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

Egyptian Archaeology 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 p ...

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

. After graduating, Booth started teaching for

Birkbeck, University of London , mottoeng = Advice comes over nightTranslation used by Birkbeck. , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £4.3 m (2014) , budget = £10 ...

. Her focus of study at university was the

Hyksos Hyksos (; Egyptian '' ḥqꜣ(w)- ḫꜣswt'', Egyptological pronunciation: ''hekau khasut'', "ruler(s) of foreign lands") is a term which, in modern Egyptology, designates the kings of the Fifteenth Dynasty of Egypt (fl. c. 1650–1550 BC). T ...

period of Egypt. In 2018, she received her

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(PhD) degree from the

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

: her

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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". 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 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 ...

. In 2015 she worked for

Museum of London Archaeology MOLA (Museum of London Archaeology) is an archaeology and built heritage practice and independent charitable company registered with the Chartered Institute for Archaeologists (CIfA), providing a wide range of professional archaeological servic ...

(MOLA) as an on site archaeologist at the Bedlam dig Liverpool Street, London. She has also appeared on several history television programs, including:

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"Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen",Channel 5 (UK) - Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90cdfonqVJc which aired April 2016;

The History Channel History (formerly The History Channel from January 1, 1995 to February 15, 2008, stylized as HISTORY) is an American pay television network and flagship channel owned by A&E Networks, a joint venture between Hearst Communications and the Disney ...

's "Sex in the Ancient World – Egyptian Erotica" The History Channel - Sex in the Ancient World – Egyptian Erotica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7HttHvJ8Gc which aired in 2009; and also on ''

The Paul O'Grady Show ''The Paul O'Grady Show'' is a British comedy chat show presented by comedian Paul O'Grady, first shown on 11 October 2004. The programme is a teatime chat show consisting of a mixture of celebrity guests, comic stunts, musical performances, an ...

'' – "Mummification",The Paul O'Grady Show - Mummification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyN066O9ssU which aired in 2006.

Publications

*Charlotte Booth: ''How to Survive in Ancient Egypt '' (Pen & Sword Books Ltd, 2020) *Charlotte Booth: ''Hypatia: Mathematician, Philosopher, Myth '' (Stroud, Gloucestershire Fonthill Media, 2017) *Charlotte Booth: ''The Pyramids in a Nutshell '' (2016) *Charlotte Booth: ''In Bed with the Ancient Egyptians '' (Stroud, Gloucestershire Amberley Publishing, 2015) 288 pp. *Charlotte Booth: ''Lost Voices of the Nile: Everyday Life in Ancient Egypt '' (Amberley Publishing, 2015) 304 pp. *Charlotte Booth: ''An Illustrated Introduction to Ancient Egypt '' (Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2014.) 93 pp. *Charlotte Booth: ''The Myth of Ancient Egypt '' (Stroud : Amberley, 2011.) 192 pp. *Charlotte Booth: ''The Nile and Its People: 7000 Years of Egyptian History '' (Stroud : History Press, 2010.) 191 pp. *Charlotte Booth: ''Horemheb: The Forgotten Pharaoh'' (Stroud, Gloucestershire : Amberley, 2009) 160 pp, *Charlotte Booth: ''The Curse of the Mummy: And Other Mysteries of Ancient Egypt'' (Oxford : Oneworld, 2009.) 211 pp. *Charlotte Booth: ''Traveller's Guide to the Ancient World: Egypt: In the Year 1200 BCE'' (Traveller's Guide to the Ancient World) (2008) *Charlotte Booth: ''The Boy Behind the Mask: Meeting the Real Tutankhamun '' (Oxford, England : Oneworld Publications, 2007.) 176 pages. *Charlotte Booth: ''The Ancient Egyptians for Dummies '' (John Wiley, 2007). *Charlotte Booth: ''People of Ancient Egypt '' (Stroud : Tempus, 2006.) 288 pp. *Charlotte Booth: ''The Hyksos period in Egypt''. (Princes Risborough, Shire 2005). 56 pp. *Charlotte Booth: ''The role of Foreigners in Ancient Egypt.'' Oxford, England : Archaeopress, 2005 76pp.

References

External links

Archived version of CharlottesEgypt.com
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Charlotte British archaeologists Living people 1975 births British women archaeologists British Egyptologists Alumni of University College London Academics of Birkbeck, University of London 21st-century British writers 21st-century British women writers 21st-century archaeologists Biographers of Hypatia British women historians

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