Colleen Darnell

Colleen Darnell
Born
Colleen Marie Manassa

(1980-07-26) July 26, 1980 (age 44)
St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.[citation needed]
SpouseJohn Coleman Darnell
Academic background
EducationYale University (BA, MA, PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineEgyptologist
Sub-discipline
InstitutionsYale University
University of Hartford
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Years active2017–present
Followers227,000
(2022)

Colleen Darnell (/dɑːrˈnɛl/; born Colleen Marie Manassa; born July 26, 1980)[1][2][3] is an American Egyptologist, whose expertise includes Late Period uses of the Underworld Books, ancient Egyptian military history, the literature of New Kingdom Egypt, and Egyptian revival history.

Her research in Egyptian military history has led to the first recreation of the tactics of the Battle of Perire, c. 1208 BCE and one source says that her study The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah "replaces all other earlier studies of the key historical narratives relating Merneptah's war against the Libyans."[4] Her research on pharaoh Tutankhamun's military actions contributed to Tutankhamun's Armies: Battle and Conquest in Ancient Egypt's Late Eighteenth Dynasty (co-authored with John Coleman Darnell) and was featured in the historical section of the 2010 documentary "King Tut Unwrapped."[5]

In Egypt, she has made several archaeological discoveries as the director of the Moalla Survey Project, an ongoing archaeological project.[6]

  1. ^ @pastpreservers (July 26, 2017). "Wishing Egyptologist Dr Colleen Darnell a Happy Birthday!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "Colleen M Manassa". Radaris.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Carole1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Spalinger, Anthony (2005). War in Ancient Egypt. Blackwell Publishing: Oxford. p. 245.
  5. ^ Genzlinger, Neil (February 19, 2010). "Television Review | 'King Tut Unwrapped' CSI: Egypt, Complete With DNA Tests of Mummies". The New York Times. Archived from the original on Feb 24, 2010.
  6. ^ "Yale Egyptological Institute in Egypt: Mo'alla Survey Project". Yale.edu. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013. Retrieved 2013-06-20.