WILKINSON, Richard H(erbert) 1951-

PERSONAL: Born April 26, 1951, in Skipton, England; son of Herbert and Mary (Coates) Wilkinson; married Anna Wagner, 1975; children: Ryan Hayes, Mark Walden. Education: Ambassador College, B.A., 1975; California State University—Dominguez Hills, M.A., 1982; University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, M.A., 1984, Ph.D., 1986.

ADDRESSES: Offıce—Egyptian Expedition, P.O. Box 210105, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0105.

CAREER: University of California—Los Angeles, scholar in residence, 1987; University of Arizona, Tucson, began as lecturer, 1988-93, senior lecturer, 1994-97, associate professor, 1997-2000, professor, 2001, director of Egyptian Expedition, 1990—. American Research Center in Egypt, president of Arizona chapter, 1990-2000, member of national board of directors, 1994-97, 1997-2000; University of Arizona Center for Middle Eastern Studies, member of governing board, 1995-98; Amarna Foundation, member of board of trustees, 1996—.

WRITINGS:

Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide toAncient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture, Thames & Hudson (New York, NY), 1992.

Symbol and Magic in Egyptian Art, Thames & Hudson (New York, NY), 1994.

(With Nicholas Reeves), The Complete Valley of theKings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs, Thames & Hudson (New York, NY), 1996.

The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt, Thames & Hudson (New York, NY), 2000.

The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Egypt, Thames & Hudson (New York, NY), 2003.

Editor of Valley of the Sun Kings: New Explorations in the Valley of the Kings, 1994. Compiler of the annual Directory of North American Egyptologists, American Research Center in Egypt, 1988—. KMT: A Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, member of editorial board, 1994—. Contributor of numerous articles and reviews to professional journals.

Wilkinson's work has been published in other languages, including Swedish, Spanish, Japanese, Dutch, and German.

WORK IN PROGRESS: Ongoing research and excavation in the royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings, and in the area of Thebes, Egypt.

SIDELIGHTS: Richard H. Wilkinson draws upon his expertise as an archaeologist to write books about ancient Egypt's architecture, hieroglyphics, mythology, and art. Wilkinson's "Complete" books in particular are written for general readers, but they are also of value to more serious students in the field. Library Journal correspondent Mary Morgan Smith found The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt an "indispensable work for a student of Egyptian life or architecture." In her Journal of Near Eastern Studies review of The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs, Catharine Roehrig wrote: "The principal value of this book is that it brings together in one volume a wide variety of sources, providing information not easily accessible or widely known to the general reader or even to Egyptologists who do not specialize in the subject matter." Antiquity reviewers Timothy Taylor and Cyprian Broodbank felt that Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture is "accessible and delightful—a book that could easily gain converts to Ancient Egypt."

BIOGRAPHICAL AND CRITICAL SOURCES:

PERIODICALS

Antiquity, March, 1993, Timothy Taylor and Cyprian Broodbank, review of Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture, p. 157; June, 1994, Cyprian Broodbank, review of Symbol and Magic in Egyptian Art, p. 431; June, 2001, N. James, review of The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt, p. 423.

Archaeology, March-April, 1995, Robert S. Bianchi, review of Symbols and Magic in Egyptian Art, p. 72.

Booklist, June 1, 2003, Patricia Monaghan, review of The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, p. 1713.

Journal of Near Eastern Studies, July, 2000, Catharine Roehrig, review of The Complete Valley of the Kings: Tombs and Treasures of Egypt's Greatest Pharaohs, p. 195.

Library Journal, September 15, 2000, Mary Morgan Smith, review of The Complete Temples of Ancient Egypt, p. 95; June 15, 2003, Richard K. Burns, review of The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, p. 64.

Science News, May 24, 2003, review of The CompleteGods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt, p. 335.