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Robert Brier (/ ˈ b r aɪ. ər /; born December 13, 1943) is an American Egyptologist specializing in paleopathology.A senior research fellow at Long Island University/LIU Post, he has researched and published on mummies and the mummification process and has appeared in many Discovery Civilization, TLC Network, and National Geographic documentaries, primarily on ancient Egypt.
The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt (2003) Egyptology Today (2008) Egyptian Scarabs (2008) The Temple of Tausret (2011) Tausret: Forgotten Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt (2012) The Oxford Handbook of the Valley of the Kings With Kent R. Weeks (2015) Pharaoh’s Land and Beyond: Ancient Egyptian Interconnections With Pearce Paul ...
Egyptology (from Egypt and Greek-λογία, -logia; Arabic: علم المصريات) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt. The topics studied include ancient Egyptian history , language , literature , religion , architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the 4th century AD.
One of the initial goals of the International Association of Egyptologists (IAE) at its foundation in 1947 was to produce overviews of literature relevant to Egyptology, to aid Egyptological research. Jozef M.A. Janssen, a Dutch Egyptologist at Leiden University, was asked to publish a yearly list of titles with abstracts. The first volume ...
The Egyptian Book of the Dead. Granta Books. ISBN 978-1-86207-913-7. Barry Kemp (2005). Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation (2nd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 0-415-23550-2. Barry Kemp (2005). 100 Hieroglyphs: Think Like an Egyptian. Granta Books. ISBN 1-86207-658-8. Barry Kemp (2000). Bricks and metaphor. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 10, 335 ...
Ritner was widely known for his work on Egyptian religious practices, language, medicine, literature, magic, and political history. Within the Mormon studies community, Ritner was known for confirming the conclusions of other Egyptologists who have investigated the Joseph Smith papyri.
Besides writing several books, he has also edited major volumes related to Ancient Egypt, including Ancient Egyptian Materials and Industries, the Oxford History of Ancient Egypt, [2] several Dictionaries of Ancient Egypt, and the Oxford Handbook of Egyptology. On 15 March 2018, Shaw was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA). [3]
Mark Lehner (born 1950 in Dakota [citation needed]) is an American archaeologist with more than 30 years of experience excavating in Egypt. He is the director of Ancient Egypt Research Associates (AERA) and has appeared in numerous television documentaries. [1] [2] His approach is to conduct interdisciplinary archaeological investigation. [3]