Charlotte Booth
Charlotte Booth | |
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| Born | 6 April 1975 |
| Nationality | British |
| Known for | Contributions to Egyptian archaeology |
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| Education | University College London University of Birmingham |
| Thesis | Excavating paper squeezes: identifying the value of nineteenth and early twentieth century squeezes of ancient Egyptian monuments, through the collections of seven UK archives (2018) |
| Doctoral advisor | Martin Bommas[1] |
Charlotte Booth (born 6 April 1975) is a British archaeologist and writer on ancient Egypt.
Biography
Booth earned both her Bachelor's and her master's degrees in
doctoral thesis was titled "Excavating paper squeezes: identifying the value of nineteenth and early twentieth century squeezes of ancient Egyptian monuments, through the collections of seven UK archives".[2]
She also provides online lessons on various topics of Egyptian history, like hieroglyphics, a day in Ancient Egypt, etc., on her online learning website, CharlotteEgypt. She has written a number of non-academic books about various aspects of Egyptology.
In 2015 she worked for
Bedlam dig
Liverpool Street, London.
She has also appeared on several history television programs, including:
Channel 5 (UK) "Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen",[3]
which aired April 2016;
The History Channel's "Sex in the Ancient World – Egyptian Erotica" [4] which aired in 2009; and also on The Paul O'Grady Show – "Mummification",[5]
which aired in 2006.
Publications
- Charlotte Booth: How to Survive in Ancient Egypt (Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2020) ISBN 978-1-5267-53496
- Charlotte Booth: Hypatia: Mathematician, Philosopher, Myth (Stroud, Gloucestershire Fonthill Media, 2017) ISBN 978-1-7815-55460
- Charlotte Booth: The Pyramids in a Nutshell (2016) ISBN 978-8-4944-89310
- Charlotte Booth: In Bed with the Ancient Egyptians (Stroud, Gloucestershire Amberley Publishing, 2015) 288 pp. ISBN 978-1-4456-43434
- Charlotte Booth: Lost Voices of the Nile: Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt (Amberley Publishing, 2015) 304 pp. ISBN 978-1-4456-42857
- Charlotte Booth: An Illustrated Introduction to Ancient Egypt (Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2014.) 93 pp. ISBN 978-1-4456-33657
- Charlotte Booth: The Myth of Ancient Egypt (Stroud : Amberley, 2011.) 192 pp. ISBN 978-1-4456-0274-5
- Charlotte Booth: The Nile and Its People: 7000 Years of Egyptian History (Stroud : History Press, 2010.) 191 pp. ISBN 0-7524-5506-0
- Charlotte Booth: Horemheb: The Forgotten Pharaoh (Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2009) 160 pp, ISBN 1-84868-687-0
- Charlotte Booth: The Curse of the Mummy: And Other Mysteries of Ancient Egypt (Oxford : Oneworld, 2009.) 211 pp. ISBN 1-85168-606-1
- Charlotte Booth: Traveller's Guide to the Ancient World: Egypt: In the Year 1200 BCE (Traveller's Guide to the Ancient World) (2008) ISBN 0-7153-2921-9
- Charlotte Booth: The Boy Behind the Mask: Meeting the Real Tutankhamun (Oxford, England : Oneworld Publications, 2007.) 176 pages. ISBN 1-85168-544-8
- Charlotte Booth: The Ancient Egyptians for Dummies (John Wiley, 2007). ISBN 0-470-06544-3
- Charlotte Booth: People of Ancient Egypt (Stroud : Tempus, 2006.) 288 pp. ISBN 0-7524-3927-8
- Charlotte Booth: The Hyksos period in Egypt. (Princes Risborough, Shire 2005). 56 pp. ISBN 0-7478-0638-1
- Charlotte Booth: The role of Foreigners in Ancient Egypt. Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2005 76pp. ISBN 9781841718651
See also
References
- ^ a b "Charlotte Booth". University of Birmingham. Archived from the original on 13 September 2017.
- ^ Booth, Charlotte (2018). "Excavating paper squeezes : identifying the value of nineteenth and early twentieth century squeezes of ancient Egyptian monuments, through the collections of seven UK archives". E-Thesis Online Service. The British Library Board. Retrieved 8 May 2022.
- ^ Channel 5 (UK) - Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90cdfonqVJc
- ^ The History Channel - Sex in the Ancient World – Egyptian Erotica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7HttHvJ8Gc
- ^ The Paul O'Grady Show - Mummification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyN066O9ssU
External links
- Archived version of CharlottesEgypt.com
- Charlotte Booth publications on Academia.edu
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