Robert George Morkot, FSA (born 1957) is an

archaeologist Archaeology or archeology is the scientific study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of material culture. The archaeological record consists of artifacts, architecture, biofacts or ecofacts, sites, and cultural landscap ...

and academic, specialising in Ancient Egypt. He is a

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in Archaeology at the

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. His current research is focused on the external relations of Ancient Egypt, particularly the relations with

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(Sudan). He also works on the

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of Ancient Egypt. Morkot worked at the

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before completing a PhD at

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(1983–1987) on the relations of Egypt with Kush between 1500 and 700 BC. He was a Fellow at the

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from 1987 to 1991 and taught at The City University and the

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before he joined the University of Exeter in 1996.University of Exeter
Dr Robert Morkot
accessed 27 December 2009 Morkot contributed to the 1991 book ''Centuries of Darkness'', edited by Peter James. The book, questioning the conventional

Egyptian chronology The majority of Egyptologists agree on the outline and many details of the chronology of Ancient Egypt. This scholarly consensus is the so-called Conventional Egyptian chronology, which places the beginning of the Old Kingdom in the 27th centur ...

, caused a stir in the academic community and beyond; its thesis remains controversial. In addition to his academic work, Morkot has written a number of books on Egypt aimed at the general public, along with a book on Greek history, the Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece.

Honours

On 12 March 2015, Morkot was elected

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(FSA).

Books

*
The Egyptians: An Introduction
'.

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, 2005. *''Historical Dictionary of Ancient Egyptian Warfare'', The Scarecrow Press, 2003. *''Ancient Egypt and the Middle East'',

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Publishing, 2001. *''The Empires of Ancient Egypt'',

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, 2001. *''The Black Pharaohs: Egypt's Nubian Rulers'', The Rubicon Press, 2000. *''The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece'', Penguin Press, 1996 *''Centuries of Darkness: A Challenge to the Conventional Chronology of Old World Archaeology'', with P.J. James (ed), I.J. Thorpe, N. Kokkinos and J.A. Frankish. London: Jonathan Cape, 1991, *''Collins Illustrated Guide to Egypt'',

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, 1989.

References

External links

Profile from the University of Exeter
British Egyptologists 1957 births Living people Academics of the University of Exeter Alumni of the UCL Institute of Archaeology Humboldt University of Berlin alumni Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries of London {{Egyptologist-stub