Beth Wang

Beth Wang is a PhD student in Egyptology who studies the art and language of ancient Egypt. Her research interests include personal adornment, textile art, and sculptors in the ancient world. The subject of both her undergraduate and master’s theses concerned apotropaic objects and childbirth in the Middle Kingdom. 

Beth has excavated in Sicily with the American Excavations at Morgantina, and has worked in museums including the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the University of Chicago’s ISAC, and the Princeton University Art Museum. During her master’s program, she participated in a database project investigating the transmission of Egyptian mortuary spells with the University of Chicago’s Critical Editions for Digital Analysis and Research (CEDAR) initiative. 

Beth graduated cum laude from Princeton University in 2018 with a bachelor’s degree in the History of Art and a minor in Archaeology. She received her master’s degree from the Center for Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago in 2023. She proudly hails from Prairie Village, Kansas and can often be found squinting over her translation homework in the NELC lounge or singing with the Yale Camerata.