Kenneth Kitchen

Kenneth Anderson Kitchen
Born1932
Aberdeen, Scotland
Died6 February 2025 (aged 92)
Occupation(s)Bible scholar, archaeologist and Egyptologist
TitlePersonal and Brunner Professor Emeritus of Egyptology
Academic work
DisciplineEgyptology
InstitutionsUniversity of Liverpool
Notable worksRamesside inscriptions: Historical and biographical; The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt (1100–650 BC); On the reliability of the Old Testament

Kenneth Anderson Kitchen (1932 – 6 February 2025[1]) was a British biblical scholar, Ancient Near Eastern historian, and Personal and Brunner Professor Emeritus of Egyptology and honorary research fellow at the School of Archaeology, Classics and Egyptology, University of Liverpool, England. He specialised in the ancient Egyptian Ramesside Period (i.e., Dynasties 19-20), and the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt, as well as ancient Egyptian chronology, having written over 250 books and journal articles on these and other subjects since the mid-1950s. He has been described by The Times as "the very architect of Egyptian chronology".[2]

  1. ^ Kenneth A Kitchen (1932–2025) Egypt Exploration Society, February 6, 2025
  2. ^ The Times, 13 October 2002, How myth became history

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