In the critically acclaimed Egypt Detectives (five, Discovery & National Geographic), Archaeologist and Presenter Miriam Cooke travelled throughout Egypt, from the Valley of the Kings to the pyramids at Giza, solving compelling mysteries using a combination of cutting edge archaeological expertise and common sense.

Miriam, a former international fashion model, was awarded Firsts for both her BSc and her MSc, both degrees from the Institute of Archaeology, University College London.

An Environmental Archaeologist, specialising in the Palaeoecology of Human societies; the study of past humans and their interaction with their environment; she is a trained Archaeobotanist and Zooarchaeologist (the past presence and use of animals). Working within this comprehensive field of archaeology, she has dealt with diverse issues ranging from Diet and Subsistence, Domesticated and Wild plants and animals, past Cookery practices and preferences, Ancient Technology, Site and Settlement reconstruction, Farming techniques, Hunter-gatherer strategies and the studies of Present and Past Indigenous and Aboriginal Peoples, to Conservation issues, Environmental change and reconstruction, Geology, soil and landscape analysis, and much more relating to the Natural Environment.

She was awarded the Grimes prize for academic excellence in Environmental Research for the work she has undertaken on the Origins of Agriculture in South Asia. Miriam has a wide range of archaeological experience working on sites of different periods in Britain and abroad.

She fell into presenting through her archaeological work, although she had worked as a presenter for a variety of beauty and music programmes during her modelling days. Miriam's background as a model and archaeologist makes her the perfect mixture of expert and presenter for a broad range of genre programmes from Archaeology, History, Wildlife and the Natural World, Environmental and Conservation issues to Travel, Music and Beauty.

For further information please contact Sara Cameron on 020 7209 3777