Herbert Ricke
Herbert Rüdiger Ricke (born September 27, 1901 in Linden near Hanover , † March 22, 1976 in Dießen am Ammersee ) was a German building researcher , archaeologist and Egyptologist .
Life
Herbert Ricke was born the son of a businessman in Linden. He studied from 1920 to 1925 Architecture , received his diploma connection Hannover at the Technische Hochschule in Hannover. From 1926 to 1928, as an employee of Ludwig Borchardt , he prepared the publication of the excavations at Tell el-Amarna . In 1931, with his dissertation “The floor plan of the Amarna residential building” with Uvo Adolf Hölscher in Hanover, he was awarded a Dr.-Ing. PhD. He then worked for Ludwig Borchardt at his private “Institute for Egyptian Building Research and Antiquity” in Cairo , which later became the Swiss Institute for Egyptian Building Research and Classical Studies . He headed the institute from Switzerland as early as the Second World War . From 1950 he was a scientific expert, from 1952 scientific director and from 1962 director of the institute. In 1970 he retired, which he spent in Dießen am Ammersee.
Ricke undertook excavations in Theben (1934–1937; 1963, 1970), Karnak (1938, 1952–1954), Dahschur (1951–1955), Abusir (1954–1957), Elephantine (1938, 1954, 1958), Khor -Dehmit / Beit el-Wali (1960–1961) and Giza (1965–1967) and published numerous fundamental articles on Egyptian architecture.
Publications (selection)
- The floor plan of the Amarna house (= scientific publications of the German Orient Society 56; excavations of the German Orient Society in Tell el-Amarna 4). Hinrichs, Leipzig 1932.
- The sun sanctuary of King Userkaf. 1 The building (= contributions to Egyptian building research and antiquity 12). Swiss Institute for Egyptian Building Research and Archeology, Cairo 1965.
literature
- B. Peyer: Herbert Ricke. In: Gerhard Haeny (ed.): Essays on the 70th birthday of Herbert Ricke (= contributions to Egyptian building research and antiquity. Volume 12). Wiesbaden 1971, pp. XIII-XIV.
- Horst Jaritz: Ricke, Herbert. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 547 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Ricke, Herbert . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 8 : Poethen – Schlueter . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-11-094025-1 , p. 383 .
- Morris L. Bierbrier: Who was who in Egyptology . 4th revised edition, Egypt Exploration Society, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-85698-207-1 , pp. 465-466.
- Susanne Voss: The history of the Cairo department of the DAI in the field of tension between German political interests Volume 2: 1929–1966 (= People - Cultures - Traditions. Volume 8, 2). Publishing house Marie Leidorf, Rahden / Westf. 2017, ISBN 978-3-86757-396-2 , pp. 53-54. 166-170.
Web links
- Literature by and about Herbert Ricke in the catalog of the German National Library
- History of the Swiss Institute for Egyptian Building Research and Archeology
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ricke, Herbert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ricke, Herbert Rüdiger (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German building researcher and Egyptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 27, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Linden near Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 22, 1976 |
| Place of death | Dießen am Ammersee |