Dr Elizabeth Frood

Dr Elizabeth Frood

Associate Professor of Egyptology;

Fellow, EDI Welfare Rep

Research Interests
 

• Ancient Egyptian self-presentation, including biographies, graffiti, and visual representation
• Sacred space and landscape
• Social structure and organization

Liz is based in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, and is also an Honorary Fellow of The Queen’s College. Born in Aotearoa New Zealand, she received her first degrees from the University of Auckland-Waipapa Taumata Rau and her doctorate from the University of Oxford. Liz writes on many aspects of nonroyal self-presentation and display, particularly for Egypt’s late second and early first millennium BCE. She has particular interests in autobiography and the integration of inscriptions on statue bodies. Liz also codirects (with Chiara Salvador, Université Montpellier Paul-Valéry) the Karnak Graffiti Project in collaboration with the Centre Franco-Égyptien d’Étude des Temples de Karnak. This project records, analyses, and publishes major groups of ancient graffiti inscribed on the walls of chapels and gateways in a vast temple complex dedicated to the god Amun in ancient Thebes (Luxor). Liz is regularly involved in media work, for example as presenter for the BBC documentary Tutankhamen in Colour. She is the author of Biographical texts from Ramessid Egypt, co-editor of volumes on graffiti and autobiography, and author of articles on topics ranging from potters to religion.