Betsy Bryan
Betsy Morrell Bryan is an American Egyptologist who is leading a team that is excavating the Precinct of Mut complex in Karnak, at Luxor in Upper Egypt.
Until 2022, she was the Alexander Badawy Professor of Egyptian Art and Archaeology, and Near Eastern Studies Professor at Johns Hopkins University.
Her work has included research and writing about Thutmose IV and Amenhotep III, and on an Egyptian drinking festival. She also edited a book on 'Sacred Space and Sacred Function in Ancient Thebes in 2007 by the University of Chicago Oriental Institute.
Books
- Edited by Betsy M. Bryan & Peter F. Dorman, , The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 61, 2007 '
- Edited by Betsy M. Bryan & Peter F. Dorman & Jose M. Galan, , The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 69, 2014
- The quest for immortality: treasures of ancient Egypt / Erik Hornung and Betsy M. Bryan, editors; contributions by Betsy M. Bryan... . Washington, D.C. : National Gallery of Art; Copenhagen : United Exhibits Group, c2002. xiv, 239 p. : col. ill., col. map; 30 cm. ,
- The reign of Thutmose IV / Betsy M. Bryan. Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c1991. 389 p., 19 p. of plates : ill.; 26 cm.
- Egypt’s dazzling sun: Amenhotep III and his world / by Arielle P. Kozloff and Betsy M. Bryan with Lawrence M. Berman; and an essay by Elisabeth Delange; . Cleveland : Cleveland Museum of Art in collaboration with Indiana University Press; Bloomington, IN : Distributed by Indiana University Press, 1992. xxiv, 476 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. ,
- You can be a woman Egyptologist / Betsy Morrell Bryan and Judith Love Cohen; illustrations, David A. Katz. Marina Del Rey, Calif. : Cascade Pass, 1999. 38 p. : col. ill.; 21 x 22 cm. ,