The history, archaeology, and culture of ancient Egypt, especially the mechanics of death (funerary rituals and mummification), the role of animals, environmental change, foodways, and rock art
Prehistory and Protohistory of the Near East, rise of inequality, early centralised political economy strategies, urbanisation, early bureaucracy and the origin of State, with particular reference to Anatolia and Mesopotamia
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