Dr. Meredith Brand is an archaeologist and Egyptologist who teaches classes on ancient Egypt and cultural heritage in the humanities and writing program at The American University in Cairo. Meredith studies pottery and material culture and her research focuses on everyday people in ancient Egypt. She is a co-director of the Wadi el-Hudi Expedition, which surveys and excavates ancient amethyst mines and mining settlements in Egypt’s Eastern Desert, and she has published on the daily life of miners and the administration of mining there. Meredith is regularly featured on programs about ancient Egypt for channels such as National Geographic, Discovery, BBC, and The History Channel. She is a long-time resident of Cairo and enjoys living in Egypt.