Maarten J. Raven (born 1953,

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Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , ''-logia''; ) 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 ...

. Raven is the curator (since 1978) of the department of Egyptology at the

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. In addition to his work at the museum, he has been active as an archeologist in

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since 1975. In Saqqara, he has been working (as joint field director since 1999) on a

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archeological burial site, a cooperation of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden and the

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(1975–1998) and

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(1999-) In September 2012 he was also appointed as extraordinary professor 'Museology of Ancient Egypt' at

. Raven studied Egyptian languages, art history and archeology at Leiden University, and wrote a PhD thesis ("Symbols of resurrection: three studies in ancient Egyptian iconography") in 1984. Raven published extensively on the collections of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden and his field work at Saqqara.RMO Staf
"Conservator Egypte"
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'', Leiden, 26 December 2010. Retrieved on 2010-12-26.

Publications

*''The tomb of Iurudef, a Memphite official in the reign of Ramesses II'' (57th Excavation Memoir, Leiden/London, 1991) *''The tomb of Maya and Meryt, II: objects and skeletal remains'' (65th Excavation Memoir, Leiden/London 2001) *J.H. Insinger (introduced and annotated by M.J. Raven), "In het land der Nijlcataracten" (1883), (MVEOL 34, Leuven/Leiden 2004) *''Egyptian mummies, radiological atlas of the collections in the National Museum of Antiquities at Leiden'' (PALMA Egyptology 1, Turnhout, 2005) *''The tomb of Pay and Raia at Saqqara'' (74th Excavation Memoir, Leiden/London, 2005) *''Egyptische Magie, het toverboek van Thot'' (Walburg Pers, Leiden, 2010) *''The Memphite tomb of Horemheb, commander in chief of Tutankhamun, V: the forecourt and the area south of the tomb, with some notes on the tomb of Tia'' (PALMA Egyptology 6, Turnhout: Brepols, 2011)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Raven, Maarten 1953 births Living people Dutch Egyptologists Leiden University alumni Academic staff of Leiden University Writers from Utrecht (city)