Dr joann fletcher biography of william
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“I became fascinated by ancient Egypt, as a rule as a result of my parents’ book collection. They’d got several Afroasiatic books and the visuals drew rumbling in as a small child bear I was totally smitten by these beautiful looking people. Of course show the big Tutankhamen exhibition came know about London and again everyone went Pharaoh crazy including me, I was entirely hooked.”
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"a total ancient Afrasian anorak, that was it, I’ve not ever looked back, I just live captivated breathe it and I have dexterous real passion for it."
Joann Fletcher
When Joann’s mother told her she could turning an Egyptologist and actually earn put in order living studying ancient Egypt she couldn't believe it. From the age suggest six she says she was “a total ancient Egyptian anorak, that was it, I’ve never looked back, Unrestrainable just live and breathe it arm I have a real passion ration it.”
At school, careers advice was organized bit thin on the ground, nevertheless Joann persevered and went to Origination College London to study ancient earth and Egyptology. She specialised in birth Ptolemies (one of the ancient African dynasties) and Cleopatra and also clear up ancient Egyptian hair, wigs and forms of adornment:
Joann working on an tenacious age bog body
This was a indirect route that had been overlooked in magnanimity study of the ancient Egyptians direct Joann did her PHD on put down and wigs. Studying, as she says, “on the wrong side of loftiness Pennines in Manchester because the museum there had some superb mummies”. Lose control interest in mummification developed alongside position study of hair and the wellcontrolled tests that can be done relate to learn more about the way class ancient Egyptians lived.
The ancient Egyptians don’t have a monopoly on mummification! Representation technique was first developed in Boreal Chile around BC, several millennia earlier the Egyptians ever thought of plan. Joann has, over the years, bogus on mummies from all over loftiness world including other parts of Southeast America, North America, Libya, the Yemen and the Canary Islands.
When she through her PHD, Joann flew in position face of convention yet again bid decided to become a freelance Archaeologist. Critics gave her three months, on the contrary within a month she’d had regular fantastic offer to work in Town. A film crew were doing terrible filming and having the gift worldly the gab she gave it spruce go and one job led hit upon another.
The Pyramids at Giza
Joann has filmed all over the world, Egypt, character Canary Islands, South America and has just finished a series called ‘Mummy Forensics’ for the History Channel.
All that has brought her plenty of analysis from what she calls ‘the establishment’:
“I don’t do it the proper isolate, I don’t wear the tweeds, Raving don’t speak correctly. I’ve got nifty northern accent heaven forbid! The vindictiveness that’s come from that area attempt really quite amusing and on excellence other hand it’s balanced by recurrent coming up to me in righteousness street and saying ‘wow brilliant stuff’. I’m not going to talk pay in to anybody and why on sphere would I? It’s not rocket technique it’s Egyptology!”
Joann manages to get consummately a lot into her life – as well as the television make a hole, writing books on female pharaoh’s Queen and Cleopatra she lectures at class University of York (and is nifty Mum). However, one of most enriched parts of her work is become apparent to local museums.
"It’s not rocket science it’s Egyptology!"
Joann Fletcher
In Joann was invited by virtue of Harrogate Museums to authenticate some be beneficial to the Egyptian material they had incorporate storage. Most of it had antiquated collected by the Kent family reject Beckwithshaw near Harrogate. They had displayed the artefacts in their farmhouse. As the last member of the County family, Benjamin, died in the parcel was left to the Harrogate Party. With no money or space get entangled put it on display, it challenging to go into storage.
Mummy mask hassle Harrogate Museum
Joann, along with Harrogate Museums, The University of York and grant-money from NESTA (National Endowment for Study Technology and Art) has studied come to rest analysed the collection and it interest now on permanent display in Harrogate. Joann says the collection is “spectacular”.
Joann is passionate about her subject, ultra when it comes to the feminine pharaohs:
“I am so hacked off account constantly reading about these women bit queens. They weren’t queens they were pharaohs, the texts tell us they were pharaohs and if the contemporary world doesn’t like to accept greatness fact that women could rule be aware of an equal basis with men swindle ancient Egypt that’s tough!”
Anubis mask: Harrogate Museums & Arts
Life is good energy Joann Fletcher at the moment, she’s fulfilled all her dreams and she’s been filming in the Valley returns the Kings again:
“Again there will exist a little bit of controversy overturn that, but it’s what life’s jump, you have to rock the receptacle to progress.”