Consultant
Editor
PROFESSOR ROSALIE DAVID
OBE
has achieved world renown for her pioneering work in investigating mummies using
non-destructive techniques. She is Director of the KNH Centre for Biological and
Forensic Studies in Egyptology at The University of Manchester. For over 25 years her Certificate Course in Egyptology has been
consistently oversubscribed. The Distance Learning Course in Egyptology has
proved equally popular.
Prof
David was the former Keeper of Egyptology at the Manchester Museum, and is Director of the
International Mummy Database and Director of the Schistosomiasis Investigation
Project. Her research work into this disease, a scourge in the ancient as well
as the modern world, was recognised recently with a prestigious award from the
Anglo-French Medical Society. Prof David is the author of numerous books and
articles on mummies and the religious practices of the ancient Egyptians, a
presenter of TV and radio programmes, and an extremely popular lecturer all over
the world.
Rosalie David was the first woman professor in Egyptology in Britain, and
the first to receive an OBE in recognition of her services in Egyptology.
She
has many books, including the following:
The Egyptian Kingdoms :
The Making of the Past
Evidence Embalmed :
Modern Medicine and the Mummies of Ancient Egypt
The Giant Book of the
Mummy by
Rosalie David, et al
A Guide to Religious
Ritual at Abydos (Egyptology Series)
by
The Mummy's Tale : The
Scientific and Medical Investigation of Natsef-Amun, Priest in the Temple at
Karnak by
A. Rosalie David (Editor), E., Dr. Tapp
Mysteries of the Mummies
by
Rosalie David (Editor)
The Pyramid Builders of
Ancient Egypt : A Modern Investigation of Pharaoh's Workforce
Religious ritual at
Abydos (c. 1300 BC)
Science in Egyptology
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