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Lepsius

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[lep-see-oos] / ˈlɛp siˌʊs /

noun

  1. Karl Richard 1810–84, German philologist and Egyptologist.


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On the 10th of April, a paper was read from Prof. Lepsius on the height of the Nile valley in Nubia, which was formerly much greater than it is now.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

So far as Egypt is concerned the researches of Lepsius, Bunsen, Champollion, Lenormant, Gliddon, and others have fully verified the position of the learned president of the Asiatic Society.

From Theological Essays by Charles Bradlaugh

Scientific.—Papers read by Murchison and Lepsius before the Geological Society, 125.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various

In the recent examinations made by the orders of the Viceroy of Egypt, close by the fallen statue of Rameses II., at Memphis, who reigned, according to Lepsius, from B.C.

From History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2) Revised Edition by John William Draper

The author obtained much help from the works of Champollion, Rosellini, Sharpe, Lepsius, and from Vol.

From Cleopatra's Needle A History of the London Obelisk, with an Exposition of the Hieroglyphics by James King

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