Rainer Stadelmann

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Rainer Stadelmann (born October 24, 1933 in Oettingen / Bavaria ; † January 14, 2019 ) was a German archaeologist and Egyptologist .

Life

After graduating from high school in Neuburg an der Donau in 1953, Stadelmann studied Egyptology , Ancient Near Eastern Studies and archeology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . In 1955 and 1956 he took part in the excavations at the Userkaf solar sanctuary in Abusir for four months . In the summer of 1957 he continued his studies at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and received his doctorate in Egyptology on Syrian-Palestinian deities in Egypt in 1960 . He was a research assistant in Heidelberg until 1967 and then completed his habilitation there (1968). From 1968 Rainer Stadelmann was scientific director at the German Archaeological Institute (DAIK) in Cairo , from 1989 to 1998 he was its first director. From 1975 he was honorary professor at the University of Heidelberg .

Rainer Stadelmann took part in numerous excavations, for example in Elephantine , Thebes and Dahschur . He was a corresponding member of the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres .

Stadelmann was married to the Egyptologist Hourig Sourouzian .

Fonts

  • Syrian-Palestinian deities in Egypt (= Problems of Egyptology. Volume 5). Brill, Leiden 1967 (dissertation, Heidelberg 1960).
  • The Egyptian pyramids. From brick construction to the wonder of the world (= cultural history of the ancient world . Volume 30). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1985/1997, ISBN 3-8053-1142-7 .
  • The great pyramids of Giza. Academic Printing and Publishing Establishment, Graz 1990, ISBN 3-201-01480-X .

literature

  • Stations. Contributions to the cultural history of Egypt. Dedicated to Rainer Stadelmann . Edited by Heike Guksch and Daniel Polz. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1989, ISBN 978-3-8053-2526-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary Prof. Dr. Rainer Stadelmann. German Archaeological Institute, January 17, 2019, accessed on January 18, 2019 (English).
  2. ↑ Obituary notice Rainer Stadelmann. Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 16, 2019, accessed on February 16, 2019 (English).
  3. ↑ Jill Kamil: Hourig Sourouzian: Resurrection. In: Al-Ahram Weekly . Issue 768, 10. – 16. November 2005, accessed on January 18, 2019 (English, interview).
personal data
SURNAME Stadelmann, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German archaeologist and Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 24, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Öttingen , Germany
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2019