Dominic Alexander Sebastian Montserrat (2 January 1964 – 23 September 2004) was a

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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 papyrologist.

Early life and education

Montserrat studied

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 ...

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills ( Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_cha ...

and received his

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Classics Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

, specializing in

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, Coptic and Egyptian

Papyrology Papyrology is the study of manuscripts of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, etc., preserved on portable media from antiquity, the most common form of which is papyrus, the principal writing material in the ancient civilizations ...

Academic career

From 1992 to 1999 he taught Classics at the

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. Suffering since birth from

hemophilia Haemophilia, or hemophilia (), is a mostly inherited genetic disorder that impairs the body's ability to make blood clots, a process needed to stop bleeding. This results in people bleeding for a longer time after an injury, easy bruising ...

, his increasingly deteriorating health led Montserrat to resign from teaching in 1999 and take up a research post in the classics department of

The Open University The Open University (OU) is a British public research university and the largest university in the United Kingdom by number of students. The majority of the OU's undergraduate students are based in the United Kingdom and principally study o ...

. In 2004, he died from the effects of his illness at the age of forty. Despite his ill health Montserrat was remarkably productive in his brief scholarly life: he was a member of the committee of the

Egypt Exploration Society The Egypt Exploration Society (EES) is a British non-profit organization. The society was founded in 1882 by Amelia Edwards and Reginald Stuart Poole in order to examine and excavate in the areas of Egypt and Sudan. The intent was to study and ana ...

, for which he published regularly, and curated the award-winning travelling exhibition ''Ancient Egypt: Digging For Dreams'' of the

Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London is part of University College London Museums and Collections. The museum contains over 80,000 objects and ranks among some of the world's leading collections of Egyptian and Sudanese materia ...

. A wider audience saw him co-presenting the TV documentary series ''The Egyptian Detectives'', a production of

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and Channel Five. In his 1996 debut book ''Sex and Society in Graeco-Roman Egypt'' Montserrat presented a broad study of ancient sexuality and its cultural manifestations in

Greco-Roman Egypt The history of Egypt has been long and wealthy, due to the flow of the Nile River with its fertile banks and delta, as well as the accomplishments of Egypt's native inhabitants and outside influence. Much of Egypt's ancient history was a myster ...

. His second book focused on the life and times of the "heretic pharaoh"

Akhenaten Akhenaten (pronounced ), also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, ( egy, ꜣḫ-n-jtn ''ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy'', , meaning "Effective for the Aten"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth D ...

(2000), whose long afterlife as an object of modern interpretations and appropriations he critically analyzed.

Selected works

* ''Sex and Society in Graeco-Roman Egypt'', London & New York: Kegan Paul, 1996, * ''From Constantine to Julian: Pagan and Byzantine Views. A Source History'', London & New York: Routledge, 1996 (co-editor), * ''Akhenaten: History, Fantasy and Ancient Egypt'', London & New York: Routledge, 2000,

References

External links

* Association Internationale de Papyrologues
In memoriam Dominic Montserrat 1964–2004
{{DEFAULTSORT:Montserrat, Dominic British Egyptologists British papyrologists Academics of the Open University Academics of the University of Warwick Alumni of University College London Alumni of Grey College, Durham 1964 births 2004 deaths

Early life and education

Academic career

Selected works

See also

References

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