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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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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 A Few Words About the Devil And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles

Lepcha, the, 547; language, 177 Lepsius, K. R., 76 sq.,

From Man, Past and Present by Haddon, Alfred Court

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

The explorations of Colonel Vyse, Perring, and recently of Lepsius, have brought to light the remains of no less than sixty-nine pyramids, extending in a line from Abouroash to Dashoor.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 2, July, 1850. by Various

Very earnest complaints are also made of the Prussian traveler Dr. Lepsius, for carrying away relies of antiquity, and for destroying others.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 4, September, 1850 by Various

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