Welcome to the professional website of Barbara A. Richter, Ph.D. Candidate in Egyptology at the University of California, Berkeley.

Barbara holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University and a Masters degree in Near Eastern Studies (Egyptology) from U.C. Berkeley. Her dissertation research focuses on Ptolemaic Egyptian temple inscriptions, especially those at the Temple of Hathor at Dendera. She is particularly interested in how specific linguistic techniques are used to make texts magically effective and is studying the development of these techniques in earlier magical, funerary, and liturgical texts. Other areas of interest include Egyptian art and architecture, ancient Egyptian religion, all stages of the Egyptian language, and intercultural relations during the Ptolemaic and early Roman Eras.