Mu-chou Poo received a B.A. in History from National Taiwan University in 1975 and Ph.D. in Egyptology from The Johns Hopkins University in 1984. He is an Adjunct Professor of History at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. His research interests include society and religion in ancient Egypt and China.

His major publications include:

Books in Chinese:

1. 墓葬與生死 -- 中國古代宗教之省思Burial Styles and Ideas of Life and Death -- Reflections on the Religion of Ancient China (Taipei: Lianjing, 1993; 2nd edition: Beijing: Zhonghua, 2008.)

2. 尼羅河畔的文采 -- 古埃及文選 Literature by the Nile: An Anthology of Ancient Egyptian Literature (Taipei: Yuanliu, 1993)

3. 追尋一己之福－中國古代的信仰世界In Search of Personal Welfare：The World of Beliefs in Ancient China  (Taipei: Yunchen, 1995) (2nd edition, Taipei: Maitian, 2004; Shanghai: Guji Chubanshe, 2007).

4. 中國文化史 A History of Chinese Culture (co-authored with Ping-chen. Hsiung) (Taipei: Donghua, 1997)

5. 法老的國度--古埃及文化史 The Land of the Pharaohs: A Cultural History of Ancient Egypt (Taipei: Maitian, 2001, 2012, 2017; Guilin: Guanxi Normal University Press: 2003)

6. 古代宗教與信仰 Ancient Religion and Belief (Taipei: National Taiwan University, 2003)

7. 鬼魅神魔—中國通俗文化側寫（編）Edited: Ghosts, Demons, Deities and Mara: A View of Chinese Common Culture (Taipei: Maitian, 2005)

8. 生活與文化（編）Edited: Life and Culture（Beijing: Zhongguo dabaike quanshu chubanshe, 2005）.

9. 西洋上古文化—探索與反思 A Cultural History of the Ancient West (Taipei: Sanmin Publishing, 2009)

10. 飲食傳播與文化交流（編）Edited: Distribution of Food and Drink and Cultural Exchange (Taipei: Foundation of Chinese Dietary Culture, 2009).

11. 禮法與信仰：中國古代女性研究論考（編）Edited: Law and Belief—Women in Ancient China (Hong Kong: Shangwu yinshuguan, 2013)

12. 歷史與宗教之間Between History and Religion (Hong Kong: Sanlian Shuju, 2016; Shanghai: Fudan University Press, 2020)

13. 舊社會、新信仰：中國與羅馬的宗教轉化，西元一至六世紀 (編)　(Taipei: Lianjing chubanshe台北: 聯經出版社, 2021), translation of Old Society, New Belief: Religious Transformation of China and Rome, ca.1st -6th Centuries

14. 漢唐的巫蠱與集體心態Witchcraft and Collective Mentality from Han to Tang (Taipei: Lianjing chubanshe台北: 聯經出版社, 2023)

15. 中國古代的鬼(北京: 新星出版社, 2023), translation of Ghosts and Religious Life in Ancient China. (簡體)

16. 中國古代的鬼與宗教生活(台北: 聯經出版社, 2023) translation of Ghosts and Religious Life in Ancient China (繁體)

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Books In English:

1. Wine and Wine Offering in the Religion of Ancient Egypt (London: Kegan Paul International, Egyptological Series, 1995)

2. In Search of Personal Welfare: A View of Ancient Chinese Religion (Albany: State University of New York Press, 1998)

3. Enemies of Civilization: Attitudes toward Foreigners in Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt and China (Albany: State University of New York Press, 2005)

4. (Ed.) Rethinking Ghosts in World Religions (Leiden: Brill, 2009)

5. (Ed. With Harold Drake, Lisa Raphals) Old Society, New Belief: Religious Transformation of China and Rome, ca.1st -6th Centuries (Oxford University Press, 2017).

6. Daily Life in Ancient China (Cambridge University Press, 2018)

7. Ghosts and Religious Life in Ancient China (Cambridge University Press, 2022)

8. The Netherworld in Ancient Egypt and China: An Imagined Paradise (London: Bloomsbury, 2023)