Wolfram Grajetzki
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Wolfram Grajetzki (born 1960, in
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
) is a German
Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious ...
. He studied at
Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public research university in Berlin, Germany. It is consistently ranked among Germany's best universities, with particular strengths in political science and t ...
and made his
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at the
Humboldt University of Berlin Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (german: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a German public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin. It was established by Frederick William III on the initiative o ...
. He performed excavations in
Egypt Egypt ( ar, مصر , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and southwest corner of Asia via a land bridge formed by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediter ...
, but also in
Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...
. He published articles and several books on the
Egyptian Middle Kingdom The Middle Kingdom of Egypt (also known as The Period of Reunification) is the period in the history of ancient Egypt following a period of political division known as the First Intermediate Period. The Middle Kingdom lasted from approximatel ...
, on administration, burial customs and queens. He is also a researcher at the Centre for Advanced Spatial Analysis, University College London, UK, working on the project 'Digital Egypt for Universities'.


Works

*''Two Treasurers of the Late Middle Kingdom'' (British Archaeological Report S1007) Oxford, 2001 ISSN 0143-3067 *''Burial Customs in Ancient Egypt: Life in Death for Rich and Poor'' Duckworth Egyptology, London 2003 *''Ancient Egyptian Queens: A hieroglyphic Dictionary'', Golden House Publications, London 2005, *''The Middle Kingdom of Ancient Egypt: History,Archaeology and Society'', Duckworth Egyptology, London 2006, *''Court Officials of the Egyptian Middle Kingdom'', Duckworth Egyptology, London 2006, (Italian translationː ''Dignitari di corte del Medio Regno'', 2020 ) *''The People of the Cobra Province in Egypt: A Local History, 4500 to 1500 BC'', Oxbow Books , Oxford 2020,


References

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