Job title:
Associate Professor of Egyptology, Faculty Curator of Egyptology
Department:
Middle Eastern Languages and Cultures
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology
Research interests:
Materiality of text, e.g. magical spells decorating ancient Egyptian coffins, in relation to ancient Egyptian funerary literature.
- 3D modeling of these coffins for the Heast Museum. See "The Book of the Dead in 3D" http://3dcoffins.berkeley.edu/.
- Demonology in ancient Egypt. See the Ancient Egyptian Demonology Project: http://www.demonthings.com.
Role: