Delia Pemberton
Encyclopedia
Delia Pemberton is an author and lecturer in Egyptology
, formerly with the British Museum
and Birkbeck College
, University of London
, UK. Best known for her work in museum education
, she has published a number of popular works on ancient Egypt
and related topics for both adults and children.
Egyptology
Egyptology is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the AD 4th century. A practitioner of the discipline is an “Egyptologist”...
, formerly with the British Museum
British Museum
The British Museum is a museum of human history and culture in London. Its collections, which number more than seven million objects, are amongst the largest and most comprehensive in the world and originate from all continents, illustrating and documenting the story of human culture from its...
and Birkbeck College
Birkbeck, University of London
Birkbeck, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It offers many Master's and Bachelor's degree programmes that can be studied either part-time or full-time, though nearly all teaching is...
, University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
, UK. Best known for her work in museum education
Museum education
Museum education is an important part of the role of museums.- Introduction :A museum's collection can be used to support education in a variety of ways...
, she has published a number of popular works on ancient Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
and related topics for both adults and children.
Books and articles for adults
- City Guide: Cairo and Luxor, Collins Travellers' series, HarperCollins, 1991
- Travellers' Architectural Guides: Ancient Egypt, Viking Penguin (UK)/Chronicle (US), 1992
- The British Museum Pocket Treasury, British Museum Press (reprinted 2004/2006 as The British Museum Little Book of Treasures), 1996
- 'Young Visitors' in Behind the Scenes at the British Museum, ed A. Burnett and J. Reeve, British Museum Press, 2001
- Treasures of the Pharaohs, (introduction by Joann FletcherJoann FletcherDr. Joann Fletcher is an Honorary Research Fellow in the Department of Archaeology at the University of York and Consultant Egyptologist for Harrogate Museums and Arts. She has undertaken excavation work in Egypt, Yemen, and the UK, and has examined mummies both on-site and in collections around...
), Duncan Baird Publications, 2004 - Cats, British Museum Press, 2006
Books and articles for children
- (Co-author with Geraldine HarrisGeraldine HarrisGeraldine Harris , aka Geraldine Harris Pinch, is an author and Egyptologist. She is a member of the Faculty of Oriental Studies at the University of Oxford....
) British Museum Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Ancient Egypt, British Museum Press, 1999 - Egyptian Mummies: People from the Past, British Museum Press, 2001
- The Pyramid Activity Book, British Museum Press, 2003
- My Egyptian Mummy File, British Museum Press, 2003
- (Co-author with Daniel Pemberton) The Mammoth Prehistoric Activity Book, British Museum Press, 2004
- 'Talking Pictures: Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphics' in Young Archaeologist 122, Winter 2004
- The British Museum Illustrated Atlas of Egypt, British Museum Press, 2005