Hugo D. Cook is an energetic Egyptologist with degrees from Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the largest online following of any UK-based Egyptologist, and a major award-winning book recently published by Macmillan. He is a lecturer at the British Museum and its partner City Lit, which includes teaching the six ancient languages he knows, and coo... Read More

Hugo D. Cook is an energetic Egyptologist with degrees from Oxford and Cambridge Universities, the largest online following of any UK-based Egyptologist, and a major award-winning book recently published by Macmillan. He is a lecturer at the British Museum and its partner City Lit, which includes teaching the six ancient languages he knows, and coordinator of Egypt’s upcoming addition to the GCSE Classics national syllabus. He was the lead historical consultant for two galleries in a major new museum in Egypt, and the lead consultant to Saudi Arabia’s government on engagement in their new museum sector. Hugo runs a large-scale project across eleven UK museums to promote Middle Eastern art and heritage, and he assists the Barakat Trust’s grant-giving work for vital conservation and other heritage programmes across the MENA region. He has 90,000+ followers on his Egyptology-based social media, and he has guest-starred in History Hit’s ‘The Ancients’ podcast. Hugo has contributed to popular magazines and academic journals, and his recent book collecting and translating previously non-disseminated Egyptian tales has won an International Literacy Association Children’s Book Award. He has also received several scholarships including Oxford University’s top award, the Clarendon Scholarship, awarded to the top 0.5% of all Oxford graduate applicants. Read Less