Henri 'Hans' Frankfort (February 24, 1897 - July 16, 1954) was a Dutch Egyptologist, archaeologist and orientalist. Events 303 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Egyptology (from Egypt and Greek grc -λογία -logia. علم المصريات مصر شناسی is a major field of Archaeology Archaeology, archeology, or archæology (from Greek grc ἀρχαιολογία archaiologia – grc ἀρχαῖος archaīos Orientalism refers to the imitation or depiction of aspects of Eastern cultures in the West by writers designers and artists and can also refer to a sympathetic stance

Biography

Born in Amsterdam, Frankfort studied history at the University of Amsterdam and then moved to London, where in 1924, he took an MA under Sir Flinders Petrie at the University College. Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west The University of Amsterdam ( Universiteit van Amsterdam in Dutch) is a comprehensive research University located in the heart of the city of Amsterdam Professor Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie FRS ( 3 June 1853 &ndash 28 July 1942) known as Flinders Petrie, was an In 1927 he gained a Ph. D. from the University of Leiden. Leiden University (Universiteit Leiden located in the city of Leiden, is the oldest University in The Netherlands. He married Henriette Groenwegen and later Enriqueta Harris.

Between 1925 and 1929 Frankfort was director of the excavations of the Egypt Exploration Society (EES) of London at El-Amarna, Abydos and Armant. The Egypt Exploration Society (usually abbreviated EES) is the foremost learned society in the United Kingdom promoting the field of Egyptology. The site of Amarna (commonly known as el-Amarna or incorrectly as Tel el-Amarna; see below ( Arabic: العمارنة al-‘amārnah) is located Abydos ( Egyptian Abdju, 3bdw, Arabic: أبيدوس Greek Αβυδος one of the most ancient cities of In 1929 he was invited by Henry Breasted to become Field Director of the Oriental Institute (OI) of Chicago expedition to Iraq. James Henry Breasted ( August 27 1865 &ndash December 2, 1935) was an American Archaeologist and Historian. In 1949 he became director of the Warburg Institute in London. The Warburg Institute is a research institution associated with the University of London. Along with EA Wallis Budge, he was revolutionary for his time for suggesting that Egyptian civilization, culturally, religiously, and ethnically arose from an African, instead of an Asian base. He wrote 15 books and monographs and about 73 articles for journals about ancient Egypt, archaeology and cultural anthropology, especially on the religious systems of the Ancient Near East. Ancient Egypt was an Ancient Civilization in eastern North Africa, concentrated along the lower reaches of the Nile River in what is now

He died in London. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.

Bibliography

• The Mural Painting of el-Amarna (1929)
• The Cenotaph of Seti I at Abydos (together with A. Menmaatre Seti I (also called Sethos I after the Greeks) was a Pharaoh of Ancient Egypt ( Nineteenth dynasty of Egypt) the son of Ramesses de Buck and B. Gunn, 1933)
• The City of Akhenaten volume II (together with J. D. S. Pendlebury, 1933)
• The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man (1946) (Later called 'Before Philosophy'). Akhenaten (often alt: Akhnaten, or rarely Ikhnaton) (In English ˌɑkəˡnɑtən or approximately "AHK-en-AHT-en" his royal name Amenhotep John Devitt Stringfellow Pendlebury ( 12 October 1904 &ndash 22 May 1941) was a British Archaeologist who worked for
• Ancient Egyptian Religion: an Interpretation (1948)
• Kingship and the Gods (1948)
• The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient (1954)

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