Thomas from the Way

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Thomas von der Way is a German Egyptologist .

Life

He traveled to the Near and Middle East from 1975 to 1981 and studied Egyptology in Heidelberg and Trier from 1975 to 1982 as well as Assyriology and Prehistory and Protohistory (as minor subjects) in Heidelberg. From 1977 to 1980 he worked on the excavation of the German Archaeological Institute in Merimde / Beni-Salama and from 1978 to 1981 on the Heidelberg Ramessiden project. After completing his doctorate in 1982 at Heidelberg University , he was a consultant in the Cairo department of the DAI from 1983 to 1989 . From 1983 to 1992 he headed a DAI excavation on Tell el-Fara'in / Buto . After his habilitation in 1992 at the University of Heidelberg, he has been teaching since 1993 with regular leave of absence at the University of Mainz , where he was appointed adjunct professor in 1999 . At the University of Vienna he had visiting professorships (2000/2001/2003). He has lived continuously in Cairo since 1983 - now with his wife Bettina and two children (Viktoria and Leonard).

Fonts (selection)

  • The text transmission of Ramses II on the Qadeš battle. Analysis and structure (= Hildesheimer Egyptological contributions. Volume 22). Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1984, ISBN 3-8067-8081-1 (also dissertation, Heidelberg 1982).
  • Judgment of the gods and "holy" war in ancient Egypt. The inscriptions of Merenptah on the Libyan War of the year 5 (= studies on the archeology and history of ancient Egypt. Volume 4). Heidelberger Orientverlag, Heidelberg 1992, ISBN 3-927552-06-2 .
  • Studies on the late prehistory and early history of Lower Egypt (= studies on the archeology and history of ancient Egypt. Volume 8). Heidelberger Orientverlag, Heidelberg 1993, ISBN 3-927552-16-X (also habilitation thesis, Trier 1991).
  • Tell el-Faraʿîn - Buto. Part 1. Results on the early context, campaigns from 1983–1989 (= Archaeological Publications. German Archaeological Institute, Cairo Department. Volume 83). von Zabern, Mainz 1997, ISBN 3-8053-1858-8 .

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personal data
SURNAME Way, Thomas from the
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Egyptologist
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century