Karl Richard Lepsius
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Karl Richard Lepsius was a Prussian Egyptologist, linguist and modern archaeologist.
Lepsius in 1874
Notebook of Karl Richard Lepsius for the Prussian Expedition in Egypt, 1842–1845. Neues Museum, Berlin
Guest book of Karl Richard Lepsius set up in his days in Western Thebes in 1844. Neues Museum, Berlin
Members of the Prussian expedition to Egypt celebrate Frederick William IV's birthday on the summit of the Great Pyramid of Giza
Egyptology
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Egyptology is the scientific study of ancient Egypt. The topics studied include ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious practices in the 4th century AD.
Howard Carter opens the coffin of the Eighteenth Dynasty pharaoh Tutankhamun
Ibn Wahshiyya's 985 CE incorrect translation of the Ancient Egyptian hieroglyph alphabet
The gold funerary mask of Tutankhamun, one of the most symbolic artifacts representing ancient Egypt and Egyptology today
Hieroglyphs and depictions transcribed by Ippolito Rosellini in 1832