Renée Friedman
Renée Friedman is an American Egyptologist, primarily known for her work at Nekhen (Hierakonpolis).
Life[]
Friedman received her BA from the University of California at Berkeley, where her thesis was on the predynastic Egyptian cemetery at . She earned her PhD in 1994 for work on predynastic ceramics.
In 1996, along with Barbara Adams,[1] she began working as co-director of the American Hierakonpolis Expedition,[2] which had been on a 4-year hiatus following the death of the former director Walter Fairservis.[3]
Works[]
- 1989 Fish and Fishing in Ancient Egypt. Aris and Phillips, Warminster, England. [with D.J. Brewer] American University in Cairo. 1990. 109pp. 1
- 1992 The Followers of Horus: Studies Dedicated to Michael Allen Hoffman. Oxbow Press, Oxford. [edited with Barbara Adams] 354pp.
- 1998 Egypt. British Museum Press. [with Vivian Davies] 224pp. Issued in USA as Egypt Uncovered.
- 2002 Egypt and Nubia. Gifts of the Desert. 328pp. British Museum Press. Editor.
References[]
- ^ Adams's obituary, Harry Smith, The Guardian, 13 July 2002, Retrieved 11 October 2016
- ^ "5600-year-old Egyptian tomb found". Sydney Morning Herald. April 22, 2005.
- ^ Nekhen News, Vol. VIII (PDF), Columbia: University of South Carolina, 1996.
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