Günter Dreyer

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Günter Dreyer (born October 5, 1943 in Schwichteler ; † March 12, 2019 ) was a German Egyptologist and from 1998 to 2008 first director of the Cairo department of the German Archaeological Institute (DAI).

Life

Dreyer initially worked as a chemical laboratory assistant . He then studied Assyriology , Egyptology and Biblical Archeology at the University of Hamburg from 1969 to 1971 and Egyptology, Assyriology and Near Eastern Antiquity from 1971 to 1978 at the Free University of Berlin . During his studies he took part in excavations in Kāmid el-Lōz in Lebanon , the mortuary temple of Seti I in Qurna and on Elephantine . In 1978 he was charged with a thesis on Tempelweihgaben the early period and the Old Kingdom doctorate .

Between 1978 and 1987 Dreyer was a consultant in the Cairo department of the DAI and took part in excavations on Elephantine, in Wadi Garawi and in Abydos . In 1987 he received a habilitation grant from the German Research Foundation and accepted a teaching position at the Free University of Berlin. In October 1989 he became 2nd Director of the DAI, Cairo Department. He was responsible for the editing of the department's publication and also took over the management of the excavations in Abydos. In 1997 he published his habilitation thesis The Predynastic Royal Tomb Uj in Abydos and his early written documents and he became head of the excavations on Elephantine.

In November 1998 Dreyer became 1st director of the Cairo department of the DAI. In addition to other work in Abydos, he also led excavations at the quarry cemetery in Giza (2002/03) and at the royal tombs of the 2nd dynasty in Saqqara (since 2002). He retired in 2008, and Stephan Seidlmayer was his successor . In the following years he continued to work on his excavations and research.

Fonts

  • The Temple of Satet 1. The finds from the early days and the Old Kingdom. 1986.
  • Umm el-Qaab 1. The predynastic royal tomb Uj and its early written documents (= archaeological publications of the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo. (AV) Volume 86). 1st edition, von Zabern, Mainz 1998, ISBN 3-8053-2486-3 .
  • Editor with Daniel Polz : Encounter with the past. 100 years in Egypt. German Archaeological Institute Cairo. 1907-2007. 2007.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary Prof. Dr. Günter Dreyer. Website of the German Archaeological Institute, accessed on March 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ Gabriele Höber-Kamel: Profile of Egyptologists: Günter Dreyer In: Kemet, Heft 4, Berlin 2008, p. 65
personal data
SURNAME Dreyer, Günter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwichteler
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 2019