Toivari-Viitala's research examined the role women played in Egyptian life, particularly in terms of economics and administration.[8] She was also an expert on Egyptian love poetry, personal names and hieroglyphics.[5] Her work on papyrus manuscripts led to a collaboration examining the eclipsing variable star Algol, which was recorded in the Cairo Calendar.[9] The link between the astronomical phenomenon and the specific manuscript was first raised by Toivari-Viitala and was widely reported, including in the New Scientist.[10]
Toivari-Viitala died suddenly in Helsinki on 12 May 2017.[5]
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12Sweeney, Deborah (2005). "Review of Women at Deir el-Medîna. A Study of the Status and Roles of the Female Inhabitants in the Workmen's Community during the Ramesside Period. (Egyptologische Uitgaven XV)". Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient. 48 (3): 459–461. ISSN0022-4995. JSTOR25165109.
↑Sweeney, Deborah (2008-01-01). "Gender and Oracular Practice in Deir el-Medîna". Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde. 135 (2). doi:10.1524/zaes.2008.0017. ISSN2196-713X. S2CID162310522.
↑The Deir el-Medina Database, Leiden. Compiled by K. Donker van Heel, B. Haring, R. Demarée en J. Toivari-ViitalaArchived 2023-05-01 at the Wayback Machine.
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