What happened to Elizabeth Frood?
Elizabeth Anne Frood is a New Zealand-born Egyptologist and academic, who specializes in self-presentation and the study of non-royals. Since 2006, she has been an associate professor of Egyptology at the University of Oxford. She’s also been director of its Griffith Institute and is a Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford.
Frood became disabled in 2015. Following an infection which developed into sepsis, she lost part of her nose which has since been reconstructed, both her legs were amputated below the knee, and the hearing in one ear and the use of her hands was significantly impaired.
Elizabeth Frood was healthy until she got sick with what she assumed was a stomach illness. It turned out to be sepsis, which has left her without legs, hands, or a nose for the rest of her life. After contracting sepsis three years ago, Frood lost her legs, nose, and ability to use her hands. Liz also lost her hearing in one ear, most of the capability in her hands, and had to have her nose completely reconstructed.
After returning to work on a part-time basis in 2016, she undertook her first post-recovery fieldwork trip to Egypt in 2018. She wrote about her experience of returning to Egypt post-disability in her article “Returning to Egypt: acquired disability and fieldwork”, for the University of Oxford website.
In 2020 she made her debut as a television presenter for the BBC, with the documentary “Tutankhamun in Colour” broadcast on BBC4. New colourising techniques were applied to original black and white footage, to explore the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb.
She has also fronted a fashion campaign for Kintsugi, an inclusive fashion brand that takes its name from the Japanese practice of repairing broken pottery with gold lacquer.
Elizabeth Frood Net Worth
According to different sources, Elizabeth brought in a net worth of $5 – 10 million. Elizabeth collected most of her earnings from her Yeezy sneakers as well as being a successful Egyptologist.
Elizabeth Frood Age
Frood was born in 1975 in New Zealand, she is currently 47 years old, however her exact date of birth is not revealed to the public.
Elizabeth Frood Husband
Elizabeth is married to her husband Christoph and they both have son called Emeran.
Where Is Elizabeth Frood Now?
Elizabeth, who was nearly killed by a blood illness in 2015, is now the face of Kintsugi’s latest campaign.
Despite the odds, the professor survived, albeit she characterizes the process of coming to grips with her injuries, her “new normal,” as a continuing grief process.
