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Daniel Warne is a Ph.D. candidate in Egyptology at the University of Memphis.  The focus of his current research is the ritual function and classification of a largely royal iconographical motif dating to the New Kingdom.  He has studied, worked, and excavated in Egypt for nearly two decades.  He has worked with Egyptian collections at major museums in Egypt, the United States, and the United Kingdom. He is currently an illustrator and digital epigrapher with the Theban Tomb 16 Project at Dra abu al-Naga.  His recent research projects include the scientific analysis of a Ptolemaic mummy, the study of the coffin of Ankhefenmut (an Egyptian priest of the 21st Dynasty, Bab el-Gasus cache), Egyptian Revival sphinxes, and Egyptian collections in the Finger Lakes region of Upstate New York.

Daniel Warne is a distinguished and passionate educator, earning him the State University of New York Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2016.  He has taught numerous courses and seminars in archaeology, Egyptology, and cultural anthropology.  He enjoys travel and has led educational trips, taught overseas, and coordinated several study-abroad programs for university students.  He looks forward to being part of your tour through Egypt.