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Karl Richard Lepsius

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition

Karl Richard Lepsius , 1810-84, German Egyptologist and philologist. He made an expedition (1842-45) to the Nile valley and the Sudan and as a result of his excavations and studies wrote Denkmäler aus Ägypten und Äthiopien [monuments from Egypt and Ethiopia] (12 vol., 1849-59), which remains an important archaeological work. Author not available, LEPSIUS, KARL RICHARD. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more

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