# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/barry-kemp
# Generated: 2026-08-13T08:17:10.942Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/barry-kemp"
name: "Barry Kemp"
slug: "barry-kemp"
description: "Barry John Kemp, was an English archaeologist and Egyptologist. He was Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cambridge and directed excavations at Amarna in Egypt. His book Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation is a core text of Egyptology and many Ancient History courses."
tagline: "British Egyptologist"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Academics"
  slug: "academics"
profileType:
  name: "Academic"
  slug: "academic"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1940-05-14"
deathDate: "2024-05-15"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.54
  momentum:             5.084745762711863
  historical:           7.677718666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Kemp_(L%C3%A4g%C3%BCpt%C3%A4navan)"
    title: "Barry Kemp (Lägüptänavan)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8_(%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85_%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA)"
    title: "باري كيمب (عالم مصريات)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%89_%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85%D8%A8"
    title: "بارى كيمب"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Kemp_(egipt%C3%B2leg)"
    title: "Barry Kemp (egiptòleg)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Kemp_(Egyptologist)"
    title: "Barry Kemp (Egyptologist)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Kemp"
    title: "Barry Kemp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Kemp"
    title: "Barry Kemp"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D0%BC%D0%BF%2C_%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B8"
    title: "Кемп, Барри"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Kemp_(egyptol%C3%B3g)"
    title: "Barry Kemp (egyptológ)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4864383"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump