Boyo Ockinga is an Egyptologist, epigrapher, and philologist of the ancient Egyptian language, who holds the position of associate professor in the department of ancient history at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.
Ockinga graduated from the University of Auckland, New Zealand with a BA and an MA, and the University of Tübingen Germany, with a PhD.
Ockinga specialises in the art and language of the New Kingdom of Egypt and has excavated extensively at a variety of locations in Egypt, including El Mashayikh (near Abydos), Awlad Azzaz (near Sohag), Dra Abu el-Naga, and Saqqara.