“Imagine you could travel back in time to when a very active and curious child was eight years old. What do you think he would say if you told him that, one day, he would become an Egyptologist?”

This is how Why Am I... an Egy...

“Imagine you could travel back in time to when a very active and curious child was eight years old. What do you think he would say if you told him that, one day, he would become an Egyptologist?”

This is how Why Am I... an Egyptologist? begins—a story that traces the journey of a curious young boy who constantly asked questions about the world around him, long before he became an expert in the language of Ancient Egypt and its earliest history.

But what led him down this path? It wasn’t something he decided right away. The answer lies within the pages of this fascinating book, masterfully written by Jordi Ortiz, based on the real life of UAB Egyptology professor Josep Cervelló Autuori, from his childhood to the present day.