Chris Naunton Explained

Christopher Hugh Naunton is a British Egyptologist, a writer and a broadcaster, and an expert on the life of Flinders Petrie.

He studied Egyptology at the universities of Birmingham and Swansea, and obtained his PhD.^[1] He has been director of the Egypt Exploration Society^[2] and president of the International Association of Egyptologists.^[3] In 2013, he presented Tutankhamun: The mystery of the Burnt Mummy on Channel 4 in the UK.^[4]

Chris Naunton has been involved in a program for teaching Egyptology and the history of ancient Egypt named Playing in the Past, a T.tv series, based on the reconstructions of the video game "Assassin's Creed Origins", which he considers as "the best visualization of ancient Egypt".^{[5] [6]}

Chris Naunton was involved with the 2017 excavation of the Pyramid of King's Daughter Hatshepsut at Dahshur.^[7]

Chris Naunton has his own website, Twitter account, and YouTube channel. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

Books

• Book: Naunton . Christopher Hugh . Regime Change and the Administration of Thebes During the Twenty-fifth Dynasty . 2011 . Swansea University . en.
• Book: Naunton . Chris . Searching for the Lost Tombs of Egypt . 24 September 2019 . Thames & Hudson . 978-0-500-77452-6 . en.
• Book: Naunton . Chris . Karsten . Guilherme . King Tutankhamun Tells All! . 28 May 2021 . Thames & Hudson . 978-0-500-65255-8 . en.
• Book: Naunton . Chris . Egyptologists' Notebooks: The Golden Age of Nile Exploration in Words, Pictures, Plans, and Letters . 2020 . Getty Publications . 978-1-60606-676-8 . en.

Notes and References

1. Book: Pischikova . Elena . Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis: Thebes, Karakhamun (TT 223), and Karabasken (TT 391) in the Twenty-fifth Dynasty . 2014 . American University in Cairo Press . 978-977-416-618-1 . 18 . en.
2. Book: Gabolde . Marc . Toutankhamon . 30 September 2015 . Pygmalion . 978-2-7564-1789-9 . 307 . fr.
3. https://www.iae-egyptology.org/former-presidents-and-secretaries-general Page Former Presidents and Secretaries General
4. Book: Heath . Julian . Archaeology Hotspot Egypt: Unearthing the Past for Armchair Archaeologists . 19 February 2015 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-0-7591-2402-8 . 116 . en.
5. Web site: Craig . Jo . Egyptologists Use Assassin's Creed: Origins To Teach History . TheGamer . 11 March 2021.
6. Web site: Why Three Egyptologists Are Teaching History Through Assassin's Creed Origins . news.ubisoft.com . en-us.
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVucZ2VYP50
8. https://chrisnaunton.com/
9. https://twitter.com/chrisnaunton
10. https://www.youtube.com/@ChristopherNaunton