Aidan Mark Dodson (born 1962) is an English

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religiou ...

and

historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the st ...

. He has been honorary professor of

Egyptology Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native relig ...

at the

University of Bristol , mottoeng = earningpromotes one's innate power (from Horace, ''Ode 4.4'') , established = 1595 – Merchant Venturers School1876 – University College, Bristol1909 – received royal charter , type ...

since 1 August 2018.

Academic career

Dodson, born in London on 11 September 1962, studied at Langley Grammar School (1975–81), before moving to Collingwood College, Durham (1981-2). He completed a BA at the

University of Liverpool , mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning , established = 1881 – University College Liverpool1884 – affiliated to the federal Victoria Universityhttp://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/2004/4 University of Manchester Act 200 ...

(1985), and an MPhil (1986, museum practice and archaeology) and PhD (1995, Egyptology) at

Christ's College, Cambridge Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...

. He began teaching at the University of Bristol in October 1996, also holding the post of Simpson Professor of Egyptology at the

American University in Cairo The American University in Cairo (AUC; ar, الجامعة الأمريكية بالقاهرة, Al-Jāmi‘a al-’Amrīkiyya bi-l-Qāhira) is a private research university in Cairo, Egypt. The university offers American-style learning progra ...

from January to July 2013. His primary research interests concern Ancient Egypt, with a particular focus on dynastic history and chronology, tomb architecture, sarcophagus and coffin design, canopic equipment, and the history of

; he is also an historian of late 19th and early 20th century navies, and has written on the royal tombs of Great Britain. He is the author of over twenty books, and 300 articles and reviews. Dodson was elected a Fellow of the

Society of Antiquaries of London A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Soci ...

in 2003.

Published books

Egyptology

#''Egyptian Rock-cut Tombs'' (1991) #''The Canopic Equipment of the Kings of Egypt'' (1994) #''Monarchs of the Nile'' (1995) (Revised Editions in 2001 and 2015) #''After the Pyramids'' (2000) #''The Hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt'' (2001) #''The Pyramids of Ancient Egypt'' (2003) #''The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt'' (with Dyan Hilton) (2004) (2010, Revised Edition) #''Ancient Egypt: Pyramids and Hieroglyphs'' (2006) #''The Tomb in Ancient Egypt'' (with

Salima Ikram Salima Ikram ( ur, سلیمہ اکرام; born 17 May 1965) is a Pakistani professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo, a participant in many Egyptian archaeological projects, the author of several books on Egyptian archaeology, a ...

) (2008) #''

Amarna Amarna (; ar, العمارنة, al-ʿamārnah) is an extensive Egyptian archaeological site containing the remains of what was the capital city of the late Eighteenth Dynasty. The city was established in 1346 BC, built at the direction of the Ph ...

Sunset:

Nefertiti Neferneferuaten Nefertiti () ( – c. 1330 BC) was a queen of the 18th Dynasty of Ancient Egypt, the great royal wife of Pharaoh Akhenaten. Nefertiti and her husband were known for a radical change in national religious policy, in which ...

Tutankhamun Tutankhamun (, egy, twt-ꜥnḫ-jmn), Egyptological pronunciation Tutankhamen () (), sometimes referred to as King Tut, was an Egyptian pharaoh who was the last of his royal family to rule during the end of the Eighteenth Dynasty (ruled ...

, Ay,

Horemheb Horemheb, also spelled Horemhab or Haremhab ( egy, ḥr-m-ḥb, meaning " Horus is in Jubilation") was the last pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty of Egypt (1550–1295 BC). He ruled for at least 14 years between 1319 BC and 1292 BC. ...

, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation'' (2009) (2018, Revised Edition) #''Poisoned Legacy: The Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty'' (2010) (2016, Revised Edition) #''Afterglow of Empire: Egypt from the Fall of the New Kingdom to the Saite Renaissance'' (2012) (2020, Revised Edition) #''Amarna Sunrise: Egypt from Golden Age to Age of Heresy'' (2014) #''The Royal Tombs of Ancient Egypt'' (2016) #'' Sethy I, King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife'' (2018) #''

Rameses III Usermaatre Meryamun Ramesses III (also written Ramses and Rameses) was the second Pharaoh of the Twentieth Dynasty in Ancient Egypt. He is thought to have reigned from 26 March 1186 to 15 April 1155 BC and is considered to be the last great mona ...

, King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife'' (2019) #''

, Queen and Pharaoh of Egypt: Her Life and Afterlife'' (2020) #''The First Pharaohs, Their Lives and Afterlives'' (2021) #''

, King of Egypt: His Life and Afterlife'' (2022)

Other books

#''The Royal Tombs of Great Britain'' (2004) (2017, Revised Edition) #''The Kaiser's Fleet: German Capital Ships 1871-1918'' (2015) #''Before the Battecruiser: The Big Cruiser in the World's Navies 1865-1910'' (2018) #''German Battleship Helgoland'' (2019) #''Spoils of War: The Fate of Enemy Fleets after the Two World Wars'' (with Serena Cant) (2020)

References

English Egyptologists Living people 1962 births Academics of the University of Bristol Alumni of Collingwood College, Durham Alumni of the University of Liverpool Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London {{archaeologist-stub