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Dr. Kent R. Weeks (born December 16, 1941) is an American Egyptologist.

He was born in the town of Everett, Washington, United States, where he remembers deciding to be an Egyptologist at the age of eight. Weeks attended R. A. Long High School in Longview, Washington, and graduated in 1959. He studied anthropology at University of Washington in Seattle, from where he obtained a master's degree. He visited Egypt for the first time in 1963 and was active in digs in Nubia associated with relocation work necessitated by the building of the Aswan Dam and the flooding of the Nile Valley to create Lake Nasser. In 1970 he earned a doctorate in Egyptology from Yale University.

Dr. Weeks professional career began with his appointment as Assistant Curator of Egyptian Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art then assistant Professor at the University of Chicago and Director of its Institute in Luxor (Chicago House), then professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1988 became a professor of Egyptology at The American University in Cairo. His wife, Susan Weeks, was also an archaeologist and a gifted artist before her death in December 2009.

In 1978, Weeks devised and launched the Theban Mapping Project–an exceedingly ambitious plan to photograph and map every temple and tomb in the Theban Necropolis. As part of this project, Weeks introduced hot air ballooning to the Luxor area with the intent of making inexpensive aerial surveys, which grew into an important part of the local tourist industry. However, a more important achievement of the Project was its 1995 discovery of the identity, and vast dimensions, of KV5, the tomb of the sons of Ramesses II in the Valley of the Kings.

Publications

Atlas of the Valley of the Kings: The Theban Mapping Project
The Lost Tomb, 1998
The Illustrated Guide to Luxor and the Valley of the Kings
The Valley of the Kings: The Tombs and the Funerary of Thebes West, (editor)

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 He was born in the town of [[Everett, Washington]], [[United States]], where he remembers deciding to be an Egyptologist at the age of eight. Weeks attended [[R. A. Long High School]] in [[Longview, Washington]], and graduated in 1959. He studied [[anthropology]] at [[University of Washington]] in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], from where he obtained a master's degree. He visited Egypt for the first time in 1963 and was active in digs in [[Nubia]] associated with relocation work necessitated by the building of the [[Aswan Dam]] and the flooding of the [[Nile|Nile Valley]] to create [[Lake Nasser]]. In 1970 he earned a doctorate in [[Egyptology]] from [[Yale University]].
-Dr. Weeks professional career began with his appointment as Assistant Curator of Egyptian Art at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] then assistant Professor at the [[University of Chicago]] and Director of its Institute in Luxor (Chicago House), then professor at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], and in 1988 became a professor of Egyptology at [[The American University in Cairo]]. His wife, Susan Weeks, was also an archaeologist and a gifted artist before her passing in December 2009.
+Dr. Weeks professional career began with his appointment as Assistant Curator of Egyptian Art at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] then assistant Professor at the [[University of Chicago]] and Director of its Institute in Luxor (Chicago House), then professor at the [[University of California, Berkeley]], and in 1988 became a professor of Egyptology at [[The American University in Cairo]]. His wife, Susan Weeks, was also an archaeologist and a gifted artist before her death in December 2009.
 In 1978, Weeks devised and launched the [[Theban Mapping Project]]&ndash;an exceedingly ambitious plan to photograph and map every temple and tomb in the [[Thebes (Egypt)|Theban]] [[Necropolis]]. As part of this project, Weeks introduced [[hot air balloon]]ing to the [[Luxor]] area with the intent of making inexpensive aerial surveys, which grew into an important part of the local tourist industry. However, a more important achievement of the Project was its 1995 discovery of the identity, and vast dimensions, of [[KV5]], the tomb of the sons of [[Ramesses II]] in the [[Valley of the Kings]].