Publications
See a number of selected publications that have been edited or contributed to by members of the Centre.
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Collin, T.C., Drosou, K., O’Riordan, J.D., Meshveliani, T., Pinhasi, R., and Feeney, R.N.M. 2020. An open-sourced bioinformatic pipeline for the processing of Next-Generation Sequencing derived nucleotide reads: Identification and authentication of ancient metagenomic DNA. bioRxiv, pp. 1-26.
Cockitt, J., Lamb, A. and Metcalfe, R. 2020. An ideal solution? Optimising pretreatment methods for artificially mummified ancient Egyptian tissues. Rapid Comms in Mass Spec 34(8), pp. 1-11.
Forshaw, R. J. 2020. Why was a minor dislocation included amongst the more serious cases listed in the Edwin Smith papyrus? In C. Greaves (ed.), BEC 4: Proceedings of the 4th British Egyptology Congress (2018). London: Egypt Exploration Society, 69-83.
Forshaw, R. J. 2019. The Two Brothers: an enlightening study of ancient Egyptian teeth. British Dental Journal 226(7), 518-524.
Forshaw, R. J. 2019. Egypt of the Saite Pharaohs: 664-525 BC. Manchester University Press: Manchester.
David, R. 2018. Egyptian Medicine and Disabilities: from Pharaonic to Graeco-Roman Egypt. In C. Laes (ed). Disability in Antiquity. Routledge: London.
David, R. 2018. Illness from Afar: Epidemics and Their Aftermath. In P.P. Creasman and R.H. Wilkinson (eds). Pharaoh’s Land and Beyond: Ancient Egypt and Its Neighbors. Oxford University Press: Oxford, p. 316-331.
David, R. 2018. Understanding the Lives of Ancient Egyptian Women: The Contribution Of Physical Anthropology. In S, Budin and J. Turfa (eds), Women in Antiquity: Real Women across the Ancient World. Routledge: London.
Cockitt, J.A. 2016. Education, innovation and preservation: the lasting legacy of Sir Grafton Elliot Smith. In C. Price et al. (eds). Mummies, magic and medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary essays for Rosalie David. Manchester University Press: Manchester, p. 387-399.
David, R. 2016. Temple Ritual at Abydos. Egypt Exploration Society: London.
Forshaw, R. 2016. Trauma care, surgery and remedies in ancient Egypt: a reassessment. In C. Price et al. (eds). Mummies, magic and medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary essays for Rosalie David. Manchester University Press: Manchester, p. 124-141.
Harris, M. 2016. An investigation into the evidence of age-related osteoporosis in three Egyptian mummies. In C. Price et al. (eds). Mummies, magic and medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary essays for Rosalie David. Manchester University Press: Manchester, p. 305-316.
Loynes, R.D. 2016. The enigma of the Red Shroud Mummies. In C. Price et al. (eds). Mummies, magic and medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary essays for Rosalie David. Manchester University Press: Manchester, p. 328-344.
Price, C., Forshaw, R., Chamberlain, A. and Nicholson, P. (eds). 2016. Mummies, magic and medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary essays for Rosalie David. Manchester University Press: Manchester.
Thomas, A.P. 2016. A review of the monuments of Unnefer, High Priest of Osiris at Abydos in the reign of Ramesses II. In C. Price et al. (eds). Mummies, magic and medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary essays for Rosalie David. Manchester University Press: Manchester, p.56-68.
Loynes, R. 2015. Prepared for Eternity. A study of human embalming techniques in ancient Egypt using computerised tomography scans of mummies. Archaeopress Egyptology 9, Oxford.
Forshaw, R. (2014), The role of the lector in ancient Egyptian society. Oxford: Archaeopress.
Metcalfe, R., Cockitt, J. and David, R. (eds). 2014. Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia; A Century in Review. Archaeopress Egyptology 6: Oxford.