Kara Cooney | |
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Born | Kathlyn Cooney |
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Occupation(s) | Egyptologist and Assistant Professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at UCLA |
Website | karacooney |
Kathlyn M. (Kara) Cooney is an Egyptologist, archaeologist, professor of Egyptian Art and Architecture at UCLA[1] and chair of the Department of Near Eastern Language and Cultures at UCLA.[2][3] As well as for her scholarly work, she is known for hosting television shows on ancient Egypt on the Discovery Channel as well as for writing a popular-press book on the subject. She specialises in craft production, coffin studies, and economies in the ancient world.[4]