Dr. Christine Lilyquist is a pioneering curator who transformed the way Egyptological collections are exhibited to the public, created the first blockbuster exhibition, the Treasures of Tutankhamun as well as conducted important archeological fieldwork and material culture studies. She is the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s former head of the Department of Egyptian Art and Lila Acheson Wallace Research Curator in Egyptology and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Visiting Scholar at the Hood Museum at Dartmouth.