Background
Kent was born on December 16, 1941 in Everett, Washington, United States.
He remembers deciding to be an Egyptologist at the age of eight.
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States
Kent R. Weeks studied at the University of Washington at Seattle and received a Master of Arts in 1965.
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Kent R. Weeks attended Yale University and received his Ph.D. in 1970.
R. A. Long High School, Longview, Washington, United States
Weeks attended R. A. Long High School in Longview, Washington, and graduated in 1959.
Kent R. Weeks
Kent R. Weeks
Kent R. Weeks
Kent R. Weeks
Kent R. Weeks
Kent R. Weeks
(An illustrated report on the 1963 excavation of a town in...)
An illustrated report on the 1963 excavation of a town in Lower Nubia which dated to the Christian Period which reached its zenith between c.AD 850 and 1100. Includes a general discussion of the town's history and its relations with Egypt and the rest of Nubia.
https://www.amazon.com/Christian-Townsite-Publications-Pennsylvania-Yale-Expedition/dp/1931707154/?tag=2022091-20
1967
(As a result of the ancient Egyptians' efforts to assure c...)
As a result of the ancient Egyptians' efforts to assure continues life for themselves and thanks to a modern tool of physics and medical science - the x-ray - secrets that have lain hidden for thousands of years behind mummy cases and intricate linen wrapings have now been revealed. A fascinating account of the University of Michigan School of Dentistry's examination and analysis of a collection of mummies housed in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. It is written in non-technical terms and is well illustriated.
https://www.amazon.com/X-Raying-Pharaohs-James-Harris/dp/0684139707/?tag=2022091-20
1973
(The result of twenty years of work, the Atlas of the Vall...)
The result of twenty years of work, the Atlas of the Valley of the Kings provides the first detailed surveyed maps and plans ever produced of one of the most famous World Heritage sites. From the tomb of Tutankhamun to the recently-discovered tomb of the sons of Ramesses II, all of the significant and accessible tombs in the valley are included. In this new one-volume study edition, the Atlas gives 1:200 plans, sections, and three-dimensional isometric drawings of each tomb, along with larger-scale maps of the entire Valley and background information on the work of the Theban Mapping Project and its surveying techniques.
https://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Valley-Kings-Mapping-Project/dp/9774248201/?tag=2022091-20
1979
(Kent Weeks made international headlines when, seventy fee...)
Kent Weeks made international headlines when, seventy feet below the surface of Egypt's Valley of the Kings he found the largest and most complicated mausoleum yet discovered, the tomb of Ramesses II's sons. Now for the first time, Weeks shares up-to-the-minute details on the thrilling discoveryand contemplates what the tomb, called KV5, will reveal as the excavation moves forward. Built in the age of Exodus, the tomb could potentially transform ancient and biblical history.
https://www.amazon.com/Lost-Tomb-Kent-R-Weeks/dp/068815087X/?tag=2022091-20
1998
(Detailed itineraries lead us first through the sites on t...)
Detailed itineraries lead us first through the sites on the east bank of the Nile, including Karnak and Luxor temples, the Luxor Museum, and the Museum of Mummification. Then we cross to the west bank for a thorough exploration of the temples - the Ramesseum, Deir alBahari, Medinet Habu, and more - and the tombs of the Kings, the Queens, and the Nobles. The combination of authoritative texts, full-color photographs, planimetric maps, and descriptions of every major tomb and monument in Luxor will facilitate and enhance any visitor's tour of one of the world's richest and most significant collections of archaeological sites.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9774248007/?tag=2022091-20
2005
(Conducted by a team of world-acknowledged experts, who pr...)
Conducted by a team of world-acknowledged experts, who provide the most up-to-date information available, it's the perfect mix of artistic brilliance and scholarly research. The Valley of the Kings and the tombs of the nobles are, together with the pyramids of Giza, among the world's most visited and best-known sites. Although millions come each year to gaze upon these ancient wonders, a significant portion of this remarkable place remains unseen by most.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1586632957/?tag=2022091-20
2014
Kent was born on December 16, 1941 in Everett, Washington, United States.
He remembers deciding to be an Egyptologist at the age of eight.
Weeks attended R. A. Long High School in Longview, Washington, and graduated in 1959. He studied at the University of Washington at Seattle and received a Master of Arts in 1965. He also attended Yale University and received his Ph.D. in 1970.
Kent visited Egypt for the first time in 1963 and was active in digs in Nubia associated with relocation work necessitated by the building of the Aswan Dam and the flooding of the Nile Valley to create Lake Nasser. In 1966, Weeks started working with Dr. James E. Harris, and their project enabled them to X-ray mummies in the Egyptian museum. The two then collaborated on X- raying the Pharaohs, published in 1973.
Dr. Weeks professional career began with his appointment as Professor of Anthropology at American University in Cairo for the academic year 1971-72. While teaching at the American University in Cairo in the 1970s, Weeks documented a group of mastabas - ancient Hat, oblong structures built over entrances of mummy chambers or burial pits - west of the Great Pyramid.
Later he was appointed assistant Curator of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art then assistant Professor at the University of Chicago and Director of its Institute in Luxor (Chicago House), then professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1988 became a professor of Egyptology at The American University in Cairo. In 1978, Weeks devised and launched the Theban Mapping Project – an exceedingly ambitious plan to photograph and map every temple and tomb in the Theban Necropolis. As part of this project, Weeks introduced hot air ballooning to the Luxor area with the intent of making inexpensive aerial surveys, which grew into an important part of the local tourist industry. Weeks has published several reports of the Theban Mapping Project since the original The Berkeley Map of the Theban Necropolis: Preliminary Report in 1979.
In 1987, the Theban Mapping Project began searching an area in the Valley of the Kings northeast of the entrance to the tomb of King Ramses IX. In The Lost Tomb, Weeks draws from his diaries, and those of his wife and site foreman, to explain to the world at large the trials and tribulations of rediscovering and exploring what he believes to be the burial site for the sons of Ramses II. Edward K. Werner, in a Library Journal review of The Lost Tomb, calls Weeks’s rediscovery “by far the most significant” Egyptological find of the second half of the century.
(As a result of the ancient Egyptians' efforts to assure c...)
1973(Kent Weeks made international headlines when, seventy fee...)
1998(The result of twenty years of work, the Atlas of the Vall...)
1979(Conducted by a team of world-acknowledged experts, who pr...)
2014(Detailed itineraries lead us first through the sites on t...)
2005(An illustrated report on the 1963 excavation of a town in...)
1967As a student of the University of Washington at Seattle, Weeks met his wife, fellow student Susan Howe, while both were working on archaeological projects in Nubia, Egypt.