Joyce Tyldesley

Egyptologist Joyce Tyldesley teaches a suite of online courses in Egyptology at the University of Manchester. She is the author of Tutankhamun: Pharaoh, Icon, Enigma (Headline, 2022)

Great Reputations: Cleopatra.

Theban mural showing people plucking geese. (Photo by DEA / G Dagli Orti/De Agostini/Getty Images)

Life in Ancient Egypt: what was it like?

A carving of Tutankhamun and his young wife Ankhesenamun

The forgotten women in Tutankhamun’s tomb

Egyptologist Howard Carter crouches near the golden sarcophagus of Tutankhamun's remains

Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun: was the tomb really cursed?

Tutankhamun’s golden funeral mask

Your guide to Tutankhamun, plus 8 fascinating facts

Head of the Ancient Egyptian Queen Tiye

15 minutes of fameJoyce Tyldesley chooses Queen Tiye