Christine El Mahdy
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Christine El Mahdy (née Hobson, born Christine Margaret Bamford; 31 May 1950 – 7 February 2008) was an English Egyptologist, lecturer and author.[1][2]
El Mahdy was a specialist in the Amarna Period[3] and the pharaoh Tutankhamun. She used archaeological and historical evidence to reconstruct the life of the boy King and the cause of his death,[4][5] and re-evaluated the embellishment of the story of the revenge curse and discovery of his tomb.[6][7] She also wrote about techniques for embalming the dead,[8] the origins, superstitions[9] and purpose of mummification,[10] and the traditional nature of ancient Egyptians in art, medicine and architecture.[11] She was an expert on the Coptic language.[3]
She lectured at Yeovil College,[7] directed the Egyptian society[12] and worked with the British School of Egyptology.[13] She was employed for a time in the Egyptian department at the Bolton Museum and was responsible for the display of Egyptian material at the Liverpool University Museum.[3]
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