Fekri Hassan is a

geoarchaeologist Geoarchaeology is a multi-disciplinary approach which uses the techniques and subject matter of geography, geology, geophysics and other Earth sciences to examine topics which inform archaeological knowledge and thought. Geoarchaeologists study ...

. After studying

geology Geology () is a branch of natural science concerned with Earth and other astronomical objects, the features or rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Ear ...

and

anthropology Anthropology is the scientific study of humanity, concerned with human behavior, human biology, cultures, societies, and linguistics, in both the present and past, including past human species. Social anthropology studies patterns of behavi ...

, Hassan commenced teaching at

Washington State University Washington State University (Washington State, WSU, or informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university with its flagship, and oldest, campus in Pullman, Washington. Founded in 1890, WSU is also one of the oldest land-grant unive ...

department of Anthropology in 1974. From 1988 to 1990 he acted as advisor to the Ministry of Culture of

Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...

. Currently professor ''emeritus'', he had formerly held the chair of Petrie Professor of Archaeology (1994-2008) of the Institute of Archaeology and department of

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 ...

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

. Program Director Master's of Cultural Heritage Management,

French University of Egypt The French University of Egypt (french: Université française d’Égypte, UFE, ar, الجامعة الفرنسية في مصر, lit=the French University in Egypt) is a non-profit private university, established in 2002 at Cairo in El-Sherouk ...

in partnership with the

Paris-Sorbonne University Paris-Sorbonne University (also known as Paris IV; french: Université Paris-Sorbonne, Paris IV) was a public research university in Paris, France, active from 1971 to 2017. It was the main inheritor of the Faculty of Humanities of the Universit ...

. Editor of the ''

African Archaeological Review The ''African Archaeological Review'' is a peer-reviewed journal focusing on current African archaeology Africa has the longest record of human habitation in the world. The first hominins emerged 6-7 million years ago, and among the earliest ana ...

'' journal, contributory editor of ''The Review of Archaeology'' he is also honorary president of the ''Egyptian Cultural Heritage Organisation''.© ECHO 2011
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Selected works

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References

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