John Romer
John Romer is an artist and historian but does not hold an official Egyptology degree. However, unlike many dusty academics, he articulates the stories of ancient people in a unique way and has a rare ability to conjure up the past in the mind?s eye. He was born in 1941 in Surrey and studied at the Royal College of Art in London. From 1973 to 1977, he worked as an artist in epigraphic studies in the temples and tombs of Thebes. In 1977-1979, he originated and organised an excavation of the tomb of Ramesses XI for the Brooklyn Museum. He has written several acclaimed books and produced some excellent TV documentaries.
Romer's Egypt. BBC/Channel 4: London, 1982.
Ancient Lives. Channel 4: London, 1984.
Testament. Antelope Films/Channel 4: London, 1988.
The Rape of Tutankhamun. Voyager Films/Channel 4/ PBS, 1994.
The Seven Wonders of the World. The Learning Channel, 1995.
Byzantium--The Lost Empire. ABTV/Ibis Films/The Learning Channel, 1997.
A new light on the civilization of Ancient Egypt
John Romer uses hundreds of surviving texts to describe the life and times of one group of people in Egypt. The book centres around the people of a tiny New Kingdom village, which was the home of artisans and construction workers who created the marvellous tombs in the Valley of the Kings.
A History of the Modern Imagination
by John Romer, Elizabeth Romer
-From a television series, The Seven Wonders of the World tells the stories of the making of such ancient marvels as the Egyptian Pyramids, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and the Colossus of Rhodes.
