Roger Forshaw, BChD, LDSRCS, DGDP, MSc, PhD

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• 2023

  Enhancing mummy ‘palaeobiographies’ though the use of multidisciplinary techniques and approaches

  White, K. N., Chiasserini, D., Loynes, R., David, A. R., Dongen, B. E. V., Drosou, K., Forshaw, R., Fraser, S., Causey-Freeman, P., Metcalfe, J., Murphy, E., Regan, M., Reimer, P. J., Tosh, D. G., Whetton, A. & Freemont, A. J., 1 Feb 2023, In: Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. 47, 103784.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Bone 100%
  • Computed Tomography 50%
  • Examination 37%
  • Needle Biopsy 25%
  • Age 25%

• House of Life

  Forshaw, R., 1 Sept 2023, Ancient Egypt, 23, 138, p. 12-19 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Featured article

• Medicine and Healing Practices

  David, R. & Forshaw, R., 1 Jan 2023, In: Ancient Egypt. 23, 2, p. 36-41 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Saints or sinners? Scandals among the servants of the gods

  Forshaw, R., 9 Jun 2023, In: Ancient Egypt. 23, 137, p. 26-33 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • sinners 100%
  • Theft 100%
  • Scandal 100%
  • Deity 100%
  • Clergy 50%
• 2022

  Dental Calculus - Oral Health, Forensic Studies and Archaeology: A Review

  Forshaw, R., 9 Dec 2022, In: British Dental Journal. 233, 11, p. 961-967 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Health 100%
  • Calculus (Dental) 100%
  • Ancient DNA 50%
  • Etiology 25%
  • Cause of Death 25%

• The khery-heb(et)

  Forshaw, R., 21 Dec 2022, Priestly Officiants in the Old Kingdom Mortuary Cult. Casado, R. S. & Morales, A. J. (eds.). Alcalá: Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, p. 57-86 30 p. (Monografías de Oriente Antiguo; vol. 3).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Tombs 100%
  • Dynasty 66%
  • Ritual Practice 66%
  • Kingdom 66%
  • Category 66%
• 2021

  Takabuti's Teeth

  Forshaw, R., Apr 2021, The Life and Times of Takabuti in Ancient Egypt: Investigating the Belfast Mummy. David, R. & Murphy, E. (eds.). 1st ed. Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, p. 70-74 5 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The ‘Two Brothers’: Dental and Cranial Evidence Relating to two Ancient Egyptian Mummies.

  Forshaw, R., Dec 2021, Canarias Arqueológica. Museos de Tenerife, Vol. 22. p. 455 - 467 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
• 2020

  The city of Naukratis: 'The Shanghai of ancient Egypt'

  Forshaw, R., 2020, In: Ancient Egypt Magazine. 20 (2), 118, p. 40-47 8 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• Why was a minor dislocation included amongst the more serious cases listed in the Edwin Smith papyrus

  Forshaw, R., 2020, BEC 4: Proceedings of the 4th British Egyptology Congress 7-9 September 2018, University of Manchester. Graves, C. (ed.). London: Egypt Exploration Society, p. 71-85 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2019

  Egypt of the Saite pharaohs, 664-525 BC

  Forshaw, R., 22 May 2019, 1st ed. Manchester: Manchester University Press. 230 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Pharaoh 100%
  • Egypt 100%
  • Economic Systems 66%
  • Ruler 66%
  • Dynasty 66%

• Saite Egypt: Stories of Success

  Forshaw, R., Jun 2019, In: Ancient Egypt Magazine. 19, 6, 114, p. 36-42 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• The Two Brothers: an enlightening study of ancient Egyptian teeth

  Forshaw, R., Apr 2019, In: British Dental Journal. 226, 7, p. 518-524 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Tooth 100%
  • Investigation 100%
  • Family Relationship 66%
  • Incisor 66%
  • Morphology 33%
  2382 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  Accident and emergency in ancient Egypt

  Forshaw, R., Aug 2018, In: Ancient Egypt Magazine. 19, 1, p. 20-26 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Injury 100%
  • Emergency 100%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 66%
  • Infection 33%
  • Medicine 33%
• 2016

  Mummies, Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt: Multidisciplinary essays for Rosalie David

  Price, C. (ed.), Forshaw, R. (ed.), Chamberlain, A. (ed.) & Nicholson, P. (ed.), 10 Jun 2016, Manchester: Manchester University Press. 520 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Egypt 100%
  • Essays 100%
  • Egyptology 75%
  • Research 75%
  • Volume 75%

• Orthodontics in antiquity: Myth or reality

  Forshaw, R., 2016, In: British Dental Journal. 221, 3, p. 137-140 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  File

  • Orthodontics 100%
  • Malocclusion 66%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 66%
  • Orthodontic Procedure 33%
  • Attention 33%
  160 Downloads (Pure)

• The Saite Revival: Resurgence of the Power of Egypt

  Forshaw, R., May 2016, In: Ancient Egypt Magazine. 16(5), 95, p. 46-51 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Egypt 100%
  • Activity 25%
  • Diplomacy 25%
  • Economics 25%

• Trauma care, surgery and remedies in ancient Egypt: a reassessment

  Forshaw, R., 10 Jun 2016, Mummies, Magic and Medicine in Ancient Egypt. Price, C., Forshaw, R., Chamberlain, A. & Nicholson, P. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 124-141 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Surgery 100%
  • Injury 100%
  • Therapeutic Procedure 100%
  • Egypt 100%
  • Skull 37%
• 2015

  Dental infections in ancient Nubia

  Forshaw, R., 1 Jan 2015, Palaeopathology in Egypt and Nubia: A Century in Review. R., M., J., C. & R., D. (eds.). Oxford: Archaeopress

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Reduction of temporomandibular joint dislocation: an ancient technique that has stood the test of time

  Forshaw, R., 26 Jun 2015, In: British Dental Journal. 218, 12, p. 691-693 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Joint Dislocation 100%
  • Temporomandibular Joint 100%
  • Skull 33%
  • Head 33%
  • Neck 33%

• The lector in ancient Egypt

  Forshaw, R., Apr 2015, In: Ancient Egypt Magazine. 15, 89, p. 29-37 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Activities of Daily Living 100%

• Unlocking the past: The role of dental analysis in archaeology

  Forshaw, R., Jul 2015, In: Dental Historian. 60, 2, p. 51-62 11 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Archeology 100%
  • Analysis 100%
  • Tooth 100%
  • Diet 50%
  • Microfossil 25%
• 2014

  Before Hippocrates: Healing practices in ancient Egypt

  Forshaw, R., Feb 2014, Medicine, Healing and Performance. Gemi-Lordanou, E., Gordon, S., Matthew, R., McInnes, E. & Pettitt, R. (eds.). Oxford & Philadelphia: Oxbow Books, p. 25-41

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Dental indicators of ancient dietary patterns: Dental analysis in archaeology

  Forshaw, R., 9 May 2014, In: British Dental Journal. 216, 9, p. 529-535 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Diet 100%
  • Dietary Pattern 100%
  • Analysis 100%
  • Indicator 100%
  • Stable Isotope 40%

• The role of the lector in ancient Egyptian society

  Forshaw, R., 1 Dec 2014, Oxford: Archaeopress. (Egyptology 5)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review
• 2013

  Cases of oral pathology from the KNH Mummy Studies

  Forshaw, R., Aug 2013, World Congress on Mummy Studies VIII.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Hesyre: The first recorded physician and dental surgeon in history

  Forshaw, R. & David, R. (ed.), Sept 2013, Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester: Ancient Medical and Healing Systems: Their Legacy to Western Medicine. Manchester: Manchester University Press, Vol. 89:S. p. 181-202

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2012

  Capturing a century of study: the search for the human remains from the first Archaeological Survey of Nubia (1907-1911)

  Cockitt, J., Harris, M., Metcalfe, R., Forshaw, R., David, A. & MacLeod, N., 2012, In: Antiquity. 86, 332, p. 332 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

• The role of teeth in reconstructing life from the skeleton

  Forshaw, R., Apr 2012, In: Ancient Egypt Magazine. 12.5, 71, p. 21-25 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Skeleton 100%
  • Tooth 100%
  • Life 100%
  • Tooth Resorption 100%
  • Dental Health 100%
• 2011

  Multidisciplinary Investigations of the Manchester Elliot Smith Skulls

  Forshaw, R. & Corthals, A., Jun 2011, Yearbook of Mummy Studies. München: Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil, p. 57-62 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The origin of the dental profession: dental disease and dentistry in ancient Egypt.

  Forshaw, R., Jul 2011, In: Dental historian : Lindsay Club newsletter. 54, p. 39-54 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• 2010

  Were the dentists in ancient Egypt operative dental surgeons or were they pharmacists?

  Forshaw, R., 2010, Pharmacy and Medicine inAncient Egypt Proceedings of the conferences held in Cairo (2007) and Manchester (2008). Cockitt, J. & David, R. (eds.). Archaeopress, p. 72-77 6 p. (BAR International Series; vol. 2141).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2009

  Dental Health and Dentistry in Ancient Egypt

  Forshaw, R., 10 Jun 2009, In: Ancient Egypt Magazine. 9.6, 54, p. 24-28 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dental Health 100%
  • Dentistry 100%
  • Dentist 50%
  • Tooth 50%

• Dental health and disease in ancient Egypt

  Forshaw, R. J., 25 Apr 2009, In: British Dental Journal. 206, 8, p. 421-424 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Tooth Resorption 100%
  • Dental Health 100%
  • Dental Caries 50%
  • Dentition 50%
  • Examination 50%

• The practice of dentistry in ancient Egypt

  Forshaw, R. J., 9 May 2009, In: British Dental Journal. 206, 9, p. 481-486 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Dentistry 100%
  • Dental Procedure 100%
  • Mouthwash 50%
  • Surgeon 50%
  • Tooth Resorption 50%