Renée Friedman is an American
Egyptologist
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 religiou ...
, primarily known for her work at
Nekhen
Nekhen ( egy, nḫn, ); in grc, Ἱεράκων πόλις Hierakonpolis ( either: City of the Hawk, or City of the Falcon, a reference to Horus or ''Hierakōn polis'' "Hawk City" in arz, الكوم الأحمر, el-Kōm el-Aḥmar, lit=the ...
(Hierakonpolis).
Life
Friedman received her BA from the
University of California at Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant uni ...
, where her thesis was on the
predynastic Egyptian cemetery at
Naga ed Der. She earned her
PhD in 1994 for work on predynastic ceramics.
In 1996, along with
Barbara Adams,
[Adams's obituary]
Harry Smith, ''The Guardian'', 13 July 2002, Retrieved 11 October 2016 she began working as co-director of the American
Hierakonpolis
Nekhen ( egy, nḫn, ); in grc, Ἱεράκων πόλις Hierakonpolis ( either: City of the Hawk, or City of the Falcon, a reference to Horus or ''Hierakōn polis'' "Hawk City" in arz, الكوم الأحمر, el-Kōm el-Aḥmar, lit=the ...
Expedition, which had been on a 4-year hiatus following the death of the former director
Walter Fairservis
Walter Ashlin Fairservis (1921 – 1994) was an American archaeologist.
Early life
He was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States, in 1921. His mother, Edith Yeager, was an actress. His wife, Jano, was an artist and illustrator. He received B.A. ...
.
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Works
* 1989 ''Fish and Fishing in Ancient Egypt''. Aris and Phillips, Warminster, England.
ith D.J. BrewerAmerican University in Cairo. 1990. 109pp. 1
* 1992 ''The Followers of Horus: Studies Dedicated to Michael Allen Hoffman''. Oxbow Press, Oxford.
dited with Barbara Adams354pp.
* 1998 ''Egypt''. British Museum Press.
ith Vivian Davies224pp. Issued in USA as ''Egypt Uncovered''.
* 2002 ''Egypt and Nubia. Gifts of the Desert''. 328pp. British Museum Press. Editor.
References
External links
Hierakonpolis Online
American Egyptologists
Living people
University of California, Berkeley alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
American women archaeologists
American women historians
21st-century American women
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