Barry Kemp (Egyptologist)

Barry John Kemp, CBE, FBA is an English archaeologist and Egyptologist. He is Professor Emeritus of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and the field director of the Egypt Exploration Society excavations at Amarna in Egypt. His widely renowned book Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation is a core text of Egyptology and many Ancient History courses.^[1]

Academic career

In 1990, Kemp was elected a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge.^[2] He was Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge until 2007.^[3] In 2008, he became a Fellow of the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research.^[2]

From 1977, he has been the director of excavation and archaeological survey at Amarna for the Egypt Exploration Society.^[4]

He has also contributed to many highly regarded and widely used Egyptology texts, including the Journal of Civilisations of the Ancient Near East, edited by Jack Sasson, and Ancient Egypt: A Social History, which incorporates the work of many leading Egyptologists and addresses recent trends in the subject towards developing a holistic picture of Ancient Egyptian society rather than focussing on the elite culture that dominates the archaeological record.

Honours

Kemp was elected Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) in 1992.^[5] He was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to archaeology, education and international relations in Egypt.^[6]

Publications

• Barry Kemp. Amarna Reports, parts 1-5. Egypt Exploration Society.
• Barry Kemp (2012). The City of Akhetaten and Nerfititi: Armana and Its People. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-29120-7.
• Barry Kemp (2007). The Egyptian Book of the Dead. Granta Books. ISBN 978-1-86207-913-7.
• Barry Kemp (2005). Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation (2nd ed.). Routledge. ISBN 0-415-23550-2.
• Barry Kemp (2005). 100 Hieroglyphs: Think Like an Egyptian. Granta Books. ISBN 1-86207-658-8.
• Barry Kemp (2000). Bricks and metaphor. Cambridge Archaeological Journal 10, 335–46. A comparative essay on the theme 'Were cities built as images?'.
• Barry Kemp (1998). More of Amarna's city plan. Egyptian Archaeology 13, 17–18.
• Barry Kemp (1992). Amarna from the air. Egyptian Archaeology 2, 15–17.
• Barry Kemp (1986). Tell el-Amarna, 4000 word entry in the Lexikon der Ägyptologie, ed. W. Helck and W. Westendorf, Band VI. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, 309–19.
• Barry Kemp (1983). Tell el-'Amarna. In H.S. Smith and R.M. Hall, ed., Ancient Centres of Egyptian Civilization, pp. 57-72. London: Egyptian Education Bureau.
• Barry Kemp (1981). The character of the South Suburb at Tell el-'Amarna. Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft zu Berlin 113, 81–97.
• Barry Kemp (1977). The city of el-Amarna as a source for the study of urban society in ancient Egypt in World Archaeology 9, 123-39.

References

1. "Our Scholars". Far Horizons Archaeological and Cultural Trips Inc. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
2. "Professor Barry Kemp". Wolfson College, Cambridge. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
3. "September 16th 2013 - Barry Kemp". Egyptian Study Society. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
4. "Contact". Armarna Project. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
5. "KEMP, Professor Barry, CBE". British Academy Fellows. British Academy. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
6. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 59647. p. 24. 31 December 2010.

External links

• "Amarna, the Place". AmarnaProject. Archived from the original on 3 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-31.
• "Grim secrets of Pharaoh's city". news.bbc.co.uk. 2008-01-25. Archived from the original on 28 January 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-31.