Lepsius

[ lep-see-oos ]

/ ˈlɛp siˌʊs /

Karl Rich·ard

[kahrl -rikh-ahrt], /kɑrl ˈrɪx ɑrt/, 1810–84, German philologist and Egyptologist.

QUIZZES

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Question 1 of 7

What does “Indigenous” mean?

Lepsius translated from the Turin papyrus; Budge bases his translations on what is called the Theban recension.
The Worlds Greatest Books, Volume XIII.|Various
In 1840 Germany sent out an expedition under the leadership of Lepsius.
The World's Progress, Vol. I (of X)|Various
Lepsius thought that the oldest of these Pyramids were built more than three thousand years before Christ.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume III|John Lord
We shall call attention, however, to a hypogeum at Gizeh, which is numbered 81 in Lepsius's map of that tomb-field.
A History of Art in Ancient Egypt, Vol. II (of 2)|Georges Perrot

Young's work was closely followed up by Champollion, and afterwards by Lepsius, Birsch, and others.
Heroes of Science: Physicists|William Garnett