Yasmin El Shazly is currently Assistant Adjunct Professor of Egyptology at the American University in Cairo. She previously held the position of General Supervisor of the Department of International Organizations of Cultural Heritage and International Cooperation (2016-2018) and Assistant to the Minister for Museum Affairs (2015-2016) at the Egyptian Ministry of Antiquities. She was also Head of the Registration, Collections Management and Documentation Department at the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (2009-2016) and a member of the Museum's Board of Directors (2010-2013). She has taught courses at the American University in Cairo, Cairo University and AMIDEAST. Dr. El Shazly earned her BA from the American University in Cairo in 1998 and her MA (2002) and PhD (2009) from Johns Hopkins University. Her doctoral dissertation, entitled Royal Ancestor Worship in Deir el-Medina during the New Kingdom, was published in 2015. She has published several academic papers and has appeared in several documentaries, such as National Geographic's "The Silver Pharaoh: Secrets of the Dead" and "Tutankhamun: The Mystery of the Burnt Mummy," as well as the BBC documentary "The Man who Discovered Egypt."
Affiliation as of June 2025: Deputy Director for Research and Programs, American Research Center in Egypt.
Email: yelshazly7@gmail.com
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