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'''Labib Habachi''' (1906 – 1984) was an influential [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] [[Egyptologist]]. |
'''Labib Habachi'''(لبيب حبشي) (1906 – 1984) was an influential [[Egyptians|Egyptian]] [[Egyptologist]]. |
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Dr Habachi spent 30 years in the Antiquities Department of the Egyptian Government, ending his career as Chief inspector. During this period he spent an enormous amount of time in numerous dig sites in [[Egypt]] and the [[Sudan]]. He left government work to accept a position at the Oriental Institute of the [[University of Chicago]] as an Archaeological Consultant to its Nubian Expedition. |
Dr Habachi spent 30 years in the Antiquities Department of the Egyptian Government, ending his career as Chief inspector. During this period he spent an enormous amount of time in numerous dig sites in [[Egypt]] and the [[Sudan]]. He left government work to accept a position at the Oriental Institute of the [[University of Chicago]] as an Archaeological Consultant to its Nubian Expedition. |
Revision as of 08:32, 20 May 2009
Labib Habachi(لبيب حبشي) (1906 – 1984) was an influential Egyptian Egyptologist.
Dr Habachi spent 30 years in the Antiquities Department of the Egyptian Government, ending his career as Chief inspector. During this period he spent an enormous amount of time in numerous dig sites in Egypt and the Sudan. He left government work to accept a position at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago as an Archaeological Consultant to its Nubian Expedition.
Works
- Habachi (1977). The Obelisks of Egypt: Skyscrapers of the Past. Scribner.
References
- Kamil, Jil. Labib Habachi: The Life and Legacy of an Egyptologist. American University in Cairo Press.