Christian Leitz

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Christian Leitz (born August 7, 1960 in Borghorst , Westphalia ) is a German Egyptologist .

Christian Leitz in Cairo 2019

Leitz studied Egyptology, Assyriology and Coptic Studies in Marburg and Göttingen . In 1989 he received his doctorate from the University of Göttingen. In 1993 he was at the University of Cologne habilitation , where he remained until 1998, one from 1993 Heisenberg Fellowship from the DFG held. From 1999 to 2003 he headed the project " Lexicon of Egyptian Gods and Designations of Gods " at the Seminar for Egyptology in Cologne . Since April 1, 2004, he has been a full professor of Egyptology at the University of Tübingen . During this time he was also a visiting professor, in January / February 2007 at the École Pratique des Hautes Études in Paris, in November 2009 at the Collège de France in Paris and in March / April 2013 at the University of Cairo .

His largest research project is currently the Athribis project . The aim is the complete epigraphic , historical and material-technological research, conservation and publication of the great temple of Athribis , which was consecrated as child god to the god Min - Re , his wife Repit and their son Kolanthes . The excavation site is located near the central Egyptian city of Sohag .

Publications (selection)

  • Studies in Egyptian Astronomy . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1991, ISBN 3-447-03157-3 (= dissertation)
  • Tagewählerei: The book ḥ3t nḥḥ pḥ.wy ḏt and related texts . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1994, ISBN 3-447-03515-3 (= habilitation thesis)
  • Ancient Egyptian star clocks . Peeters, Leuven 1995, ISBN 9-0683-1669-9
  • The outer wall of the sanctuary in Dendara - studies on the decoration system . Munich Egyptological Studies, No. 50 . Mainz 2001
  • Source texts on the Egyptian religion I. The temple inscriptions of the Greco-Roman times . LIT, Münster 2004, ISBN 3-8258-7340-4

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annotation

  1. ↑ The book was awarded the Offermann Hergarten Prize .
personal data
SURNAME Leitz, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH August 7, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Borghorst , Westphalia