John Magnussen Editor

Dr James Fraser is curator for the ancient Levant and Anatolia at the British Museum, London. As senior curator of the Nicholson Museum (201517), University of Sydney, he developed and led the Mummy Project and curated the Mummy Room exhibition for the Chau Chak Wing Museum. James currently directs the British Museums excavation of a 4500-year-old olive oil factory in Jordan. Dr Conni Lord is an Egyptologist at the Chau Chak Wing Museum. She has a Master of Arts (Egyptology) from Macquarie University, Sydney, and a Master of Science (forensic Egyptology) and a cross-disciplinary PhD from the University of Manchester, UK. Her main academic interest is bringing together scientific analysis and historical inquiry in the study of ancient Egyptian human remains and material culture, and then making the results accessible to a range of audiences, including students of all levels. Professor John Magnussen is Professor of Radiology at Macquarie University, Sydney. He graduated in medicine from the University of New South Wales, before completing a PhD in nuclear medicine and biomedical engineering. He has special interests in neurological and cardiac imaging, as well as archaeology and ancient history, using advanced imaging techniques to analyse artefacts and remains from Babylonian times to the present day.