Charlotte Booth has a PhD in Egyptology from the University of Birmingham, and a BA (Hons) and MA from UCL in Egyptian Archaeology. She has worked in Cairo for the EAIS project and in Luxor for ARCE and has published extensively in Egyptology, including 17 books including How to Survive in Ancient Egypt, In Bed with the Egyptians and The Ancient Egyptians for Dummies. She is particularly interested in the individuals from ancient Egypt as well as the nineteenth century travellers. Her PHD thesis was on the production of paper squeezes as a recording method during this period. She lives in Wiltshire with her Bengal cat, Syrian hamster and partner.