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Last fall, Luiza Osorio G. Silva joined UC Irvine as an assistant professor of art history specializing in pyramids, sphinxes, pharaohs – and beer? Yep, early Egyptians drank lots of ale, says Silva, who grew up in Brazil and traces her fascination with ancient Egypt to watching mummy movies with her dad. Now she haunts ancient Egyptian graveyards, co-hosts a Portuguese podcast called “Three Egyptologists Walk Into a Bar” and keeps a miniature mummy in her office. Armed with Egyptian archaeology degrees from Brown University and the University of Chicago, Silva has researched everything from “magical bricks” found in old tombs to how royalty was perceived by average citizens and what turns out to be a deep appreciation of beer.
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