Ian Shaw, (born 1961) is an
Egyptologist and academic, who was formerly
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in Egyptian Archaeology at the
University of Liverpool
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.
Life
His field work was largely focused in
el-Amarna, but in recent times, he has done extensive excavations of mining and quarrying sites from many different
Ancient Egyptian periods. He primarily focuses his recent work on methods and mechanics of Egyptian craftsmen and laborers. However, he has produced several works regarding ancient Egyptian warfare; a topic that had long been ignored or only briefly commented on by other researchers.
Besides writing original books, he also has edited several "dictionaries" of Ancient Egypt (which might more correctly be labeled "
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s"; they are in no way
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s).
On 15 March 2018, Shaw was elected a
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Bibliography
*''Egyptian Warfare and Weapons'', 1991
*''A History of Ancient Egypt'', 1992 (Translated from French work by Nicholas Grimal)
*''The British Museum Dictionary of Ancient Egypt'', 1995 (With P. Nicholson)
*''The Blackwell Dictionary of Archaeology'' (co-Editor, with R. Jameson), 1999
*''The Oxford History of Ancient Egypt'', 2000 (Editor)
*''Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology'', 2000 (Editor)
*''Ancient Egypt: A
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'', 2nd edition 2021
*''Hatnub: Quarrying Travertine in Ancient Egypt'' (2010)
*''Ancient Egyptian Technology and Innovation'' (2012)
*''Ancient Egyptian Warfare'' (2019)
*''The Oxford Handbook of Egyptology", 2020 (Editor)
See also
*
List of Egyptologists
References
External links
Dr. Ian Shaw
English Egyptologists
1961 births
Living people
Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London
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