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Selim Hassan
Egyptian Egyptologist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Selim Hassan (Arabic: سليم حسن; born on 15 April 1886[1] – 1961) was an Egyptian Egyptologist.
He was the first native Egyptian to be appointed Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cairo, a post he held from 1936 to 1939. He was then made Deputy-Director of the Antiquities Service.[2]
He wrote the 16-volume Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt in Arabic and supervised the excavation of many ancient Egyptian tombs under the auspices of Cairo University.[3]