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Nicole B. Hansen
Nicole B. Hansen resides on Luxor's West Bank, overlooking the Temple of Amenhotep III. Her research interests reflect her life in Egypt: the continuity of ancient Egyptian culture until the present day, animals, medicine, magic, culinary history, and crime. She served as editor of Kent Weeks' award winning Theban Mapping Project website and archivist for Mark Lehner's Giza Plateau Mapping Project, and developed the world's first online hieroglyphs course. She taught courses on Egyptian art, language and culture at the University of Chicago, the American University in Cairo and Amideast.
Education:University of Chicago, 2006PhD, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (Egyptology)MA, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations (Egyptology)University of Chicago, 1997University of California, Berkeley, 1993BA Near Eastern Studies (Egyptology)Expertise:Articles by Nicole B. Hansen
Explore Karnak Temple, one of the world’s largest religious complexes, as well as a who’s who and what’s what of ancient Egyptian religion and history.
Alexandria is a popular day trip for tourists visiting Egypt. Learn about the most spectacular places to go in this Mediterranean city.
In spite of having one of the hottest climates in the world, ancient Egyptians kept themselves and their homes cool. Learn how the Egyptians made their homes comfortable.
The statues and reliefs of ancient Egypt exhibit an overwhelming sameness. Learn how the rules and techniques for depicting the human figure influenced the unchanging appearance of ancient Egyptian art.
Learn about the most common foods in ancient Egypt and how they were prepared as reflected in Egyptian art and archaeological remains.
The iconoclasm inspired by Black Lives Matter protests has many antecedents in Egypt. Iconoclasm has taken place in bursts over thousands of years in pharaonic, Coptic, and Islamic Egypt.
One of the most successful warrior pharaohs of ancient Egypt, Thutmose III’s empire stretched from Iraq to the Sudan. Learn some fascinating facts about this king of Dynasty 18.
The Amarna Period is characterized by religious and artistic innovation. Learn how to distinguish the main features of art from the reign of Akhenaten from earlier and later Egyptian art.