Dr Ashley Cooke
Dr Ashley Cooke
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Head of Antiquities, Curator of Egyptian and Near Eastern Antiquities
Collections responsible for:
Egyptian and Near Eastern
Specialist interests:
My primary research centres on the architecture and construction of mastaba tombs in the late Old Kingdom. I also have interests in tomb construction during other periods of Egyptian history (e.g., in the Valley of the Kings), Egyptian architecture, settlement archaeology in Egypt and the use of Egyptian artefacts for learning and teaching.
Current research projects:
I am the lead curator on a capital project to refurbish the Egyptian gallery at World Museum Liverpool that will open December 2008. The project has been generously funded by the DCMS/Wolfson Museums & Galleries Improvement Fund, the and the Sir Richard Foster Memorial Fund.
I have been engaged in fieldwork in Egypt since 1997, working on excavations at Saqqara, Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham, Tell Abqa’in and KV 39 in the Valley of the Kings. I’m currently involved with the ongoing excavations of the Ramesside fortress at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham (directed by Dr Steven Snape of the University of Liverpool) and survey work at the Unas Cemetery.
Key Publications:
Ashley Cooke et al. ‘Fieldwork in Theban Tomb KV 39: The 2002 Season’, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology 92 (2005), 71-81.
Ashley Cooke and Fiona Simpson (editors), Current Research in Egyptology II, Oxford (2005).
Ashley Cooke, ‘Tomb Construction Along the Unas Causeway’, in Angela McDonald and Christina Riggs (editors) Current Research in Egyptology 2000, Oxford (2000), 29-39.
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Owing to current levels of activity involved with a capital project to refurbish the Egyptian Gallery, it has become necessary to restrict access to parts of the Antiquities collection. Unfortunately we will be unable to react to spontaneous requests at the present time.
Postal Address:
World Museum Liverpool
William Brown Street
Liverpool
L3 8EN
England
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