Ludwig David Morenz

Ludwig David Morenz (born April 4, 1965 in Leipzig ) is a German Egyptologist .

Ludwig David Morenz, son of the Egyptologist Siegfried Morenz , studied Oriental archeology at the University of Halle from 1985 to 1990 , specializing in Egyptology , Coptic Studies and Ancient Near Eastern Studies , as well as Classical Archeology . In 1990 he wrote his thesis with the title: The memorial stones of the First Intermediate Period from Gebelein . From 1990 to 1993 he studied Egyptology, Ancient Near Eastern Studies and the history of religion at the University of Leipzig with the aim of obtaining a doctorate . In February and March 1992 he took part in an excavation campaign in Tell Bubastis . In 1994 he received his doctorate with the thesis Contributions to the Egyptian literacy culture of the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period . The work was published in 1996. In 2001 he completed his habilitation at the Faculty of Cultural Studies at the University of Tübingen . The habilitation thesis reads history (s) of the time of the regions ( first interim period ) in the mirror of the Gebelein region . In 2002 he was re-qualified at the Faculty of History, Art and Oriental Studies at the University of Leipzig. Since 2009 he has been Professor of Egyptology in Bonn .

Morenz is involved in excavations in Moalla / Nag Abu Said, in collaboration with M. Collier (University of Liverpool), and the region of Heluan , in collaboration with K. Dawood (SCA) and P. Kousoulis (University of the Aegean) .

Fonts

• Contributions to the literacy culture in the Middle Kingdom and in the 2nd interim period (= Egypt and Old Testament. Vol. 29). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1996, ISBN 3-447-03882-9 (At the same time: Leipzig, Univ., Diss., 1994: Contributions to the Egyptian literacy culture of the Middle Kingdom and the Second Intermediate Period. ).
• The time of the regions as reflected in the Gebelein region. Reconstructions of cultural history (= problems of Egyptology. Vol. 27). Brill, Leiden et al. 2010, ISBN 978-90-04-16766-7 (also: Tübingen, Univ., Habil.-Schr., 2001).
• together with Erich Bosshard-Nepustil: Presentation of rulers and cultural contacts. Egypt - Levant - Mesopotamia. Eight case studies (= Old Orient and Old Testament . Vol. 304). Ugarit-Verlag, Münster 2003, ISBN 3-934628-37-0 (five articles Morenz, one article Bosshard-Nepustil, two together, see content ).
• Image letters and symbolic signs. The development of writing in the high culture of ancient Egypt (= Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis. Vol. 205). Academic Press et al., Freiburg et al. 2004, ISBN 3-7278-1486-1 .
• Hope and action. From the ancient Egyptian Heka ( Hans Bonnet Studies on the Egyptian Religion, Volume 2) . EB-Verlag Dr. Brandt, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86893-214-0 .
• Egypt and the birth of the alphabet. (= Archeology, inscriptions and monuments of ancient Egypt. Volume 3). Marie Leidorf, Rahden (Westphalia) 2016, ISBN 978-3-86757-533-1 .
• Sinai and alphabet script. The earliest alphabetic inscriptions and their Canaanite-Egyptian origin in the second millennium BC Chr. , With contributions by David Sabel, EB-Verlag Dr. Brandt, Berlin 2019, ISBN 9783868932522 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Ludwig David Morenz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage at the University of Bonn with a list of publications
• Ludwig David Morenz: The Sobeks - traces of folk religion in the Egyptian Middle Kingdom. (pdf, 370 kB) In: Humboldt University of Berlin. June 13, 2003 .