Detlef Franke


Detlef Franke was a German Egyptologist specialist of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt.

Biography

Detlef Franke received his doctorate at the University of Hamburg in 1983 with his thesis "Altägyptische Verwandtschaftsbezeichnungen im Mittleren Reich". He then received his habilitation at the University of Heidelberg in 1994 with his work "Das Heiligtum des Heqaib auf Elephantine. Geschichte eines Provinzheiligtums im Mittleren Reich". He subsequently taught as a lecturer at this university until his death. Throughout his career, Detlef Franke researched mainly the Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt. His last project was the creation of a catalog of the stelae of the Middle Kingdom housed in the British Museum.

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