Kathlyn M (known as Kara) Cooney is Associate Professor of Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture and Chair of the Department of Near Eastern Language and Cultures at the University of California, Los Angeles. Specialising in craft production, coffin studies and economies in the ancient world, Kara received her PhD in Egyptology from Johns Hopkins University.
She co-curated Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 2005 and, in 2009, produced a television series called Out of Egypt, which was screened on the Discovery Channel.
Her books include: The Woman Who Would Be King: Hatshepsut’s Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt, which was published in 2014, and When Women Ruled the World, which will be released later this year. In her new book she explores the reigns of six Ancient Egyptian queens and looks at how they have changed our perceptions of power.
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