Karl Richard Lepsius

Karl Richard Lepsius (1810-1884) was a celebrated Prussian Egyptologist, born in Prussian Saxony. He took at first to the study of philology under Bopp, but early devoted himself to the study of the antiquities of Egypt. He headed in 1842 an expedition of research among the monuments under the king of Prussia, which occupied five years, and was fertile in important results, among others the production of a work in 12 volumes on the subject entitled "Denkmäleraus Egypten und Ethiopien," issued between 1849 and 1860. He was the author also of works on philology.

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