Sara Kitat

@alexu.edu.eg

Faculty of Tourism and Hotels
Professor and Head of Tourist Guiding Department Faculty

RESEARCH, TEACHING, or OTHER INTERESTS

Arts and Humanities, Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management, Archeology, Museology
33

Scholar Citations

4

Scholar h-index

RECENT SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • ILLUMINATING THE DIVINE: THE USE OF LAMPS IN MAGICAL AND INCUBATORY PRACTICES IN GRÆCO-ROMAN EGYPT
    K Hosny, R El-Sharnouby, S Kitat
    Research Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels Mansoura University 18 … , 2026
    2026
  • AI-Driven Narrative Techniques for Reimagining the Myth of Persephone’s Abduction: An Analytical Approach
    D Biltagy, S Kitat
    The Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Sadat City … , 2026
    2026
  • Between closed and opened: the iconography of the semi-closed doors in Alexandrian funerary art
    S Kitat
    PAM 34 (1), 403-418 , 2025
    2025
  • آلهة سراديب المعابد في مصر السفلى خلال العصر البطلمى Deities of Temple- Crypts in Lower Egypt during the Ptolemaic Period ‎
    إنجي فكري؛ سارة كتات؛ عنايات أحمد ‎
    مجلة جميعة الآثار بالأسكندرية 50 (2), 541-572 , 2025 ‎
    2025
  • Between Egypt and Pompeii: The Cult of Isis Io in Egypt
    S Kitat
    Acta InterCulturalia 1 (1), 9-27 , 2025
    2025
  • Let Statues Talk: Applying AI Story Telling Scenarios in the Græco-Roman Museum in Alexandria
    S Kitat
    Shedet 15 (1), 38-60 , 2025
    2025
  • Marine Deities and Festivals in Græco-Roman Alexandria
    S Kitat
    Bulletin de la Société Archéologique d’Alexandrie 50 (2), 335-380 , 2025
    2025
  • Ceremonies of Ship Launching in Egypt in the Context of Valorisation of Maritime Heritage and Tourism
    S el Sayed Kitat
    Revista Internacional de Turismo, Empresa y Territorio. RITUREM 8 (2), 88-107 , 2024
    2024
  • CEREMONIES OF SHIP LAUNCHING IN EGYPT BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT
    S Kitat
    Journal of Tourism and Heritage Research 7 (4), 100-125 , 2024
    2024
  • Egyptian Temples of Upper Egypt during the Ptolemaic and Roman Times; An Academic Guide to the Tour Guide
    S Kitat
    2023
  • PHOTO TOURISM IN EGYPT; A TARGET OR A TOOL? ( CASE STUDY: THE HANGING CHURCH-THE CHURCH OF ABU SERGA – THE CHURCH OF SAINT BARBARA )
    S Kitat, S El-MANHALY
    International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Architecture and … , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • تقييم الجولات الافتراضية للمواقع الأثرية؛ دراسة حالة للمواقع الرومانية بالاسکندرية ‎
    هبة, کتات, سارة ‎
    Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality 23 … , 2022
    2022
  • The Iconography of Weapons in Coptic Paintings from the Fourth Century till the Thirteenth Century AD
    S Kitat, E Fekry
    المجلة الدولية للتراث والسياحة والضيافة‎ 16 (2.1), 1-25 , 2022 ‎
    2022
    Citations: 5
  • EVALUATING VIRTUAL INTERFACES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; CASE STUDY OF THE ROMAN SITES IN ALEXANDRIA
    S Kitat, H Said
    Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality 23 … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 4
  • Temple of Kasr El-Aguz: A Center for Deified Persons with Healing Powers in Græco-Roman Egypt
    SS Kitkat
    2021
  • SANATORIA IN GRÆCO-ROMAN EGYPT; APPROACHES TO HEALING HERITAGE
    S Kitat
    Special Issue for the International Webinar "The Power of Cultural Heritage … , 2021
    2021
  • The Menit–Gesture: an Intriguing Scene in Egyptian Temples
    S Kitat
    Göttinger Miszellen 264, 127-160 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • Staircase and Ladder; Shape and Meaning in Art from Ancient Egypt to Christianity
    S Kitat
    Coptica Alexandrina (CA) 1 (1), 71-105 , 2021
    2021
  • Early Christian Fetal Burials in the Egyptian Western Desert in the Midst of Magic and Inhumation
    S Kitat
    Mitteilungen zur Christlichen Archäologie 27, 95-110 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • Praying beads and praying ropes in coptic art in the context of coptic heritage
    SS Kitat, ZH Hassan
    Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality 19 … , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 1

MOST CITED SCHOLAR PUBLICATIONS

  • Ostrich Egg and its Symoblic Meaning in the Ancient Egyptian Monastery Churches
    S Kitat
    Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists 15 (15), 23-41 , 2014
    2014
    Citations: 6
  • The Iconography of Weapons in Coptic Paintings from the Fourth Century till the Thirteenth Century AD
    S Kitat, E Fekry
    المجلة الدولية للتراث والسياحة والضيافة‎ 16 (2.1), 1-25 , 2022 ‎
    2022
    Citations: 5
  • The Veneration of the Owl in Graeco-Roman Egypt
    S Kitat
    International Journal of History and Cultural Studies 5 (2), 1-20 , 2019
    2019
    Citations: 5
  • EVALUATING VIRTUAL INTERFACES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES; CASE STUDY OF THE ROMAN SITES IN ALEXANDRIA
    S Kitat, H Said
    Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality 23 … , 2022
    2022
    Citations: 4
  • Water Divinities in Egypt during the Græco-Roman Period (A Religious, Archaeological and Tourist Study
    S Kitat
    Faculty of Tourism and Hotels Alexandria University , 2010
    2010
    Citations: 4
  • The Iconography and Function of Winged Gods in Egypt during the Græco-Roman Period
    S Kitat
    Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels 12 (Issue 1), 47-70 , 2015
    2015
    Citations: 3
  • The Cult of God Priapus in Egypt during the Graeco-Roman Period
    S Kitat
    Göttinger Miszellen: Beiträge zur ägyptologischen Diskussion, 115-124 , 2018
    2018
    Citations: 2
  • PHOTO TOURISM IN EGYPT; A TARGET OR A TOOL? ( CASE STUDY: THE HANGING CHURCH-THE CHURCH OF ABU SERGA – THE CHURCH OF SAINT BARBARA )
    S Kitat, S El-MANHALY
    International Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies in Architecture and … , 2023
    2023
    Citations: 1
  • The Menit–Gesture: an Intriguing Scene in Egyptian Temples
    S Kitat
    Göttinger Miszellen 264, 127-160 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • Early Christian Fetal Burials in the Egyptian Western Desert in the Midst of Magic and Inhumation
    S Kitat
    Mitteilungen zur Christlichen Archäologie 27, 95-110 , 2021
    2021
    Citations: 1
  • Praying beads and praying ropes in coptic art in the context of coptic heritage
    SS Kitat, ZH Hassan
    Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality 19 … , 2020
    2020
    Citations: 1
  • ILLUMINATING THE DIVINE: THE USE OF LAMPS IN MAGICAL AND INCUBATORY PRACTICES IN GRÆCO-ROMAN EGYPT
    K Hosny, R El-Sharnouby, S Kitat
    Research Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels Mansoura University 18 … , 2026
    2026
  • AI-Driven Narrative Techniques for Reimagining the Myth of Persephone’s Abduction: An Analytical Approach
    D Biltagy, S Kitat
    The Journal of the Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Sadat City … , 2026
    2026
  • Between closed and opened: the iconography of the semi-closed doors in Alexandrian funerary art
    S Kitat
    PAM 34 (1), 403-418 , 2025
    2025
  • آلهة سراديب المعابد في مصر السفلى خلال العصر البطلمى Deities of Temple- Crypts in Lower Egypt during the Ptolemaic Period ‎
    إنجي فكري؛ سارة كتات؛ عنايات أحمد ‎
    مجلة جميعة الآثار بالأسكندرية 50 (2), 541-572 , 2025 ‎
    2025
  • Between Egypt and Pompeii: The Cult of Isis Io in Egypt
    S Kitat
    Acta InterCulturalia 1 (1), 9-27 , 2025
    2025
  • Let Statues Talk: Applying AI Story Telling Scenarios in the Græco-Roman Museum in Alexandria
    S Kitat
    Shedet 15 (1), 38-60 , 2025
    2025
  • Marine Deities and Festivals in Græco-Roman Alexandria
    S Kitat
    Bulletin de la Société Archéologique d’Alexandrie 50 (2), 335-380 , 2025
    2025
  • Ceremonies of Ship Launching in Egypt in the Context of Valorisation of Maritime Heritage and Tourism
    S el Sayed Kitat
    Revista Internacional de Turismo, Empresa y Territorio. RITUREM 8 (2), 88-107 , 2024
    2024
  • CEREMONIES OF SHIP LAUNCHING IN EGYPT BETWEEN PAST AND PRESENT
    S Kitat
    Journal of Tourism and Heritage Research 7 (4), 100-125 , 2024
    2024