Richard H. Wilkinson (born 1951) is an archaeologist in the field 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 religious p ...

. He is Regents Professor Emeritus, Ph.D. at the

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and founding director of the University of Arizona Egyptian Expedition. He conducted research and excavation in

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for 25 years, mainly in the

Valley of the Kings The Valley of the Kings ( ar, وادي الملوك ; Late Coptic: ), also known as the Valley of the Gates of the Kings ( ar, وادي أبوا الملوك ), is a valley in Egypt where, for a period of nearly 500 years from the 16th to 11th ...

, and most recently excavating the royal temple of

Twosret Twosret, also spelled ''Tawosret'' or ''Tausret'' (d. 1189 BC conventional chronology) was the last known ruler and the final pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. She is recorded in Manetho's Epitome as a certain ''Thuoris, who in Homer ...

, a

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of the

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who ruled Egypt as a

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. Wilkinson has held a number of professional offices. He is the founding editor of the ''Directory of North American Egyptologists'' and also of the ''Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections'', a scholarly journal dedicated to the interactions of ancient Egypt with other ancient Near Eastern and

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cultures.''Journal of Ancient Egyptian Interconnections'' He is the author of many scholarly articles and books on Egyptology and his books have been translated into many languages. He is best known for his studies of Egyptian symbolism and his work in Egyptian

archaeology Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landsca ...

Publications

* ''Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture'' (1992) * ''Symbol and Magic in Egyptian Art'' (1994) * ''Valley of the Sun Kings: New Explorations in the Tombs of the Pharaohs'' (1995) * ''The Complete Valley of the Kings'' With C. Nicholas Reeves (1996) * ''The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt'' (2000) * ''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 Creasman (2017)

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