Colin D Reader is a geologist with over thirty years’ experience working in the construction industry and a deep interest in ancient Egypt. He has published papers in a number of peer-reviewed Egyptology journals and in his first book, A Gift of Geology, he examined the influence of Egypt’s geology and landscape on the developing cultures of the Nile Valley. He worked as project geologist for the Saqqara Geophysical Survey Project, mapping the soils and rocks of North Saqqara, and has travelled extensively in Egypt.
