WILLIAM CARRUTHERS
I was interviewed by The Michigan Daily about a lecture ('Creating Nubia') that I gave at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, on the 19th October 2023. The article also discusses the wider 'Narrating Nubia' project taking place at the university.
I was interviewed for this piece by Esther Widmann ('Die Verlegung der ägyptischen Tempel von Abu Simbel war ein Triumph der Ingenieure – und eine Niederlage für die Beschützer des kulturellen Erbes') on the 55th anniversary of the inauguration of the newly moved temples at Abu Simbel in Egyptian Nubia.
Artnet News article on the fallout from the recent news about British Museum thefts, September 2023.
I was interviewed for this piece ('A Weak Cataloguing System Made It Easy to Steal From the British Museum: Institutions Around the Globe Are Reckoning With the Same Vulnerabilities') on the recent discovery of thefts at the British Museum.
I was interviewed for this piece ('"An Iconoclasm: Demolishing Egypt's Heritage for Modernisation') on continued demolitions in Cairo's 'City of the Dead'.
I was interviewed for this piece ('Battling Bulldozers: Cairo's Historical Necropolises Under Threat') on the ongoing demolitions in Cairo's 'City of the Dead', providing wider historical context.
I spoke about my book, Flooded Pasts, with Dr Mohamed Gamal-Eldin for the New Books Network.
I spoke about my work with Dr Amara Thornton for the UCL Institute of Archaeology 'Historians of Archaeology' podcast.