Professor Rosalie David OBE FRSA
Professor Rosalie David OBE FRSA is currently Emeritus Professor of Egyptology and Co-Director of the KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology at The University of Manchester. The focus of her career has been the establishment of a new university specialisation – biomedical research within the field of Egyptology – to provide a different approach to understanding the civilisation of ancient Egypt. Rosalie David has lectured at universities and presented papers at academic conferences in many countries; she first accompanied a Nile cruise as Guest Lecturer in 1974, and subsequently also fulfilled this role on Mediterranean and Red Sea cruises. She is the author of over 30 books and many articles in peer-reviewed journals, and has been consultant and contributor to several television documentaries. In the New Year Honours List 2003, she was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to Egyptology, and has received Fellowships of The Royal Society of Arts and The Royal Society of Medicine. She is a Vice-President of the Egypt Exploration Society.