Renée Friedman

Renée Friedman is an American Egyptologist, primarily known for her work at Nekhen (Hierakonpolis).

Life

Friedman received her BA from the University of California at Berkeley, where her thesis was on the predynastic Egyptian cemetery at Naga ed Der. She earned her PhD in 1994 for work on predynastic ceramics.

In 1996, along with Barbara Adams,[1] she began working as co-director of the American Hierakonpolis Expedition,[2] which had been on a 4-year hiatus following the death of the former director Walter Fairservis.[3]

Works

References

  1. Adams's obituary, Harry Smith, The Guardian, 13 July 2002, Retrieved 11 October 2016
  2. "5600-year-old Egyptian tomb found". Sydney Morning Herald. April 22, 2005.
  3. Nekhen News, Vol. VIII (PDF), Columbia: University of South Carolina, 1996.


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