Dr joyce tyldesley biography of michael
In today's episode he is joined by Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley to kick off the series and explore the origins of the Gods and their enthralling creation story..
Joyce Tyldesley
British archaeologist and Egyptologist
Joyce Ann TyldesleyOBE (born 25 February 1960)[1] is a British archaeologist and Egyptologist, academic, writer and broadcaster who specialises in the women of ancient Egypt.
She was interviewed on the TV series 'Cunk on Earth', about Egypt's pyramids, in 2022.[2]
Life
Tyldesley was born in Bolton, Lancashire[3] and attended Bolton School.[4] In 1981, she earned a first-class honours degree in the archaeology of the Eastern Mediterranean from the University of Liverpool.
Her doctoral studies were undertaken at Oxford University; first at St Anne's College then, following the award of a scholarship, at St Cross College.
This book will teach you a lot, its easy to read (without being at all patronising) and most of all, it really is interesting.
In 1986, she was awarded a doctorate in Prehistoric Archaeology from Oxford University. Her thesis was written about Mousterian bifaces (handaxes) in Northern Europe. Tyldesley then returned to Liverpool as a lecturer in Prehistoric Archaeology.
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