Tutankhamen and the Golden Age of Egypt

Melissa Barden Dowling teaches ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman history in the Clements department of history and directs the program in Classical Studies. She was named Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor. Her recent book, Clemency and Cruelty in the Roman World, won the Godbey prize in the spring of 2007.  Currently Dowling is writing a scholarly book on the Roman cult of Isis, exploring how Egyptian religion is understood in the Roman empire.