Stephen Quirke is an Egyptologist. He is the current
Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology
The Edwards Professor of Egyptian Archaeology and Philology is a university professorial chair held at University College London.
History
The chair was founded on the death of Amelia Edwards of the Egyptian Exploration Fund in 1892, who bequea ...
at
University College London
University College London (Trade name, branded as UCL) is a Public university, public research university in London, England. It is a Member institutions of the University of London, member institution of the Federal university, federal Uni ...
.
He has worked at the
British Museum
The British Museum is a Museum, public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is the largest in the world. It documents the story of human cu ...
(1989–1998)
and since 1999 at the
Petrie Museum
The Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology in London is part of University College London Museums and Collections. The museum contains over 80,000 objects, making it one of the world's largest collections of Egyptian and Sudanese ma ...
in London.
He has published several books, some of them translated into other languages.
Works
*''Hieroglyphs and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt'', London 1996,
*''The Cult of Ra: Sun-worship in Ancient Egypt: Sun-worship in Ancient Egypt from the Pyramids to Cleopatra'', London 2001,
*''Who Were the Pharaohs?: A Guide to their Names, Reigns and Dynasties'', London 2010,
*''Hidden Hands: Egyptian Workforces in Petrie Excavation Archives, 1880–1924'' (Duckworth Egyptology Series), London 2010
*''Birth tusks: the armoury of health in context – Egypt 1800 BC.'', London
* (with
Gianluca Miniaci Juan Carlos Moreno García, Stephen Quirke & Andréas Stauder (editors)): ''The Arts of Making in Ancient Egypt, Voices, images, and objects of material producers 2000–1550 BC'', Sidestone. Leiden,
External links
Stephen Quirke on the website of UCL
References
Living people
British Egyptologists
Academics of University College London
Year of birth missing (living people)
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