Waylon Christian Terryn

Janet Richards Waylon Christian Terryn

Publisher Marketing: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Dr. Janet Richards (born 1959) started her higher education at Northwestern University then continued it at Universite de Paris-IV and l' cole du Louvre, which led her to her doctorate degree in Anthropology and Oriental Studies at University of Pennsylvania. Some of her previous occupations were Education Coordinator at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Field Director for the Pennsylvania-Yale Abydos North Cemetery Project, and Curatorial Assistant, Egyptian Section at University of Pennsylvania Museum. Since 1998 Richards has been Assistant Professor of Egyptology at the University of Michigan- Ann Arbor. Richards has a book out that is co-edited by Mary van Buren called "Order, Legitimacy and Wealth in Ancient States" (Richards 1-5). One of Richards most defined moments is when she and other Egyptologist re-found the lost Tomb of Weni in 1999. When Richards worked for Kelsey Museum of Archaeology and the Pennsylvania-Yale-New York University Expedition she led the expedition that found Weni the Elder. The project was called Abydos Middle Cemetery Project and began in 1995.