Aidan Dodson

Biographic Data

ID1079560
NAMEAidan Dodson
GIVEN NAMESAidan
FAMILY NAMEDodson
SIGNATUREDODSON A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Bristol
ORCID0000-0003-3754-2076
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS165
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT163
EDITOR COUNT2
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1981
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • John James Johnston (1965–2025)

    Open AccessAidan DodsonARTICLEThe Journal of Egyptian Archaeology2026

  • Neferhotep

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2026

    Neferhotep was the personal name of three kings of the Second Intermediate Period in Egypt.

  • Sethnakhte

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2026

    Sethnakhte was the founder of the 20th Dynasty, having defeated the last 19th Dynasty ruler, Tausret. He was the father of Rameses III.

  • Merenre

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2026

    Merenre Nemtyemsaf I was the son and successor of Pepi I, of the Egyptian 6th Dynasty, and was succeeded by Pepi II.

  • Shepseskaf

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2026

    Shepseskaf was the final king of the Egyptian 4th Dynasty. Little is known of him or his reign, other than that he built a giant mastaba tomb, rather than the expected pyramid.

  • A History of World Egyptology

    Open AccessIkram, Andrew Bednarski et al.BOOKHistory of World Egyptology2021

    A History of World Egyptology is a ground-breaking reference work that traces the study of ancient Egypt over the past 150 years. Global in purview, it enlarges our understanding of how and why people have looked, and continue to look, into humankind's distant past through the lens of the enduring allure of ancient Egypt. Written by an international team of scholars, the volume investigates how territories around the world have engaged with, and …

  • Taharqo, Taharqa, Taharka

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2021

    Taharqo was the last king of the 25th Egyptian Dynasty to exercise effective control over the whole of Egypt, his reign ending with his defeat by the Assyrians.

  • Names, personal, Pharaonic Egypt

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2021

    Names in Pharaonic Egypt were generally of five basic types, none mutually exclusive: theomorphic (linking the individual to a deity); basilopherous (linking the individual to a king); one commenting on the physical or mental qualities, or the background, of the individual; names of foreign origin; and pet‐forms of these.

  • History of World Egyptology

    Aidan Dodson, Andrew Bednarski et al.BOOKHistory of World Egyptology2021

  • The British Isles

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERHistory of World Egyptology2021

    I n contrast to France , with its foundation of Champollion’s chair at the Collège de France, and that of Rosellini’s even earlier chair in Tuscany, Egyptology in Britain had been in the doldrums since the second half of the 1820s, with absolutely no government interest to be seen. As the British traveller Orlando Felix* (1790–1860) remarked to the Egyptological artist Joseph Bonomi in 1832, ‘Hieroglyphs are at a discount’, and talking about Egyp…

  • Chronology, Pharaonic Egypt

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2020

    Overview of the key elements used to develop the chronology of ancient Egypt from the unification of the country, down to the establishment of a firm absolute chronology from 690 bce onwards.

  • Towards a History of Egyptology

    Hana Navratilova, Thomas L Gertzen et al.BOOKTowards a History of Egyptology2019

  • Tutankhamun

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Tutankhamun, king of Egypt, 18th Egyptian Dynasty, late fourteenth century bce.

  • Co‐regency (Egypt)

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    The institution within ancient Egypt whereby two co‐equal kings reign over the same territory at the same time. This is to be distinguished from an arrangement whereby a territory is subdivided, with the different parts of that territory ruled as separate entities by kings ruling in parallel.

  • Taharqo, Taharqa, Taharka

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Taharqo, king of Egypt and Nubia, 25th Egyptian Dynasty, 690–664 bce .

  • Tetisheri

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Tetisheri, queen of Egypt, sixteenth century bce . Mother of king Seqenenre Taa, grandmother of king Ahmose I, and probably wife of King Ahmose the Elder.

  • Tanutamun, Tanwetamani

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Tanutamun, King of Egypt and Nubia, 25th Egyptian Dynasty, came to throne 664 bce .

  • Ahmose I

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Ahmose U, king of Egypt, late sixteenth century bce . Son of King Taa, brother‐husband of Ahmose‐Nefertiry, father of Amenhotep I.

  • Nefertiti

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Nefertiti, queen of Egypt, later female king Neferneferuaten, wife of Akhenaten, 18th Egyptian Dynasty, later fourteenth century bce .

  • Rameses I– XI

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Rameses I–XI, kings of Egypt, 19th and 20th Egyptian Dynasties, thirteenth to eleventh centuries bce.

  • Third Intermediate Period, Egypt

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Third Intermediate Period, Egypt, eleventh to early seventh centuries bce .

  • Herihor

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Herihor, High Priest of Amun, later king of southern Egypt, 20th/21st Dynasty, first half of eleventh century bce .

  • Bakenrenef (Bokkhoris)

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Bakenrenef (Bokkhoris), king of Egypt, 24th Egyptian Dynasty, ca. 718–712 bce .

  • Ahmose‐Nefertiry

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Ahmose‐Nefertiry, queen of Egypt, late sixteenth century bce . Wife of King Ahmose I, mother of Amenhotep I, and later a funerary deity.

  • Merenptah

    Open AccessAidan DodsonCHAPTERThe Encyclopedia of Ancient History2019

    Merenptah, king of Egypt, 19th Egyptian Dynasty, early twelfth century bce .