middle East Society Quarterly 2 (6), pp.8-11.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2012. "Stone...that flows": faience and glass as man-made stones in Egypt. Journal of Glass Studies 54 , pp.11-23.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1992. Tell el-Amarna. Current ceramic projects. Bulletin de Liaison du Groupe International D'Etude de la Céramique Égyptienne 16 , pp.19-22.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1987. The Ballâs Pottery Project. Current Archaeology 107 , pp.376-377.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2006. The beautiful burial in Roman Egypt [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.27.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1998. The Egyptian collection at Cyfarthfa Castle, Merthyr Tydfil. Egyptian Archaeology 12 , pp.11-13.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2006. The Egyptian Revival [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement
- Nicholson, P. T. 2003. ‘The Mind of Egypt’ J Assman, Metropolitan Books, New York [Book Review]. The Historian 66 (2), pp.384-385.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1986. The potters of Deir el-Gharbi. Popular Archaeology 6 (4), pp.5-10.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. The sacred animal necropolis at North Saqqara. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 81 , pp.6-9.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2001. Three-dimensional imaging in archaeology: its history and future. Antiquity -Oxford- 75 , pp.402-409.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1996. Unpleasant Ur-kitsh: review of H.W.F. Saggs "Babylonians" and D. Collon [Book Review]. Times Higher Education Supplement , pp.18.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Yesterday and today. Dig 12 (1), pp.25.
- Nicholson, P. T. et al. 2013. Geoarchaeological and environmental work at the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara, Egypt. Studia Quaternaria 30 (2), pp.83-89. (10.2478/squa-2013-0008)
- Nicholson, P. T. , Jackson, C. M. and Trott, K. M. 1997. The Ulu Burun glass ingots, cylindrical vessels and Egyptian glass. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 83 , pp.143-153.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Jackson, C. 2013. Glass of Amenhotep II from tomb KV55 in the Valley of the Kings.. Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 99 , pp.85-99.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Patterson, H. L. 1989. Ceramic technology in Upper Egypt: as study of pottery firing. World Archaeology 21 (1), pp.71-86.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Patterson, H. L. 1985. Ethnoarchaeology in Egypt: The Ballâs Pottery Project. Archaeology 38 (3), pp.52-59.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Patterson, H. L. 1986. Fazekasipar A Nilus Völgyében. Elet Es Tudomany 11 (14), pp.210-212.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Patterson, H. L. 1985. Pottery making in Upper Egypt: an ethnoarchaeological study. World Archaeology 17 (2), pp.222-239.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Patterson, H. L. 1992. The Ballâs Pottery Project. Anthropology Today 1 (2), pp.16-18.
Book sections
- Bourriau, J. D. , Nicholson, P. T. and Rose, P. J. 2000. Pottery. In: Nicholson, P. T. and Shaw, I. eds. Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology. Cambridge University Press. , pp.121-147.
- Fieller, N. R. J. and Nicholson, P. T. 1991. Grain size analysis of archaeological pottery: the use of statistical models. In: Middleton, A. and Freestone, I. eds. Recent Developments in Ceramic Petrology. Occasional Paper Vol. 81.London: British Musuem. , pp.71-111.
- Fieller, N. R. J. and Nicholson, P. T. 1989. Grain size analysis of archaeological pottery: the use of statistical models. In: Joint Sheffield/Manchester Schools of Probability and Statistics Research Report 319/88. Joint Sheffield/Manchester Schools of Probability and Statistics. , pp.[n.a].
- Jackson, C. M. and Nicholson, P. T. 2013. Glass at el-Amarna. In: Janssens, K. H. A. ed. Modern Methods for Analysing Archaeological and Historical Glass. Vol. 1, Chichester: Wiley. , pp.345-353. (10.1002/9781118314234.ch15)
- Nicholson, P. 2020. Fabriquer du verre a l'epoqu amarnienne. In: Connor, S. and Laboury, D. eds. Toutankhamon A La Decouverte du Pharaon Oublie. Liege: Presses Universitaires de Liege. , pp.192-195.
- Nicholson, P. 2020. Glass production in the Amarna period.. In: Connor, S. and Laboury, D. eds. Tutankhamun: Discovering the Forgotten Pharaoh.. Liege University Press. , pp.192-195.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2018. Pharaonic and Roman faience production in Egypt: craftsmen, economy and modes of production. In: Benz, M. and Helms, T. eds. Craft Production Systems in a Cross Cultural Perspective. Bonn: University of Bonn. , pp.53-60.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2016. The Sacred Animal Necropolis at North Saqqara: Narrative of a ritual landscape.. In: Price, C. et al., Mummies, Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary Essays for Rosalie David. Manchester: Manchester University Press. , pp.19-31.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1996. Badari, el-. In: Turner, J. S. ed. The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 3, Macmillan. , pp.35.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2015. British work at the Sacred Animal Necropolis, North Saqqara,Egypt. In: Mcknight, L. and Atherton-Woolham, S. eds. Gifts for the Gods: Ancient Egyptian Animal Mummies and the British. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press. , pp.38-41.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. Construction and firing of an experimental updraught kiln. In: Kemp, B. J. ed. Amarna Reports VI. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.239-278.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1999. Cross dating, heavy mineral analysis, lynchet, Mohs scale, Munsell colour chart, Optical Emission Spectrometry, petrological analysis, photomicrograph, thermal analysis, thermal colour test, thermal gradients, thermogravimetric analysis, thin sectioning, trace elements. In: Shaw, I. and Jameson, R. eds. Blackwell's dictionary of archaeology. Blackwell
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. Deir Mawas and Deir el-Gharbi: two contrasting ceramic traditions. In: Wendrich, W. and Kooij, G. v. d. eds. Moving Matters: Ethnoarchaeology in the Near East. Centre for Non-Western Studies. , pp.139-146.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2003. Did the Egyptians invent glass?. In: Manley, B. ed. The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt. Thames and Hudson. , pp.259-261.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1991. Die Hunsrück-Eifel-Kultur, ein Ausblick. In: Haffner, A. and Miron, A. eds. Studien zur Eisenzeit im Hunsrück-Nahe-Raum. Trierer Zeitschrift Beiheft Vol. 13.Leinen: Trierer Zeitschrift. , pp.53-69.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1997. Early glass and glazing in Egypt: new excavations at Tell el-Amarna. In: Sinclair, A. , Slater, E. and Gowlett, J. eds. Archaeological Sciences 1995. Oxbow. , pp.49-53.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2000. Egyptian faience. In: Ellis, L. ed. Archaeological Method and Theory: An Encyclopedia. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities New York, NY: Garland Publishing. , pp.206-207.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2009. Egyptology for the masses: James Henry Breasted and the Underwood Brothers. In: Magee, D. , Bourriau, J. D. and Quirke, S. eds. Sitting Beside Lepsius: Studies in Honour of Jaromir Malek at the Griffith Institute (Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta). Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta Leuven: Petters. , pp.381-422.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1989. Excavations at P47.20: House of Ramose complex. In: Kemp, B. J. ed. Amarna Reports V. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.226-238.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1989. Experimental determination of the purpose of a 'box oven'. In: Kemp, B. J. ed. Amarna Reports V. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.241-252.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2001. Faience. In: Redford, D. B. ed. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt. Vol. 1, Oxford University Press. , pp.491-496.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2012. Faience. In: Bagnall, R. S. et al., The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Oxford: Blackwell(10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah15153)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2009. Faience technology. In: Wendrich, W. ed. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. UCLA
- Nicholson, P. T. 1999. Faience technology and production. In: Bard, K. A. ed. Encyclopedia of the archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge. , pp.297-298.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2000. Glass. In: Ellis, L. ed. Archaeological Method and Theory: An Encyclopedia. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities New York, NY: Garland Publishing. , pp.258-262.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1999. Glass. In: Bard, K. A. ed. Encyclopedia of the archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Routledge. , pp.357-358.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2004. Glass. In: Fagan, B. M. ed. The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World. Thames and Hudson. , pp.49-52.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Glass and faience. In: Veldmeijer, A. J. ed. Tutankhamun’s Footwear: Studies of Ancient Egyptian Footwear. Leiden: Sidestone Press. , pp.148-149.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2008. Glass and faience production sites in New Kingdom Egypt: a review of the evidence. In: Jackson, C. M. and Wager, E. C. eds. Vitreous Materials in the Late Bronze Age Aegean. Oxford: Oxbow Books. , pp.1-13.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2015. Glass and vitreous materials at Tell el-Amarna. In: Kousoulis, P. and Lazaridis, N. eds. Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists. Vol. 2, Orientalia Lovaniensia Vol. 241.Leuven: Peeters
- Nicholson, P. T. 1996. Glass (Egyptian). In: Turner, J. S. ed. The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 10, Macmillan. , pp.54-59.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. Glass production at Amarna: ancient technology replicated. In: Wendrich, W. and Kooij, G. v. d. eds. Moving matters: Ethnoarchaeology in the Near East. Centre for Non-Western Studies. , pp.103-106.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2011. Glass working, use and discard. In: Wendrich, W. ed. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. UCLA
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. Hellenistic/Roman faience production at Memphis, Egypt. In: Kordas, G. ed. Hyalos, Vitrum, Glass: History, Technology and Conservation of Glass and Vitreous Materials in the Hellenic World. Glasnet. , pp.141-145.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1993. Hunsrück-Eifel-Kultur pottery. In: Boura, F. , Metzler, J. and Miron, A. eds. Archaeologia Mosellana les Actes du XIe Colloque de l'A.F.E.A.F.. Archaeologia Mosellana. , pp.233-241.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2011. "I'm not the saggar maker, I'm the saggar maker's mate" - Saggar making and bottom knocking in Stoke on Trent as a guide to early saggar technology. In: Aston, D. et al., Under the Potter's Tree: Studies in Ancient Egypt Presented to Janine Bourriau on the Occasion of her 70th Birthday. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta Vol. 204.Leuven: Peeters. , pp.703-722.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Keeper of the house of the desert. In: Ikram, S. and Dodson, A. eds. Beyond the Horizon: Studies in Egyptian Art, Archaeology and History in Honour of Barry J. Kemp. Vol. 1, Cairo: Supreme Council of Antiquities Press. , pp.275-323.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. Kilns and firing structures. In: Wendrich, W. ed. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. UCLA
- Nicholson, P. T. 1998. Materials and technology. In: Friedman, F. D. ed. Gifts of the Nile: Ancient Egyptian Faience. Thames and Hudson. , pp.50-64.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1996. Naqada. In: Turner, J. S. ed. The Dictionary of Art. Vol. 22, Macmillan. , pp.488-489.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2006. Petrie and the production of vitreous materials. In: Mathieu, B. , Meeks, D. and Wissa, M. eds. L’apport de l’Égypte à l’histoire des techniques. Bibliothèque d'étude Vol. 142.Institut Francais d'Archaologie Orientale. , pp.207-216.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2012. Pharaonic glass. In: Bagnall, R. S. et al., The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell(10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah15421)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2009. Pottery production. In: Wendrich, W. ed. UCLA Encyclopedia of Egyptology. UCLA
- Nicholson, P. T. 1989. Report on the 1987 excavations: the pottery kilns in building Q48.4. In: Kemp, B. J. ed. Amarna Reports V. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.64-81.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1985. Sheffield University archaeological expedition to Egypt 1984: The Ballâs Pottery Project. In: Winser, N. and Winser, S. eds. Expedition Yearbook 1984. Royal Geographical Society. , pp.53-54.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1988. Sheffield University archaeological expedition to Egypt 1987: The Ballâs Pottery Project. In: Winser, N. and Winser, S. eds. Expedition Yearbook 1987. Royal Geographical Society. , pp.53-54.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2012. Technology, Egyptian. In: Bagnall, R. S. et al., The Encyclopedia of Ancient History. Oxford: Blackwell(10.1002/9781444338386.wbeah21318)
- Nicholson, P. T. 1992. The Ballâs Pottery Project: ethnoarchaeology in Upper Egypt. In: Bey, G. J. and Pool, C. J. eds. Ceramic production and distribution: an integrated approach. Westview Press. , pp.25-47.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1993. The firing of pottery. In: Arnold, D. and Bourriau, J. D. eds. An introduction To Ancient Egyptian pottery. von Zabern. , pp.103-120.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2001. The glass. In: Sidebotham, S. E. and Wendrich, W. Z. eds. Berenike reports '98. Centre for Non-Western Studies. , pp.203-209.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1997. The Glass. In: Sidebotham, S. E. and Wendrich, W. Z. eds. Berenike ’96. Centre for Non-Western Studies. , pp.279-288.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2019. The North Ibis Catacomb at Saqqara. In: Porcier, S. , Ikram, S. and Pasquali, S. eds. Creatures of Earth, Water and Sky: Essays on Animals in Ancient Egypt and Nubia. Amsterdam: Sidestone Press. , pp.251-258.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1997. The place of glass manufacture in 18th dynasty Egypt. In: Phillips, J. , Bell, L. and Williams, B. eds. Ancient Egypt, The Aegean and the Near East: Studies in honour of Martha Rhoads Bell.. Vol. 2, Van Siclen Books. , pp.377-387.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1995. The potters of Deir Mawas an ethnoarchaeological study. In: Kemp, B. J. ed. Amarna Reports VI. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.279-308.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1992. The pottery workshop at Q48.4 at Tell el-Amarna. In: Ballet, P. ed. Ateliers De Potiers Et Productions Ceramiques En Egypte: Cahiers de La Céramique Egyptienne III. Institut Français D'Archeologie Orientale. , pp.61-70.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2005. The sacred animal necropolis at North Saqqara: the cults and their catacombs. In: Ikram, S. ed. Divine Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt. Cairo: American University in Cairo Press. , pp.44-71.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2002. Vitreous technology: evidence for faience production at Kom Helul, Memphis (Egypt). In: Aldhouse-Green, M. J. and Webster, P. V. eds. Artefacts and Archaeology. University of Wales Press. , pp.90-101.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Henderson, J. 2000. Glass. In: Nicholson, P. T. and Shaw, I. eds. Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. , pp.195-205.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Jackson, C. M. 1998. Kind of blue: glass of the Amarna period replicated. In: McCray, W. P. ed. Prehistory and history of glassmaking technology. American Ceramic Society. , pp.105-120.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Jackson, C. M. 1999. Tell el-Amarna and the glassmakers’ workshop of the second millennium B.C.. In: Nenna, M. ed. La Route du Verre. Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen. , pp.11-20.
- Nicholson, P. T. , Jackson, C. M. and Frazer, K. J. 1999. The North Ibis Catacomb at Saqqara: ‘The tomb of the birds’. In: Leahy, A. and Tait, J. eds. Studies on Ancient Egypt in honour of H.S. Smith. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.209-214.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Jackson, C. 2012. The Harrow chalice: early glass or early fake?. In: Ignatiadou, D. and Antonaras, A. eds. Annales du Congrès de l'Association Internationale pour l'Histoire du Verre. Vol. 18, A. I. H. V.. , pp.38-43.
- Nicholson, P. T. , Parkes, P. J. and Jackson, C. 2015. A tale of two tiles: Preliminary investigation of two faience 'bricks'. In: Oppenheim, A. and Goelet, O. eds. The Art and Culture of Ancient Egypt: Studies in Honor of Dorothea Arnold. Bulletin of the Egyptological Seminar Vol. 19.New York, NY: Egyptological Seminar of New York
- Nicholson, P. T. and Peltenburg, E. J. 2000. Faience. In: Nicholson, P. T. and Shaw, I. eds. Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology.. Cambridge, UK: Cambrdige University Press. , pp.177-194.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Price, J. 2007. Glass fish vessel. In: Sidebotham, S. E. and Wendrich, W. Z. eds. Berenike 1999-2000. Cotsen Institute. , pp.220-224.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Price, J. 2003. Glass from the port of Berenike, Red Sea Coast, Egypt. In: Foy, D. and Nenna, M. -. eds. Échanges et commerce du verre dans le monde antique. Editions Monique Mergoil. , pp.389-394.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Rose, P. J. 1985. Pottery fabrics and ware groups at el-Amarna. In: Kemp, B. J. ed. Amarna Reports II. Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.133-174.
- Nicholson, P. T. and Rose, P. J. 2010. The Pottery. In: Shaw, I. ed. Hatnub: Quarrying Travertine in Ancient Egypt. Excavation memoir Vol. 88.London: Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.81-96.
- Phillips, P. , Nicholson, P. T. and Patterson, H. L. 1987. La ceramica nuragica di Ortu Comidu. In: La Sardegna Nel Mediterraneo Tra Il Secondo E Il Primo Millennio a.C.. Assessorato Alla Cultura. , pp.225-232.
- Shaw, I. , Jameson, R. and Nicholson, P. T. 2010. The quarry P region at Hatnub. In: Shaw, I. et al., Hatnub: Quarrying Travertine in Ancient Egypt. EES Excavation memoir Vol. 88.London: Egypt Exploration Society. , pp.31-74.
- Shortland, A. J. , Nicholson, P. T. and Jackson, C. M. 2001. Glass and faience at Amarna: different methods of supply for production, and subsequent distribution. In: Shortland, A. J. ed. The Social Context of Technological Change: Egypt and the Near East 1650-1550 B.C... Oxbow. , pp.147-160.
- Thomas, J. and Nicholson, P. T. 1994. Refiring experiments on material from Nuraghe Ortu Comidu (Sardara): some aspects of ceramic technology. In: Balmuth, M. ed. Quaderni Della Soprintendenza Archeologica Di Cagliari E Oristano. Soprintendenza Archeologica Di Cagliari. , pp.115-139.
- Tite, M. S. et al., 1998. The use of copper and cobalt colorants in vitreous materials in ancient Egypt. In: Colinart, S. and Menu, M. eds. La Couleur dans la Peinture et l’emaillage de l’Egypte Ancienne. Edipuglia. , pp.111-120.
Books
- Nicholson, P. T. , Ikram, S. and Mills, S. 2021. The catacombs of Anubis at North Saqqara: an archaeological perspective. British Museum Publications in Egypt and Sudan Leuven, Belgium: Peeters. (10.2307/j.ctv1vwbtfm)
- Nicholson, P. T. 2007. Brilliant things for Akhenaten: the production of glass, vitreous materials and pottery at Amarna site O45.1. Excavation Memoir Vol. 80London: Egypt Exploration Society.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1993. Egyptian faience and glass. Shire Egyptology Vol. 18Princes Risborough, Buckinghamshire, UK: Shire Publications.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1989. Iron Age pottery production in the Hunsrück-Eifel-Kultur of Germany: a world-system perspective. BAR International Series Vol. 501Oxford: British Archaeological Reports.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2013. Working in Memphis: the production of faience at Roman period Kom Helul. Excavation Memoir Vol. 105London: Egypt Exploration Society.
- Shaw, I. and Nicholson, P. T. 2008. The British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt. London: British Museum Press.
Conferences
- Nicholson, P. et al. 2025. Emery and the Ibises. Presented at: 13th International Congress of Egyptologists Leiden, Netherlands 06 - 11 August 2023. Published in: Soliman, D. ed. Proceedings of the 13th International Congress of Egyptologists. Leiden: International Association of Egyptologists
- Nicholson, P. T. and Doherty, S. 2016. Arts and crafts: Artistic representations as ethno-archaeology: A guide to craft technique. Presented at: Vienna 2 - Ancient Egyptian Ceramics in the 21st Century Vienna, Austria 14-18 May 2012. Published in: Bader, B. , Knoblauch, C. M. and Kohler, E. C. eds. Vienna 2 - Ancient Egyptian Ceramics in the 21st Century: Proceedings of the International Conference held at the University of Vienna 14th-18th of May, 2012. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta Vol. 245. Leuven: Peeters. , pp.435-450.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1996. New evidence for glass and glazing at Tell el-Amarna (Egypt). Presented at: Annales du 13e Congrès de l'Association Internationale Pour l'histoire du Verre Pays-Bas 28 August - 1 September 1995. Published in: Meconcelli, G. ed. Annales du 13e Congrès de l'Association Internationale Pour L'histoire du Verre: Pays-Bas, 28 août-1 septembre 1995. Amsterdam: AIHV. , pp.11-19.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2003. New excavations at a Ptolemaic-Roman faience factory at Memphis, Egypt. Presented at: 15e Congrès de l'Association pour l'Histoire du Verre 15-20 October 2001. Annales du 15e Congrès de l’ Association pour l’Histoire du Verre. A.I.H.V.. , pp.49-52.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2010. 'Other than': Egyptology as science? A selective history. Presented at: Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt Conferences Manchester 1-3 September 2008. Published in: Cockitt, J. and David, A. eds. Pharmacy and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Proceedings of the Conferences Held in Cairo (2007) and Manchester (2008). BAR international series Vol. 2141. Oxford: Archaeopress. , pp.122-126.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2000. Roman glass from Berenike (Egypt): Some new work. Presented at: 14e Congrès de l’ Association pour l’Histoire du Verre 2000. Annales du 14e Congrès de l’ Association pour l’Histoire du Verre. AIHV. , pp.151-155.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2009. The production and exchange of vitreous materials in Egypt and the Aegean during the second millennium B.C. Presented at: The Knowledge Economy and Technological Capabilities Paris, France 9-10 December 2005. Published in: Wissa, M. ed. The Knowledge Economy and Technological Capabilities : Egypt, the Near East and the Mediterranean; 2nd Millennium B.C. - 1st Millennium A.D.; Proceedings of a Conference Held at the Maison de la Chimie Paris, France, 9-10 December 2005. Aula orientalis : Supplementa Vol. 26. Sabadell, Barcelona: Editorial Ausa. , pp.103-111.
- Nicholson, P. T. 1991. The relationship between excavation, ethnoarchaeology and experiment in Egyptology. Presented at: Sixth International Congress of EgyptologyProceedings of the Sixth International Congress of Egyptology. International Association of Egyptologists. , pp.473-479.
- Nicholson, P. T. 2012. Trade and control of glass between New Kingdom Egypt and her neighbours. Presented at: Achievements and Problems of Modern Egyptology International Conference Moscow, Russia 29 September - 2 October 2009. Published in: Belova, G. A. and Ivanov, S. V. eds. Achievements and Problems of Modern Egyptology: Book of Proceedings. Moscow: Centre for Egyptological Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences (CESRAS). , pp.259-265.
Videos
- Nicholson, P. T. 1994. The potters of Deir Mawas: a village in Middle Egypt. Part 1: from clay to form. [VHS Video]. Sheffield University.
Research
Projects
The Catacombs of Anubis, Saqqara
An examination of the burial catacombs for the dogs sacred to Anubis. Complete planning of the Catacomb and examination of the species present among the mummified remains. Funding received from: National Geographic, Andante Travels, Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society. This work is currently in press and will appear as a monograph in 2021. Meanwhile, a short summary of the work can be found in Antiquity 89, (345), 645-661.
- National Geographic:Millions of Puppy Mummies in Egypt Labyrinth
- Dog Catacomb beneath the desert
- Andante Archaeological Travel
Views of an Antique Land
This project was begun with Heritage Lottery Funding and is jointly run by Dr. Steve Mills and myself. The project has collected photographs of Egypt and Palestine taken during the First World War with a view to documenting archaeological sites and landscapes as they appeared at that time as well as recording aspects of a less well known theatre of the war.
The project worked with donors, who provided the images and, where possible, background information and with volunteers who continue to help to research the images and upoad them to the website https://ww1imagesegypt.org.uk/
We have produced films about some aspects of the project (in Welsh and English) and these can be viewed at:
Site P5, Sudan
A new field project is currently planned to examine a settlement site of the Kerma period (c.2500-1500 B.C.) in the north Dongla Reach area of Sudan. This will be carried out jointly between Cardiff University and the Sudan Archaeological Research Society and will take place with the co-operation and collaboration of our Sudanese colleagues in the National Corporation for Antiquites and Museums. The project is directed by Steve Mills, Robert Morkot (Exeter University) and myself.
Teaching
Undergraduate
- Mediterannean Societies (Egypt lectures)
- Egyptian Funerary Archaeology -
- Pharaohs of the Sun - 20 credits
- Dissertation and Independent Study co-ordinator (with Dr. Steve Mills)
- Contributions to other undergraduate modules.
Postgraduate
- Masters scheme co-ordinator for archaeology
- Death and Commemoration
- MA Project supervisor
- PhD Supervisor (including co-supervision of DTP Student)
Biography
Education and qualifications
B.A. in Prehistory & Archaeology, Sheffield University (1st Hons.). Awarded 1981.
PhD in Archaeology, Sheffield University. Awarded 1987.
Certificate in Egyptology. 1993. University of Manchester.
Career overview
2014-Present Professor of Archaelogy, Cardiff University
2009-2014 Reader in Archaeology, Cardiff University
1999-2009 Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Cardiff University
1994-1999 Lecturer in Archaeology, Cardiff University
1991-1994 De Velling Willis Research Fellow at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield. (Researching production and distribution in ancient Egypt, with particular reference to ceramics)
1990-1991 British Academy & Egypt Exploration Society Research Associate at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield (Petrology of Egyptian Pottery)
1988-1990 S.E.R.C. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship held at the Universities of Cambridge and Sheffield (Scientific examination of Egyptian pottery from Amarna).
1985-1987 Leverhulme Trust Research Assistantship at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield. (Egyptian Pottery)
Notable achievements
Worked on excavations in Egypt since 1983 and directed projects there from 1993.
Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society - Elected 1991
Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London - Elected 2004
Honours and awards
Awards
Andante Travels Archaeological Award (2001)
Professional memberships
Professional Memberships
- Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London
- Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society
- President of the Ancient Egypt and Middle East Society
- Member of the Prehistoric Society
- Member (and former Vice Chairman) of the Egypt Exploration Society
- Member of ICOM
Academic positions
Previous Academic Positions
- 2014-Present Professor of Archaelogy, Cardiff University
- 2009-2014 Reader in Archaeology, Cardiff University
- 1999-2009 Senior Lecturer in Archaeology, Cardiff University
- 1994-1999 Lecturer in Archaeology, Cardiff University
- 1991-1994 De Velling Willis Research Fellow at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield. (Researching production and distribution in ancient Egypt, with particular reference to ceramics)
- 1990-1991 British Academy & Egypt Exploration Society Research Associate at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield (Petrology of Egyptian Pottery)
- 1988-1990 S.E.R.C. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship held at the Universities of Cambridge and Sheffield (Scientific examination of Egyptian pottery from Amarna).
- 1985-1987 Leverhulme Trust Research Assistantship at the Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield. (Egyptian Pottery)
Committees and reviewing
Committees and Reviewing
- Chair of the Amarna Trust (Charity No. 1161292)
- Board member for Interdisciplinary Egyptology
- Board Member of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society (Charity No.1005966)
- Paper Reviewer for Journal of Archaeological Science
- Paper Reviewer for Archaeometry
Supervisions
Supervised areas
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the following areas:
- Egyptology
- Early technology, especially faience and glass
- Animal cults
- Archaeological photography
- History of archaeology