Nils Billing
Professor at Department of Theology; History of Religions and World Christianity
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 21 68
- E-mail:
- Nils.Billing@teol.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Engelska parken, Thunbergsvägen 3 B
- Postal address:
- Box 511
751 20 UPPSALA

Publications
Selection of publications
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The Performative Structure: Ritualizing the Pyramid of Pepy I
Brill Academic Publishers, 2018
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The pyramid as a journey: Cultic encounters between father and son in the pyramid of Pepy I
Part of Proceedings of the XI international congress of egyptologists, p. 35-40, Archaeopress, 2017
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Antiken. Från faraonernas Egypten till romarrikets fall
Natur och kultur, 2017
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The Pyramids: Between Life and Death
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2016
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The Dialogue of Geb and Nut in Relation to the Royal Sarcophagus in the Pyramid of King Pepy I
Part of Liber amicorum-speculum siderum :, p. 3-16, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2016
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De dödas bok: Den fornegyptiska dödsboken i översättning och kommentar
Carlsson Bokförlag, 2016
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"It is I, Your Son; I am Horus": Ritual and Spatial Progression in the Pyramid of Pepy I
Part of The Pyramids, p. 249-269, Uppsala universitetstryck, 2016
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Recently discovered blocks in the central Delta village of Kom el-Ahmar, Minuf
Part of Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists, 2015
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Porten till det okända: Bergssymbolik i det forntida Egypten
Part of Vägar till insikt och utsikt, p. 39-58, Artos & Norma, 2014
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Part of Bibliotheca Orientalis, p. 405-407, 2013
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The Performative Structure: Ritualizing the pyramid of Pepy I
2013
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Gudinna i förvandling: Bild och performativitet i det gamla Egypten
Part of Religion och Bibel, 2011
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Part of Bibliotheca Orientalis, p. 66-71, 2011
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Monumentalizing the Beyond: Reading the Pyramid before and after the Pyramid Texts
Part of Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, p. 53-66, 2011
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Egyptens pyramider: Evighetens arkitektur i forntid och nutid (ny reviderad upplaga)
Carlsson bokförlag, 2011
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Part of The Story of Storage I, p. 8-13, Statens ljud- och bildarkiv, 2010
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Part of Forskning & Framsteg, p. 42-47, 2010
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Part of Bibliotheca Orientalis, p. 431-436, 2009
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Archaeological Investigations at Kom al Ahmar, Minuf
Part of Egyptian Archaeology. The Bulletin of the Egypt Exploration Society, 2009
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Egyptens pyramider: Evighetens arkitektur i forntid och nutid
Carlsson bokförlag, 2009
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Iconic reading - Iconic emphasis
Part of Ausgestattet mit den Schriften des Thot, p. 28-34, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2009
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Part of Proceedings of the ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, p. 183-194, 2007
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The Secret One: An analysis of a core motif in the Books of the Netherworld
Part of Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur, p. 51-71, 2006
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The EES Delata Survey: Minufiyeh 2005
Part of Egyptian Archaeology. Bulletin of the Egypt Exploration Society, p. 3-6, 2006
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Re-assessing the Past: Context and Tradition of the Book of the Dead, Chapter 181
Part of Totenbuch-Forschungen, p. 1-10, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2006
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Writing an Image: The Formulation of the Tree Goddess Motif in the Book of the Dead, Chapter 59
Part of Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur 32, p. 35-50, 2004
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Nut - The Goddess of Life in Text and Iconography
2003
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Text and Tomb: Some spatial properties of Nut in the Pyramid Texts
Part of Egyptology at the dawn of the twenty-first century, p. 129-136, 2003
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Mose egyptiern - En man i minnet
Part of Acta Masonica Scandinavica, p. 172-183, 2000
Recent publications
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Uppsala universitet, 2023
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Unis pyramid: Död och förvandling i en fornegyptisk kungagrav
Carlsson Bokförlag, 2023
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Skapargudens bok: Livets nyckel
Part of Boken om boken, p. 183-185, Carlsson Bokförlag, 2023
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Part of Rethinking Osiris, p. 69-84, 2021
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You are not alone: The conceptual background of Nut as the eternal abode in text and iconography
Part of Environment and religion in ancient and coptic Egypt, 2020
All publications
Articles in journal
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Part of Religion och Bibel, 2019
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Gudinna i förvandling: Bild och performativitet i det gamla Egypten
Part of Religion och Bibel, 2011
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Monumentalizing the Beyond: Reading the Pyramid before and after the Pyramid Texts
Part of Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur, p. 53-66, 2011
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Part of Forskning & Framsteg, p. 42-47, 2010
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Archaeological Investigations at Kom al Ahmar, Minuf
Part of Egyptian Archaeology. The Bulletin of the Egypt Exploration Society, 2009
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The Secret One: An analysis of a core motif in the Books of the Netherworld
Part of Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur, p. 51-71, 2006
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The EES Delata Survey: Minufiyeh 2005
Part of Egyptian Archaeology. Bulletin of the Egypt Exploration Society, p. 3-6, 2006
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Writing an Image: The Formulation of the Tree Goddess Motif in the Book of the Dead, Chapter 59
Part of Studien zur altägyptischen Kultur 32, p. 35-50, 2004
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Mose egyptiern - En man i minnet
Part of Acta Masonica Scandinavica, p. 172-183, 2000
Books
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Uppsala universitet, 2023
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Unis pyramid: Död och förvandling i en fornegyptisk kungagrav
Carlsson Bokförlag, 2023
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The Performative Structure: Ritualizing the Pyramid of Pepy I
Brill Academic Publishers, 2018
-
Antiken. Från faraonernas Egypten till romarrikets fall
Natur och kultur, 2017
-
De dödas bok: Den fornegyptiska dödsboken i översättning och kommentar
Carlsson Bokförlag, 2016
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Egyptens pyramider: Evighetens arkitektur i forntid och nutid (ny reviderad upplaga)
Carlsson bokförlag, 2011
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Egyptens pyramider: Evighetens arkitektur i forntid och nutid
Carlsson bokförlag, 2009
Chapters in book
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Skapargudens bok: Livets nyckel
Part of Boken om boken, p. 183-185, Carlsson Bokförlag, 2023
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The pyramid as a journey: Cultic encounters between father and son in the pyramid of Pepy I
Part of Proceedings of the XI international congress of egyptologists, p. 35-40, Archaeopress, 2017
-
The Dialogue of Geb and Nut in Relation to the Royal Sarcophagus in the Pyramid of King Pepy I
Part of Liber amicorum-speculum siderum :, p. 3-16, Archaeopress Publishing Ltd, 2016
-
"It is I, Your Son; I am Horus": Ritual and Spatial Progression in the Pyramid of Pepy I
Part of The Pyramids, p. 249-269, Uppsala universitetstryck, 2016
-
Porten till det okända: Bergssymbolik i det forntida Egypten
Part of Vägar till insikt och utsikt, p. 39-58, Artos & Norma, 2014
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Part of The Story of Storage I, p. 8-13, Statens ljud- och bildarkiv, 2010
-
Iconic reading - Iconic emphasis
Part of Ausgestattet mit den Schriften des Thot, p. 28-34, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2009
-
Re-assessing the Past: Context and Tradition of the Book of the Dead, Chapter 181
Part of Totenbuch-Forschungen, p. 1-10, Harrassowitz Verlag, 2006
Collections (editor)
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The Pyramids: Between Life and Death
Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2016
Comprehensive doctoral thesis
Conference papers
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Part of Rethinking Osiris, p. 69-84, 2021
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You are not alone: The conceptual background of Nut as the eternal abode in text and iconography
Part of Environment and religion in ancient and coptic Egypt, 2020
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2016
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Recently discovered blocks in the central Delta village of Kom el-Ahmar, Minuf
Part of Proceedings of the Tenth International Congress of Egyptologists, 2015
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Part of Proceedings of the ninth International Congress of Egyptologists, p. 183-194, 2007
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Text and Tomb: Some spatial properties of Nut in the Pyramid Texts
Part of Egyptology at the dawn of the twenty-first century, p. 129-136, 2003
Monograph doctoral thesis
Reports
Other
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Part of Bibliotheca Orientalis, p. 405-407, 2013
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Part of Bibliotheca Orientalis, p. 66-71, 2011
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Part of Bibliotheca Orientalis, p. 431-436, 2009