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Who is Kent Weeks?

Kent R. Weeks is an American archaeologist specializing in ancient Egypt. Some of his work on what he believes is Ramses II firstborn son's skull will be featured on Discover this Sunday. Discover's own advertising campaign has been extremely aggressive. The theme? Do you dare question the Bible. Was the tenth plague the "wrath of God or Man"? beliefnet has an interview with Charles Sennott, an author and news correspondent who worked with the Discover Channel on the program. His article from the Boston Globe has been posted here.

Weeks is a professor of Egyptology at American University in Cairo. In 1965, he received his Master's degree from the University of Washington and his Ph.D. in Egyptology from Yale University in 1970 [1]. He's written a number of books on KV5 a dig done by James Burton in the early 19th century. His claim to fame is having re-discovered the entrance to the tomb while working on his Theban Mapping Project. Here's a bibliography.

References
1. Kent R. Weeks, Anthropology Biography Web, MNSU eMuseum.