Since 2024, Dorian is the Director and Curator of the Musée du Malgré-Tout in Treignes (Belgium). He holds a PhD in Egyptology from the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) thanks to a fellowship of the F.R.S.-FNRS (Academia; Researchgate). His research focuses on the Egyptian Predynastic and Early Dynastic periods and on the Egyptian collection of the Royal Museum of Art and History (RMAH, Brussels).

His PhD dissertation (ULB, 2016) discussed the place of the boat in Egyptian Predynastic and Early Dynastic iconography and archaeology. Between 2018 and 2020, Dorian studied the collection of Egyptian antiquities formely belonging to King Leopold II and now kept at the RMAH ("Pyramids & Progress. Belgian expansionism and the making of Egyptology, 1830-1952"). The complete publication of this collection is planned for 2023. Started in October 2020, his postdoctoral research project (F.R.S.-FNRS) aims to bring "new perspectives on Predynastic and Early Dynastic rock art in Egypt (c. 4500-2600 BC)" through a diachronic and holistic analysis of the petroglyphs documented between Elkab and Aswan.

Guest lecturer at Namur University (Belgium) in 2018, he is a member of the Belgian mission in the Theban Necropolis (ULB/ULg; MANT), of the archaeological mission in Tell el-Iswid (IFAO), of the Elkab Desert Survey Project (Yale University) and of the Aswan-Kom Ombo Archaeological Project (Yale University - University of Bologna). In the context of these last two projects, he is specifically involved in the study of the figurative pre-pharaonic rock art. 

In prep. Vanhulle, D. Une ancienne collection royale aux Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire de Bruxelles. Les antiquités égyptiennes du roi Léopold II.

* Brémont, A. & Vanhulle, D. ‘A ‘Nubian touch’? A rock art perspective on culture contacts in the First Cataract area during the fourth millennium BCE' in: Gatto, M.C., Medici, P., Polkowski, P.L., Förster, F. & Riemer, H. (eds), Current Research in the Rock Art of the Eastern Sahara, In Memory of Dirk Huyge (1957–2018).

Vanhulle, D. & Hendrickx, S. 'The ostrich in Predynastic and Early Dynastic bird representations' in: Tristant, Y., Villaeys, J. & Ryan, E. (eds), Egypt at its Origins 7. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference "Origin of the state, Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt”, Paris, 19th–23rd September 2022. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta. Leuven-Paris: 741–796.

Vanhulle, D. & Claes, W. 'Boat models from the Early Dynastic settlement of Elkab: new insights on the archaeology of early pharaonic domestic contexts' in: Tristant, Y., Villaeys, J. & Ryan, E. (eds), Egypt at its Origins 7. Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference "Origin of the state, Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt”, Paris, 19th–23rd September 2022. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta. Leuven-Paris: 717–740.

Vanhulle, D. 'Van Leopold II tot Jean Capart: een voormalige koninklijke collectie Egyptische oudheden in Brussel, Ta Mery 16: 20–43.

* Cooper, J. & Vanhulle, D. 'Rock art surveys in the Sudanese Eastern Desert: results of the 2018–2019 Atbai Survey', Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 109 (1–2). DOI: 10.1177/03075133231211917.

Vanhulle, D. 'Considerations about the territorial making of Egypt and the use of rock art in the context of state formation' in: Kabaciński, J., Chłodnicki, M., Kobusiewicz, M. & Winiarska-Kabacińska, M. (eds) Society and subsistence in the prehistory of northeastern Africa: papers in honor of Romuald Schild. Studies in African Archaeology 17. Poznań: 337–350.

* Vanhulle, D. 'Boat graves and naviform pits from their origin to the Old Kingdom: tradition, continuity and change in Early Egypt, International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 53(1): 1–19, DOI: 10.1080/10572414.2023.2264551.

Vanhulle, D. 'Les voyages du prince Léopold (1855 et 1862–1863)' in: Delvaux, L. & Van Caelenberge, E. (eds), Expéditions d’Égypte. Histoires d’une collection. Brussels: 27–29.

Vanhulle, D. 'Pre-pharaonic rock art: a new Eldorado for research? When answers are carved in stone' in: Polkowski, P. (ed.), Stone canvas: towards a better integration of ‘rock art’ and ‘graffiti’ studies in Egypt and Sudan. Cairo: 33–51.

Vanhulle, D. 'Drawings along the Nile: documenting the endangered rock art from West Bank Aswan', Egyptian Archaeology 63: 32–37.

Vanhulle, D. 'Collections et collectionneurs d’hier et d’aujourd’hui: aux sources d’une pratique indémodable' in: Quertinmont, A. (ed.), Égypte: éternelle passion [exhibition catalogue, Musée royal de Mariemont, 24 September 2022 – 16 April 2023]. Morlanwelz: 103–110.

Vanhulle, D. 'Bons baisers de Russie: caisses en bois et vases en pierre aux Musées du Cinquantenaire' in: Doyen, J.-M., Cattelain, P., Delvaux, L. & De Mulder, G. (eds), De l’Escaut au Nil : bric-à-brac en hommage à Eugène Warmenbol à l'occasion de son 65e anniversaire. Treignes: 185–188.

Vanhulle, D. 'L’art rupestre pré- et protodynastique en Égypte: progrès récents et perspectives de recherches' in: Cattelain, L. , Smolderen, A., Gillard, M. (dir.), Archéologues Malgré-Tout: apporter sa pierre pour y voir clair. Mélanges offerts à Claire Bellier et Pierre Cattelain. Treignes: 155–168.

* Hardtke, F., Claes, W., Darnell, J.C., Hameeuw, H., Hendrickx, S., & Vanhulle, D. 'Early royal iconography: a rock art panel from el-Hosh (Upper Egypt)'. Archéo-Nil 32: 25–50.

Maître, J., Morel, V. & Vanhulle, D. 'Landscape laboratory: (re)exploring rock art at Wadi Hammamat', Egyptian Archaeology 61: 30–35.

Claes, W., Vanhulle, D., & De Putter, Th. 'Obsidian in early Egypt: the provenance of a new fragment from the Predynastic settlement at Elkab and the question of possible exchange routes' in: W. Claes, M. De Meyer, M. Eyckerman & D. Huyge † (eds), Remove that Pyramid! Studies on the Archaeology and History of Predynastic and Pharaonic Egypt in Honour of Stan Hendrickx. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 305. Leuven: 187–236.

Vanhulle, D. 'New perspectives on Predynastic and Early Dynastic rock art in Egypt (c. 4500–2600 BC)' in: Centro Camuno di Studi Preistorici (ed.), XXXVIII Valcamonica Symposium 2021: Rock Art, A Human Heritage. Capo di Ponte (Bs), Italy, October 28 to 31, 2021. Capo di Ponte: 279–287. 

Vanhulle, D. 'L’image comme vecteur de discours idéologique : analyse diachronique des représentations de bateau dans l’art pré- et protodynastique' in: Köhler, C., Kuch, N., Junge, F. & Jeske, A.-K. (eds), Egypt at its Origins 6: Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference, Origins of the State. Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt, Vienna, 10-15th September 2017. Orientalia Lovaniensia Analecta 303. Leuven: 761–791.

* Vanhulle, D., Warmenbol, E. & Vandersmissen, J. 'Leopold II and Egypt: two initiatory journeys' in: De Meyer, M., de Cartier d’Yves, S. (eds), Belgians on the Nile. A History of Royal Visits, Entrepreneurship, and Archaeological Exploration in Egypt. Brussels: 15–45.

* Angevin, R., Vanhulle, D., Hendrickx, S. & Madrigal, K. 'De l’outil au symbole: sur une lame de silex retouchée en bateau provenant de Gebelein (Haute Égypte, Nagada IIC-D, Lyon, Musée des Confluences: Inv. T. 1224)', Archéo-Nil 30: 73–96.

* Cooper, J. & Vanhulle, D. 'Boats and routes: new rock art in the Atbai Desert', Sudan & Nubia 23: 3–12.

Vanhulle, D. 'The royal funerary stelae of the first two dynasties in Abydos: the "stela" of King Den reconsidered', Koregos: revue et encyclopédie multimédia des arts.

Vanhulle, D. 'Focus on the flotilla: the knife handle from HK6 Tomb 111', Nekhen News 30: 9–10.

Vanhulle, D. 'Nouveau regard sur un masque de momie de la collection d’antiquités égyptiennes du roi Léopold II (Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire, E.6884)', Bulletin des Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire 89/90: 5–20.

* Vanhulle, D. 'Boat symbolism in Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt (ca 4500–2600 BC): an ethno-archaeological approach', Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections 17: 173–187. 

* Vanhulle, D. 'Preliminary observations on some Naqadian boat models: a glimpse of a discrete cognitive process in pre-pharaonic arts' in: Kabaciński, J., Chłodnicki, M., Kobusiewicz, M. & Winiarska-Kabacińska M. (eds), Desert and the Nile. Late Prehistory of the Nile Basin and the Sahara. Papers in honour of Fred Wendorf. Studies in African Archaeology 15. Poznań: 289–312.

* Vanhulle, D. 'Faux et usage de faux : discussion autour d’un modèle de bateau des Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire de Bruxelles' in: Doyen, F., Quertinmont, A. & Preys, R. (eds), Sur le chemin du Mouseion d’Alexandrie. Études offertes à Marie-Cécile Bruwier. Les Cahiers Égypte Nilotique et Méditérranéenne 19. Montpellier: 301–326.

* Vanhulle, D. 'Un modèle de bateau protodynastique égyptien récemment acquis par le Musée d’archéologie nationale (Saint-Germain-en-Laye)', Revue des Musées de France 2018 (4): 28–39.

Vanhulle, D. 'Le Nil et au-delà : le bateau et ses implications durant le 4^e millénaire', Koregos: revue et encyclopédie multimédia des arts.

* Vanhulle, D. 'Les stèles funéraires royales des deux premières dynasties à Abydos: à propos de la « stèle » de Den des Musées royaux d’Art et d’Histoire de Bruxelles', Chronique d’Égypte 88 (176): 203–229.

* Nicolas, N., & Vanhulle, D. 'Le sport à Athènes : jeux et amphores panathénaïques' in: Cattelain, P. et al. (dir.), Des jeux du stade aux jeux du cirque [exhibition catalogue, Treignes, Musée du Malgré-Tout, 28 March 2010 – 14 November 2010], Treignes: 21–34.

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Peer-reviewed publications indicated with *.

Vanhulle, D., Histara - les comptes rendus :

Pomey P. (dir.), La batellerie égyptienne. Archéologie, histoire, ethnographie, CeAlex - Centre d’Études Alexandrines 34, De Boccard, Paris, 2016 (336 p., 147 ill., 22 x 28 cm, ISBN: 978-2-11-129854-5, 40 €).

Vanhulle, D., Chronique d'Egypte 89 (178): 304–308 :

John ROMER, An History of Ancient Egypt. From the First Farmers to the Great Pyramids. London, Allen Lane an imprint of Penguin Books, 2012 (1 vol. in-8°, xxviii, 476 pp., figs, 25 £)

Vanhulle, D., Histara - les comptes rendus :

Michèle CASANOVA, Le lapis-lazuli dans l’Orient ancien. Production et circulation du Néolithique au IIe millénaire av. J.-C., Éditions du Comité des Travaux Historiques et Scientifiques, Paris, 2013 (284 p., ISBN 2735507319, 45 €).