Colleen Darnell

Colleen Darnell (/dɑːrˈnɛl/; née Manassa; born 1980) is an American Egyptologist, teaching Egyptian art history at the Naugatuck Valley Community College.[1] Her areas of expertise include Late Period uses of the Underworld Books, ancient Egyptian military history, the literature of New Kingdom Egypt, and Egyptian revival history.

Colleen Darnell
Born
Colleen Manassa

1980 (age 39–40)
St. Louis, Missouri
NationalityUnited States
Spouse(s)John Darnell
Academic background
Alma materYale University
Academic work
DisciplineEgyptologist
Sub-discipline
Institutions

Her research in Egyptian military history has led to the first recreation of the tactics of the Battle of Perire, c. 1208 BCE and her study The Great Karnak Inscription of Merneptah "replaces all other earlier studies of the key historical narratives relating Merneptah's war against the Libyans."[2] Her research on the military role that Tutankhamun might have taken on as pharaoh of Egypt contributed to Tutankhamun's Armies: Battle and Conquest in Ancient Egypt's Late Eighteenth Dynasty (co-authored with John Darnell) and was featured in the historical section of the documentary "King Tut Unwrapped."[3] Through books and documentaries, Darnell has brought ancient Egyptian warfare and tactics to the broader public.

In Egypt, she has made several important archaeological discoveries as the director of the Moalla Survey Project, an ongoing archaeological project.[4]

Biography

Darnell studied for her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at Yale, gaining her PhD in 2005. In 2006 she was appointed assistant professor and director of undergraduate studies, working alongside Chair of the Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations department Prof. John Darnell.[5] Darnell was promoted to associate professor in 2010.[6] She had married John Darnell and left Yale by 2015 after allegations emerged that she and Darnell had engaged in a long-running affair, beginning when she was a student under Darnell's supervision.[7] She was listed as visiting professor of art history at the University of Hartford in 2015.[8]

Archaeological work

In 2008, she created the Moalla Survey Project, an archaeological survey expedition in Egypt (under the auspices of the Egyptian Ministry of State for Antiquities) that has discovered several important new sites on the east bank of the Nile approximately 45 south of Luxor, ranging in date from the late Predynastic period through the late Roman period.[4] In 2010, she discovered an extensive late Roman settlement with over a hundred distinct structures. Within the necropolis of Moalla, the Moalla Survey Project also discovered a Nubian Pan Grave cemetery (ca. 1600 BCE), and the importance of the Nubian cemetery at the site of Moalla has been recognized in other publications.[9] In 2010, Darnell presented the first identification of Nubian (Pan Grave) pottery manufactured at the site of Umm Mawagir in Kharga Oasis.[10] This ceramic analysis reveals new interactions between Nubian and Egyptian populations in the oases.

Museum work

As curator of "Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs," Darnell assembled nearly one hundred objects, ranging from ancient Egyptian objects to pieces that span two millennia of fascination with ancient Egypt.[11] Critically acclaimed in a review by The New York Times,[12] the exhibition has been called “an ambitious... landmark exhibition,”[13] with “careful curation,"[14] the exhibit has achieved critical success.[15] The exhibition is accompanied by a print catalog and a complete online catalog,[16] including a driving tour of Connecticut Egyptian revival buildings.[17] The online tour of the exhibit makes "Echoes of Egypt" one of the first internationally available on-line exhibits.[18]

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References
  1. http://www.ratemyprofessors.com/ShowRatings.jsp?tid=2271716. Retrieved 20 August 2018. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. Spalinger, Anthony (2005). War in Ancient Egypt. Blackwell Publishing: Oxford. p. 245.
  3. "Television Review | 'King Tut Unwrapped' CSI: Egypt, Complete With DNA Tests of Mummies". The New York Times.
  4. "Yale Egyptological Institute in Egypt: Mo'alla Survey Project". Yale.edu. Archived from the original on 2013-02-01. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  5. "Profile – Man, Myth, or Legend?". Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  6. "Scandal brings new punishmentsfor Egyptology program". Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  7. "Scandal still strains Yale Egyptology". Retrieved 2018-09-28.
  8. "JAN. 12–16, 2015". webcache.googleusercontent.com. Retrieved 2017-05-27.
  9. Naser, C. (2012). Nomads at the Nile: Towards an Archaeology of Interaction, in H Barnard and K. Duistermaat (eds), The History of the Peoples of the Eastern Desert. Los Angeles.
  10. Fortner-Muller, Irene, Pamela Rose. 1 Nubian Pottery from Egyptian Cultural Contexts of the Middle and Early New Kingdom Proceedings of a Workshop held at the Austrian Archaeological Institute at Cairo, 1–12 December 2010. Vienna.
  11. "Echoes of Egypt: Conjuring the Land of the Pharaohs | Exhibits : Yale Peabody Museum". Peabody.yale.edu. 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  12. Sylviane Gould. "'The Undying Influence of Ancient Egypt A Review of 'Echoes of Egypt' Exhibition, at Yale Peabody Museum'". Retrieved 2013-09-11.
  13. Phyllis A.S. Boros (2013-04-04). "'Echoes' may resonate with just about everyone - Connecticut Post". Ctpost.com. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  14. Dohertyddoherty, Donna (2013-04-14). "Peabody Museum at Yale explores the 'Land of the Pharaohs'- The New Haven Register - Serving New Haven, Connecticut". Nhregister.com. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  15. "Echoes of Egypt reverberate at Peabody Museum | News from southeastern Connecticut". The Day. 2013-03-28. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  16. "Echoes of Egypt | Yale Peabody Museum". Echoesofegypt.peabody.yale.edu. 2013-04-13. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  17. "Walking and Driving Tour | Echoes of Egypt | Yale Peabody Museum". Echoesofegypt.peabody.yale.edu. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
  18. "'Echoes of Egypt' reveals impact across the millennia". Archived from the original on 2013-05-07. Retrieved 2013-06-21.
  19. "Society of Biblical Literature". secure.aidcvt.com. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
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