Dorothy King

Dorothy Louise Victoria Lobel King She spent parts of her childhood in Florida and in France.

King attributes her interest in archaeology to her father's business partner Leon Levy and his wife Shelby White, who co-sponsored major archaeological digs in Israel.

King wrote a 2006 book entitled The Elgin Marbles defending the British retention of the Marbles against Greek claims that they belong to Greece and should be moved to Athens. She believes Elgin's acquisition of the marbles was legal and has argued against allowing the Greeks to possess the marbles due to what she describes as slipshod conservation practices in Greek archaeological museums. The Sunday Times credited King's book with "reigniting" the controversy over possession of the Elgin marbles. King, however, does not rule out an eventual loan to Greece.

Advocacy She is also known as a blogger who discusses politics, as well as historical and archaeological subjects. In a 2005 article published in The Guardian, King gave her thoughts on the subject of the "gender gap" in academia that was summed up by the article's subtitle, "Wiles, not whining, are the way to overcome the gender gap, says Dorothy King".

Personal life King lives in Kensington, London. The Way of the PhDiva, The Guardian, May 2, 2005.