Barbara Adams

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Barbara Georgina Adams (born February 19, 1945 in Hammersmith , London , † June 26, 2002 ) was a British Egyptologist and curator at the Petrie Museum in London.

Life

She came from a working-class family and was interested in ancient Egypt even as a teenager . She was particularly fond of mummies , which later became her specialty.

Barbara Adams began her professional career in 1962 at the age of 17 as a research assistant at the British Museum of Natural History in the Department of Entomology and Paleontology . In 1965 she moved to the Petrie Museum, where she became assistant to the curator in 1975 . In 1984 she became the new museum curator.

She began very early on with the highly accurate cataloging of the groups of tombs from Naqada , Abydos and many other ancient tombs from early Egyptian history.

When the American archaeologist Michael Hoffman resumed his excavations in Hierakonpolis in 1979, he hired Barbara Adams as an expert on ancient Egyptian pottery and other found cultural objects.

Her excavations, which she carried out herself in Hierakonpolis in the 1980s, made her known worldwide. Between 1996 and 2000 she directed the cemetery work for senior officials . During these excavations, among many other interesting objects, the earliest verifiable elephant in Egypt was discovered.

In 2002, Barbara Georgina Adams died of cancer .

Books and other publications

  • Excavations in the Locality 6 cemetery at Hierakonpolis: 1979 - 1985. Archaeopress, Oxford 2000, ISBN 1-84171-099-7 .
  • Discovery of a predynastic elephant burial at Hierakonpolis, Egypt. In: Archeology International. 1998/99, pp. 46-50.
  • with Krzysztof M. Ciałowicz, Protodynastic Egypt. Shire, Princes Risborough 1997, ISBN 0-7478-0357-9 .
  • Ancient Nekhen - Garstang in the city of Hierakonpolis. Shire Publications, New Malden 1990, ISBN 1-872561-03-9 .
  • Predynastic Egypt. Shire Publications, Aylesbury 1988, ISBN 0-85263-938-4 .
  • The Fort cemetery at Hierakonpolis: excavated by John Gerstang. KPI, London 1987, ISBN 0-7103-0275-4 .
  • Sculptured Pottery from Koptos in the Petrie Collection. Aris & Phillips, Warminster 1986, ISBN 0-85668-389-2 .
  • Egyptian Mummies. Shire Publications, Aylesbury 1984, ISBN 0-85263-944-9 .

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personal data
SURNAME Adams, Barbara
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Adams, Barbara Georgina (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Hammersmith , London, England
DATE OF DEATH June 26, 2002