Charlotte Booth Explained

Charlotte Booth
Birth Date:1975 4, df=yes
Nationality:British
Known For:Contributions to Egyptian archaeology
Education:University College London
University of Birmingham
Thesis Title:Excavating paper squeezes: identifying the value of nineteenth and early twentieth century squeezes of ancient Egyptian monuments, through the collections of seven UK archives
Thesis Year:2018
Thesis Url:https://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/8715/
Doctoral Advisor:Martin Bommas

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 at University College London. After graduating, Booth started teaching for Birkbeck, University of London. Her focus of study at university was the Hyksos period of Egypt. In 2018, she received her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree from the University of Birmingham:[1] her doctoral thesis 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".[2]

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.

In 2015 she worked for Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) as an on site archaeologist at the Bedlam dig Liverpool Street, London.

She has also appeared on several history television programs, including: Channel 5 (UK) "Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen",[3] which aired April 2016; The History Channel's "Sex in the Ancient World – Egyptian Erotica" [4] which aired in 2009; and also on The Paul O'Grady Show – "Mummification",[5] which aired in 2006.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charlotte Booth . University of Birmingham . https://web.archive.org/web/20170913044349/http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/historycultures/departments/caha/research/postgraduateresearch/profiles/booth-charlotte.aspx . 13 September 2017.
  2. Web site: Booth . Charlotte . Excavating paper squeezes : identifying the value of nineteenth and early twentieth century squeezes of ancient Egyptian monuments, through the collections of seven UK archives . E-Thesis Online Service . The British Library Board . 8 May 2022 . 2018.
  3. Channel 5 (UK) - Cleopatra: Mother, Mistress, Murderer, Queen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90cdfonqVJc
  4. The History Channel - Sex in the Ancient World – Egyptian Erotica https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7HttHvJ8Gc
  5. The Paul O'Grady Show - Mummification https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyN066O9ssU

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