About Me
Hi, I’m Dori — an Egyptologist and storyteller with a deep love for ancient worlds and the people who lived in them. I hold a PhD in Egyptology and have spent years working on projects that bring the past to life — from translating and conserving ancient papyri to reconstructing sacred texts in the Valley of the Kings.
I’ve loved ancient Egypt for as long as I can remember. As a child, I would sit for hours with my nose in books, completely captivated by tales of golden tombs, hidden rituals, and timeless gods. While others dreamed of faraway futures, I was already walking through the past — tracing hieroglyphs with a flashlight under the covers, imagining myself in the sandals of a temple scribe.
That wonder never faded. It deepened, matured, and eventually became my life’s work. My path led me around the world and into some of the most respected institutions in Egyptology. There, I had the privilege of working closely with ancient papyri — fragile remnants of thought and theology — translating them, preserving them, and in some sense, continuing a sacred duty.
This sense of continuity has shaped the way I see my work. My PhD research focused on the Purification Manual, the earliest known text describing the purification ritual — a ceremony that would one day evolve into the practice we now recognize as baptism. As I translated its lines, I realized something quietly profound: we Egyptologists are not so different from the scribes who first penned these words. We, too, gather texts. We copy them. We guard their meanings. We are caretakers of memory — preserving sacred knowledge across the centuries.
One of the most meaningful moments in my journey came inside the tomb of Rameses III. Time and weather had stripped the walls of their color and clarity, but with the help of DStretch, a NASA-developed image enhancement tool, I was able to reconstruct the Opening of the Mouth ritual — a vital ceremony meant to awaken the senses of the deceased. Using that technology to bring ancient voices back to light felt like bridging two worlds: science and spirit, modernity and myth.
And that, perhaps, is what I love most about this work. It’s not just about discovering the past — it’s about listening to it. It's about continuing a tradition of care, of curiosity, of reverence. The more I listen, the more the ancient world speaks. And I'm here to help it be heard.
Through Dori of the Nile, I share stories that make Ancient Egypt feel vivid, beautiful, and deeply human. Whether it’s a whispered love letter from thousands of years ago or the legacy of a forgotten pharaoh, my goal is to spark curiosity, wonder, and a sense of connection between then and now.