Eugène Lefébure
Eugène Lefébure (born November 11, 1838 in Prunoy , Yonne , † April 9, 1908 in Algiers ) was a French Egyptologist .
Lefébure first worked at the post office. After the early death of his wife, he worked on Egyptology and studied with François Chabas . From 1879 he taught in Lyon, from 1880 he worked for the French excavation mission in Cairo , of which he became director in 1881. Two years later he was to create a map of the Valley of the Kings on behalf of Auguste Mariette . He documented the graves of Seti I ( KV17 ) and Ramses IV. ( KV2 ) and also created the plans for the graves KV26 , KV27 , KV28 , KV29 , KV37 , KV40 , KV59 , WV24 and WV25 . From 1885 to 1889 he published his work in four volumes with the title Les Hypogées royaux de Thèbes . In 1883 he returned to Lyon for health reasons and taught from 1885 as the successor to Eugène Grébaut at the École du Louvre . Shortly afterwards he went to the University of Algiers, where he taught until his death. He was a close friend of Stéphane Mallarmé .
Fonts
- Traduction comparée des hymnes au soleil (1868)
- Le mythe osirien (1875),
- Le papyrus funéraire de Soutimès d'après un exemplaire hiéroglyphique du Livre des morts appartenant à la Bibliothè que national reproduit (1877)
- Les Hypogées royaux de Thèbes (1885–1889)
- L'oeuf dans la religion Egyptienne (1887),
- Rites égyptiens: construction et protection des édifices (1890)
- Etude sur Abydos (1893)
literature
- Morris L. Bierbrier: Who was Who in Egyptology , Third edition, London 1995, pp. 243-244
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lefébure, Eugène |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French Egyptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prunoy |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1908 |
| Place of death | Algiers |