Egyptian Temples (Shire Egyptology)
Steven Snape studied Archaeology, specialising in Egyptology, at the University of Liverpool, graduating in 1981.  He was awarded a PhD in 1985 for a study of the cemeteries of Abydos.  In 1991 he was appointed Lecturer in Egyptian Archaeology at the University of Liverpool and he has a particular interest in Egyptian architecture.  Dr Snape began his career in fieldwork in Egypt in 1982, participating in the British Museum excavations at Ashmunein.  He has since directed archaeological fieldwork for Liverpool University, the Egypt Exploration Society and the University of Pennsylvania in both the eastern and western Delta, northern Sinai and at the temple sites of Abydos, Shanhur (near Luxor) and in the Ramesside fortress at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham.