Susan Walker

Susan Walker (born 1948) is an archaeologist specialising in the study of Roman art. She was previously the Keeper of Antiquities and is currently an Honorary Curator of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

Early life and education As an undergraduate, Walker excavated at Gravina di Puglia and Melfi. Walker undertook doctoral work at the British School at Athens. In the 1990s she was Senior Curator of Mediterranean Roman Antiquities. Walker was the Hugh Last Fellow and the Chair of Publications at the British School at Rome in 2013, undertaking a project on 'Gold-glass, inscriptions and sarcophagi from the catacombs of Rome'.

Selected publications Books S. Walker and A. Burnett 1981. The Image of Augustus. London: British Museum Publications. S. Walker 1985. Memorials to the Roman Dead. London: British Museum. S. Walker 1990. Catalogue of Roman Sarcophagi in the British Museum. S. Walker 1991. Roman Art. London: British Museum. S. Walker 1995. Greek and Roman Portraits. London: British Museum. S. Walker and M. Bierbrier 1997. Ancient Faces: Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt (A catalogue of Roman portraits in the British Museum). London: British Museum. S. Walker and P. Higgs 2002. Cleopatra of Egypt: From History to Myth. London: British Museum Press. S. Walker 2005. The Portland Vase. London: British Museum. S. Walker 2017. Saints and Salvation. Oxford: Ashmolean Museum.

Journal articles S. Walker 1979. A Sanctuary of Isis on the South Slope of the Athenian Acropolis. The Annual of the British School at Athens 74: 243-258. S. Walker 1991. Bearded Men. Journal of the History of Collections 3(2): 265–277, S. Walker 2008. Cleopatra in Pompeii? Papers of the British School at Rome 76: 35–46,