Aidan Dodson

Aidan Mark Dodson (born September 11, 1962 in London ) is a British Egyptologist .

Life

After the completion of the Grammar School in Langley , Berkshire Dodson in 1981 first began to study at the University of Durham and moved in 1982 to the University of Liverpool , where he in 1985 with a Bachelor (Bachelor Honors) in professional archeology of the Eastern Mediterranean (Archeology of the Eastern Mediterranean) . This was followed by a degree in Egyptology and Museum Practice at the University of Cambridge , which he completed in 1986 with a master’s degree. In 1995 he received his doctorate . In 1996 Dodson went to the University of Bristol as a Visiting Fellow . In 2005 he became a Research Fellow at the Department of Archeology & Anthropology there . He has been a Senior Research Fellow since 2009 .

Dodson's main research interests include burial practice and the dynastic history of ancient Egypt , the history of Egyptology and the royal tombs of Europe . He is a member of several Egyptological organizations and has been chairman of the Egypt Exploration Society since 2011 . Dodson is also an associate editor of the popular science magazine KMT. A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt .

Fonts

• Egyptian Rock-cut Tombs (= Shire Egyptology Vol. 14). Shire, Princes Risborough 1991, ISBN 0-7478-0128-2 .
• The Canopic Equipment of the Kings of Egypt. Kegan Paul International, London et al. 1994, ISBN 0-7103-0460-9 .
• Monarchs of the Nile. Rubicon Press, London 1995, ISBN 0-948695-20-X .
• with Salima Ikram : Royal Mummies in the Egyptian Museum. American University in Cairo Press, Cairo 1997, ISBN 977-424-431-1 .
• with Salima Ikram: The Mummy in Ancient Egypt. Equipping the Dead for Eternity. Thames and Hudson, London 1998, ISBN 0-500-05088-0 .
• After the pyramids. The Valley of the Kings and Beyond. Rubicon Press, London 2000, ISBN 0-948695-52-8 .
• The Hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt. New Holland, London et al. 2001, ISBN 1-85974-918-6 (In German: Hieroglyphs in Ancient Egypt. Lempertz Edition and Verlagbuchhandlung, Bonn 2008, ISBN 978-3-939908-65-4 ).
• The Pyramids of Ancient Egypt New Holland, London et al. 2003, ISBN 1-84330-495-3 .
• with Dyan Hilton : The Complete Royal Families of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson, London 2004, ISBN 0-500-05128-3 .
• The Royal Tombs of Great Britain. An Illustrated History. Duckworth, London 2004, ISBN 0-7156-3310-4 .
• with Salima Ikram: The Tomb in Ancient Egypt. Royal and Private Sepulchres from the Early Dynastic Period to the Romans. Thames & Hudson, London 2008, ISBN 978-0-500-05139-9 .
• Amarna Sunset. Nefertiti, Tutankhamun, Ay, Horemheb, and the Egyptian Counter-Reformation. American University in Cairo Press, Cairo et al. 2009, ISBN 978-977-416-304-3 .
• Poisoned Legacy. The Decline and Fall of the Nineteenth Egyptian Dynasty. American University in Cairo Press, Cairo et al. 2010, ISBN 978-977-416-395-1 .
• with Bill Manley : Life Everlasting. National Museums Scotland Collection of Ancient Egyptian Coffins National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh 2010, ISBN 978-1-905267-17-0 .
• Afterglow of Empire. Egypt from the fall of the New Kingdom to the String Renaissance. American University in Cairo Press, Cairo et al. 2012, ISBN 978-977-416-531-3 .
• The Royal Tombs of Ancient Egypt. Pen and Sword Books, Barnsley 2016, ISBN 978-1-47382-159-0 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Aidan Dodson in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage at the University of Bristol, Department of Archeology and Anthropology