Susanne Beck studied Egyptology and Arabic and Middle Eastern cultures at the University of Leipzig, Germany. She received her PhD in Egyptology at the Ludwig-Maximilians- University in Munich, Germany in 2015. Dr. Beck held the position of the assistant professor at the LMU in Munich (summer semester 2015). In 2015 she became the curator of the Egyptian Collection of the University of Tuebingen, Germany. Her research interest is focused on magical-medical and religious texts as well as the transfer of knowledge from the ancient Near East to Egypt.