![]() ![]() He also worked for the British Museum’s own travel company and later for Noble Caledonia.Īfter his retirement from the British Museum, he continued to lecture until lockdown and was due to travel and give his talks for Noble Caledonia later this year. Probably most in his element when guiding travellers as one of the leading lecturers on Swan Hellenic cruises around the Mediterranean, Red Sea and Egypt, George endeared himself to thousands of passengers. He was one of the founding members of the Friends of the Petrie Museum at UCL in 1988, and also served on the committee of the Sudan Archaeological Research Society. He served on the Council of the Egyptian Exploration Society for many years and on the editorial board of its magazine, Egyptian Archaeology. ![]() George wrote books mainly aimed at a general audience, but imbued with up to date scholarship, such as his two-volume The Pharaohs (2010), Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses (1986), books for travellers such as Pharaohs and Pyramids (1991), and several books for children. ![]() His courses on Egyptian hieroglyphs were always oversubscribed and gave hundreds of people the opportunity to read the language in museums and on site. He inspired many to go on to study ancient Egypt at university he was very generous with his advice. After graduating, in 1973 he was appointed a staff lecturer for Egypt and the classical world at the British Museum, a post he held until his retirement in 2004. ![]()
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