The Abu Bakr Cemetery at Giza

Tohfa Handoussa (1937-2017) was professor of ancient Egypt and Egyptian archaeology at the Faculty of Arts, Department of Archaeology, Cairo University from 1987, where she served as head of the Egyptology Department from 1988 to 1994 and as vice-dean of the Faculty of Archaeology from 1994 to 1997. Her career has been honored by colleagues and former students in a two-volume tribute, The Realm of the Pharaohs: Essays in Honor of Tohfa Handoussa (Cairo, 2008). Edward Brovarski is an adjunct research scholar, devoting his time to the publication of the excavations of the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Egyptian Expedition at Giza and Naga ed-Der. He has previously held curatorial positions in the Department of Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1974. He became curator in 1984 and research curator of Egyptian Art in 1988.

Tohfa Handoussa (1937-2017) was professor of ancient Egypt and Egyptian archaeology at the Faculty of Arts, Department of Archaeology, Cairo University from 1987, where she served as head of the Egyptology Department from 1988 to 1994 and as vice-dean of the Faculty of Archaeology from 1994 to 1997. Her career has been honored by colleagues and former students in a two-volume tribute, The Realm of the Pharaohs: Essays in Honor of Tohfa Handoussa (Cairo, 2008). Edward Brovarski is an adjunct research scholar, devoting his time to the publication of the excavations of the Harvard University-Boston Museum of Fine Arts Egyptian Expedition at Giza and Naga ed-Der. He has previously held curatorial positions in the Department of Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, from 1974. He became curator in 1984 and research curator of Egyptian Art in 1988.