Dorothea Arnold

Dorothea Arnold (born Schadewaldt; born 1935, in Leipzig) is a German Egyptologist who specialises in Ancient Egyptian pottery.

Since 1985, she has worked with the Metropolitan Museum of Art where she became curator emeritus in 2012.

Arnold is the daughter of classical philologist Wolfgang Schadewaldt. She is married to Egyptologist Dieter Arnold. Their son Felix Arnold is an architect who works in the field of archeology.