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Lucia Gahlin

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Lucia Gahlin teaches Egyptology for the Universities of Bristol and Exeter and is an Honorary Research Associate of UCL's Institute of Archaeology. She works closely with the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology and has excavated at Tell el-Amarna in Middle Egypt. Her publications include 'Egypt: gods, myths and religion'.

2011 Tours

Egypt, Queens & Nobles Sun 6 – Thu 17 February

Egypt Land of the Pharaohs Sun 20 March – Mon 4 April

Egypt Land of the Pharaohs Sun 6 – Mon 21 November

2012 tours

Egypt, Queens and Nobles Sun 4 - Thu 15 February

Egypt Land of the Pharaohs Sun 18 March - Mon 2 April

Egypt Land of the Pharaohs Sun 4 - Mon 19 November

Biography

Lucia Gahlin teaches extra-mural Egyptology for the Universities of Exeter and Bristol, and lectures widely throughout the U.K. In the past she has taught Egyptology for the continuing education departments of the Universities of London (Birkbeck College), Reading, Surrey, and Sussex. She is Deputy Director of Bloomsbury Summer School at University College London. She has worked extensively on the Amarna material in the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology in London, and chairs the committee for the Friends of the Petrie Museum. She has worked at the archaeological site of Tell el-Amarna in Middle Egypt, registering the small finds. She is a NADFAS accredited lecturer. Her areas of special interest are Ancient Egypt's social history, settlement archaeology and popular religion.

Publications

Egypt. Gods, Myths and Religion (Anness, 2001) 
‘Creation Myths' & ‘Private Religion' in The Egyptian World edited by T. Wilkinson (Routledge, 2007) 
'Egypt' in Civilisations of the Ancient World edited by D. Rathbone (Thames & Hudson, 2009)