Delia Pemberton (born 1954) is an author and lecturer in

Egyptology Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious ...

, formerly with the

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and

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, UK. Best known for her work in

museum education Museum education is a specialized field devoted to developing and strengthening the education role of informal education spaces and institutions such as museums. In a critical report called ''Excellence and Equity'' published in 1992 by the Ameri ...

, she has published a number of popular works on ancient

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and related topics for both adults and children.

Partial bibliography

Books and articles for adults

* ''City Guide: Cairo and Luxor'', Collins Travellers' series, HarperCollins, 1991 * ''Travellers' Architectural Guides: Ancient Egypt'', Viking Penguin (UK)/Chronicle (US), 1992 * ''The British Museum Pocket Treasury'', British Museum Press (reprinted 2004/2006 as ''The British Museum Little Book of Treasures''), 1996 * 'Young Visitors' in ''Behind the Scenes at the British Museum'', ed A. Burnett and J. Reeve, British Museum Press, 2001 * ''Treasures of the Pharaohs'', (introduction by

Joann Fletcher Joann Fletcher (born 30 August 1966) is an Egyptologist and an honorary visiting professor in the department of archaeology at the University of York. She has published a number of books and academic articles, including several on Cleopatra, and ...

), Duncan Baird Publications, 2004 * ''Cats'', British Museum Press, 2006

Books and articles for children

* (Co-author with

Geraldine Harris Geraldine Harris (born 1951), aka Geraldine Harris Pinch, is an author (of both fiction and non-fiction) and Egyptologist. She is a member of the Oriental Institute, Oxford, Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford. Her works in ...

) ''British Museum Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egypt'',

British Museum Press The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London. Its permanent collection of eight million works is among the largest and most comprehensive in existence. It documen ...

, 1999 * ''Egyptian Mummies: People from the Past'', British Museum Press, 2001 * ''The Pyramid Activity Book'', British Museum Press, 2003 * ''My Egyptian Mummy File'', British Museum Press, 2003 * (Co-author with Daniel Pemberton) ''The Mammoth Prehistoric Activity Book'', British Museum Press, 2004 * 'Talking Pictures: Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics' in ''Young Archaeologist'' 122, Winter 2004 * ''The British Museum Illustrated Atlas of Egypt'', British Museum Press, 2005

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26 January 2008. {{DEFAULTSORT:Pemberton, Delia 1954 births Living people English Egyptologists Academics of Birkbeck, University of London Employees of the British Museum