John D. Ray
John D. Ray (born December 22, 1945 ) is a British Egyptologist and professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge .
Life
John D. Ray is Sir Herbert Thompson Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow at Selwyn College . He has been working and teaching in Cambridge since 1977, having previously worked in the Egyptian Antiquities Department at the British Museum and the University of Birmingham . Ray has also been a visiting professor at Chicago and Yale Universities. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London and the British Academy and was a member of the Egypt Exploration Society committee until 1999 .
In addition to his Egyptological work, he made a significant contribution to the deciphering of the Carian script .
Fonts
- The Archive of Hor (1976)
- Reflections of Osiris: Lives from Ancient Egypt (2001)
- Demotic Papyri and Ostraca from Qasr Ibrim (2005)
- The Rosetta Stone and the Rebirth of Ancient Egypt (2007)
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SURNAME | Ray, John D. |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British Egyptologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 22, 1945 |