Hylke is founder and editor of rememberingadeserthorse.org. Hylke studied Middle East studies and Arabic at Radboud University and earned a MA at the same university, specializing in Arabic linguistics. Currently she is working on a PhD research at Leiden University which focuses on the connection of the Arabian horse to the Arab Identity in the medieval Middle East. When she is not reading and writing Hylke loves to ride horse, cook and crochet.
Lonneke did her BA and MA in Egyptology in Leiden, the Netherlands. She developed a strong interest in Egyptian art history, in which she specialised during her MA. In 2015 she founded the Association for Students of Egyptology to bring together fellow Egyptology students online. Her MA thesis was about the different aspects of imager in ancient Egypt, taking horses as a case study. She started her PhD in ancient Egyptian art history and visual culture at the University of Vienna in 2021, and as a horsetorian still publishes occasionally on horses. Her favourite horses are the ones that nibble back when you scratch their neck, she loves books, travelling and organising stuff.
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Publications by us:
- Realism as a Representational Strategy in Depictions of Horses in Ancient Greek and Egyptian Art: How Purpose Influences Appearance
- The king himself training his horses: two new perspectives on an unusual scene in Ramesses III’s temple at Medinet Habu
- What Makes a Horse a Horse? Configurational Aspects of Ancient Egyptian Equines
- Ancient Arabian horses? Revisiting ancient Egyptian equine imagery
- Al-Khamsa: The Prophet’s Mares - Or Were They Stallions?
- Hishām ibn al-Kalbi’s Kitāb al-Khayl: A Premodern Arabic Pedigree for the Horse?
- Dhu Al-Janāḥ: Mount of Prophets and Saints