Wolfram Grajetzki (born 1960, in

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) is a German

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 ...

. He studied at

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and made his

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at the

Humboldt University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...

. He performed excavations in

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, but also in

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. 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 approximately ...

, 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, (Spanish translationː El Reino Medio del Antiguo Egipto: Historia, arqueología y Sociedad (DICIONES RIALP S.A.), *''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, *
The two burials of Neferuptah and other second burials for royal women' Cahiers Caribéens d’Egyptologie 22 (2017), pp.33-42 PDF
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Grajetzki, Wolfram German Egyptologists Living people 1950 births German male non-fiction writers Archaeologists from Berlin Humboldt University of Berlin alumni