"An Egyptian Bestiary"

Dorothea Arnold received her PhD from Tübingen University, Germany. In 1963, she moved with her husband, Dieter Arnold, to Egypt where she excavated with the German Archaeological Institute in the Theban Necropolis, the Fayum, and Dahshur. In 1984–1991, she worked for The Met at Lisht. She became an associate curator in the Department in 1985, curator in charge in 1991, and chairman in 2005, retiring in 2012. During her tenure, she initiated new displays in several galleries and renovated the Tombs of Perneb and Raemkai. Among her exhibitions were The Royal Women of Amarna (1996–97) and Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids (1999–2000). Under her leadership, volumes 22–30 of the Museum’s Egyptian Expedition series were published.