Susan Weeks reported dead from drowning in Luxor
Photo from Theban Mapping Project
Dr. Nicole Hansen mentions in her Facebook page that she has received news that Susan Weeks drowned in the Nile late last night/early this morning (13th December) in Luxor. She apparently fell from the dahabiya, a houseboat she and her husband acquired in 2001, and drowned. The police found her and she was identified.
Archaeologists Kent and Susan Weeks have lived in Egypt for four decades. Dr. Kent Weeks is the project director of the Theban Mapping Project, an effort he and his artist wife began in 1978 to create a comprehensive archaeological database of the ancient city of Thebes, modern Luxor.
Susan (Howe) Weeks is the Theban Mapping Project’s artist. She received a B.A. in Graphic Arts at the University of Washington in 1965. Susan was very interested in archaeology and ancient art. When she learned about the Nubian Salvage Project through Kent Weeks, who was a graduate student at the time, she joined the team and has been working on Ancient Egyptian and Nubian sites with Kent ever since.
Susan and Kent raised two children, Christopher and Emily.
Jane Akshar has some more details
http://luxor-news.blogspot.com/2009/12/susan-weeks-funeral.html
This was such a tragic to hear. Her and her husband Kent Weeks did some incredible work in Egypt, what history she drew. She shall be surely missed.
Sincerely,
KL
I wish to give my deepest condolences to Mr. Kent Weeks and his family over the tragic and untimely dath of his wife, Susan. What a wonderful team Susan and Kent made together ! Susan Weeks will be greatly missed.