Christian E. Loeben

Christian E. Loeben (second from left) on a guided tour of the August Kestner Museum, September 2013.

Christian E. Loeben (born December 22, 1961 ) is a German Egyptologist .

Loeben studied Egyptology and art history at the Free University of Berlin from 1980 to 1985 . He then worked as a scientific tour guide . From 1992 to 2003 he worked as a lecturer in Egyptology at the Humboldt University in Berlin , the last two semesters as a substitute for the vacant professorship in Egyptology. Here he also received his doctorate in 1999 with a dissertation on the subject of observations on the context and function of royal statues in the Amun temple of Karnak . Since 2004 he has been the head of the Egyptological collection at the Museum August Kestner and a lecturer at the University of Göttingen . Loeben is particularly involved in the popular communication of Egyptology, appears frequently in the mass media as a specialist in Egyptological questions, develops a rich publication activity and gives many lectures.

Fonts

• Observations on the context and function of royal statues in the Amun temple of Karnak. Wodtke and Stegbauer, Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-934374-05-0
• with André B. Wiese: Delicacies from Cairo! The Egyptian collection of the pastry and coffee house owner Achille Groppi (1890-1949). Antikenmuseum Basel and Collection Ludwig and Museum August Kestner, Basel / Hanover 2008, ISBN 978-3-924029-45-6 , ISBN 3-924029-45-8 and ISBN 978-3-905057-24-9
• with Sven Kappel: The plants in the ancient Egyptian garden. An inventory catalog of the Egyptian collection in the August Kestner Museum. Leidorf, Rahden 2009, ISBN 978-3-86757-452-5
• The August Kestner Museum's Egypt Collection and its (war) losses. (Series: Museum Kestnerianum Vol. 15) Leidorf, Rahden 2011, ISBN 978-3-86757-454-9

supporting documents

1. ↑ Nefertiti belongs to Berlin A
   great mystery of Egyptology solved
   The beauty of the Nile while traveling
   DNA test for mummies
   Paternity test for a mummy

Web links

• Literature by and about Christian E. Loeben in the catalog of the German National Library
• Tutankhamun, news from the grave , ARTE documentary by Frédéric Wilner with Marc Gabolde , professor at the University of Montpellier and expert on the Tutankhamon tomb, Dimitri Laboury , professor at the University of Liège and internationally recognized expert on the Amarna period, and Christian Loeben, Egyptologist at the Museum August Kestner. (France, 2018, 92 min.)