Bibliothèque Ouverte d’Égyptologie (BOE) — ISSN: pending — is a scientific, open-access, independent journal, with long-term preservation of its publications, dedicated to the study of ancient Egypt in all its forms. It welcomes articles of up to 60,000 characters (including spaces and footnotes), covering all areas of the discipline, from prehistory to the Coptic period, from the Mediterranean to Sudan, and beyond. The journal values diversity and originality of approaches, as well as scientific multilingualism (Arabic, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, and others upon request). BOE also supports multiple formats and may include appendices such as spreadsheets or 3D models.

Open access, long-term preservation, and independence

Publishing in BOE is free of charge for authors, who also retain their rights under the CC BY 4.0 license. Articles are freely accessible on Zenodo, an open-access institutional repository managed by CERN and supported by the European Union. This platform ensures long-term preservation and stable identification of publications via DOI, regardless of the future of BOE’s editorial structure.

The journal’s editorial policy is detailed and publicly available (cf. our Editorial Policy Statement), in accordance with the requirements of the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), a recognized international index that ensures scientific integrity, independence, and transparency. This editorial rigor helps limit biases related to endogeny: no more than 25% of published articles may be authored by members of the editorial or scientific board.

Peer certification

Our intervention in the form of the articles is deliberately limited: we do not impose any standardization in layout (text structure, use of notes, bibliographic style, etc.). Our goal is to uphold the diversity of academic conventions worldwide. In this respect, BOE operates less as a traditional publisher than as peer certification, ensuring the quality and recognition of research while preserving the author’s voice.

Who are we?

The journal is published by Bibliothèque Ouverte des Mondes Anciens (BOMA), an independent, non-profit publishing initiative established in France ("association loi 1901") committed to the free dissemination of knowledge.

Editorial Committee

Guilherme Borges Pires (PhD candidate in Ancient History – Egyptology and Researcher at CHAM – Centre for the Humanities, FCSH, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa)

Victor Braga Gurgel (PhD candidate in Ancient History – Egyptology, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa)

Alessandro Calò (MA in Egyptology, Università degli Studi di Torino)

Jérémie Chemin (MA in Egyptology, Sorbonne Université)

Noémie Lecroq (PhD candidate in Egyptology, École Pratique des Hautes Études [EPHE-PSL])

Edson Poiati Filho (PhD in Egyptology, Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry; Editor-in-Chief*)

Ghada Ramadan (PhD candidate in Linguistics, Cairo University)

Jacqueline Robin (MA in Egyptology, Sorbonne – Paris IV)

*In accordance with Article 93-2 of French Law No. 82-652 of 29 July 1982, for an online publication issued by a legal entity, the Editor-in-Chief (directeur de la publication) is its legal representative; as such, the president of the associative publishing house serves as Editor-in-Chief.

Scientific Committee

Ninon Blond (École normale supérieure de Lyon)

Carlos Carvalhar (Universidade de São Paulo)

Gaëlle Chantrain (Université catholique de Louvain)

Marion Claude (Institut français d’archéologie orientale)

Fábio Frizzo (Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro)

Hanane Gaber (Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry)

Carlos Gracia Zamacona (Universidad de Alcalá)

Rita Lucarelli (University of California, Berkeley)

Séverine Marchi (MEAE/CNRS, Director of the French Archaeological Unit in Sudan)

Ahmed M. Mekawy Ouda (Cairo University)

So Miyagawa | 宮川　創 (University of Tsukuba | 筑波大学)

Nicolas Morand (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences)

Luiza Osorio G. Silva (University of California, Irvine)

Clémence Pagnoux (Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, France)

Stéphane Pasquali (Université de Montpellier Paul-Valéry)

Felix Relats Montserrat (Sorbonne Université)

Dina Serova (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)

Sherouk Shehada (Helwan University)

Marwa Soliman (Mansoura University)

Danijela Stefanović (University of Belgrade)

Filip Taterka (Polish Academy of Sciences)

Simon Thuault (PhD in Egyptology, independent researcher)