Ethics of Digital Representation in Egyptology

Interest in digital approaches to Egyptology started in the second half of the 20th century, for instance with the establishment of the Manuel de codage at the 1984 international round table Informatique appliquee a l’Egyptologie. Since that time, many large textual, visual, and spatial digital projects have been developed by teams from several countries for a variety of audiences. The developments of practical and theoretical approaches of digital Egyptology have subsequently grown within the broader context of the Digital Humanities. Although digital scholarly projects are in the first place content driven, ethical questions on, among other aspects, representation, access and sustainability should always be included and can only be an effective part of the project design when considered and integrated right from the start.