Donald B. Redford is an influential CanadianEgyptologist and archaeologist, currently Professor of Classics and Ancient Mediterranean Studies at Pennsylvania State University. Egyptologist is the designation given to an archaeologist or historian who specialises in Egyptology, the scientific study of Ancient Egypt and its antiquities. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... The Pennsylvania State University The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a prestigious state-related land-grant university in Pennsylvania, with over 80,000 students at 24 campuses throughout the state. ...
Professor Redford has directed a number of important excavations in Egypt, notably at Karnak and Mendes. Karnak is a village in Egypt that was once part of the ancient capital of Egypt, Thebes. ... In Egyptian mythology, Mendes was an incarnation of Osiris, a sacred animal representing nature and virility. ...
Publications
Redford, Donald B., The Wars in Syria and Palestine of Thutmose III, [Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 16], Leiden: Brill, 2003. ISBN 9004129898
External links
Professor Donald B. Redford - Penn State University department page
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