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Karl Piehl

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Plaque on tombstone of Karl Piehl

Karl Piehl (1853–1904) was a Swedish Egyptologist.

Biography

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He was born in Stockholm. He was docent in Egyptian languages at Uppsala University in 1881, became director of the Egyptian Museum in 1889, and in 1893 was appointed to a newly endowed chair of Egyptology. Three years afterwards Piehl became editor of the Sphinx, a periodical of Egyptian archaeology.

Works

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  • Petites études égyptologiques (1881)
  • Dictionnaire du papyrus Harris No. 1 (1882)
  • Inscriptions hiéroglyphiques (1884 sqq.)

References

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  • This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain"Piehl, Karl" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.