Gertrud Thausing
Austrian Egyptologist From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gertrud Maria Elisa Thausing (29 December 1905 – 4 May 1997) was an Austrian Egyptologist, and the head of the Institute for Egyptology and African Studies at the University of Vienna from 1954 to 1977.
Gertrud Thausing | |
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| Born | Gertrud Maria Elisa Thausing 29 December 1905 |
| Died | 4 May 1997 (aged 91) |
| Title | Head of the Institute for Egyptology and African Studies at the University of Vienna (1954-1977) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | University of Vienna |
Gertrud Maria Elisa Thausing was born on 29 December 1905 in Vienna. She studied Egyptology at the University of Vienna, and collaborated with prominent Egyptologists Hermann Junker and Wilhelm Czermak.[1] She is most well known for her work on African linguistics, including the study of Egyptian, Coptic and Nubian languages.[2] Her work on Ancient Egyptian religion and mythology has also been widely cited.[3] From 1953 to 1977, she was the head of the Institute for Egyptology and African Studies at the University of Vienna.[4]
She published her autobiography Tarudet. Ein Leben für die Ägyptologie in 1989. She died on 4 May 1997, at the age of 92.[1]
- Zwischen den beiden Ewigkeiten: Festschrift Gertrud Thausing (1994) OCLC 473373367
- Tarudet - Ein Leben für die Ägyptologie (1989) ISBN 3-201-01456-7
- Sein und Werden. Versuch einer Ganzheitsschau der Religion des Pharaonenreiches (1971) OCLC 781598979
- Nofretari. Eine Dokumentation der Wandgemälde ihres Grabes (1971) OCLC 1049535673
- Das große ägyptische Totenbuch (Papyrus Reinisch) der Papyrussammlung der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek (1969) OCLC 602543442
- Der Auferstehungsgedanke in ägyptischen religiösen Texten (1943) OCLC 4098291
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