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Gertrud Thausing

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Gertrud Thausing
Born
Gertrud Maria Elisa Thausing

29 December 1905
Died4 May 1997(1997-05-04) (aged 91)
TitleHead of the Institute for Egyptology and African Studies at the University of Vienna (1954-1977)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Vienna

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.

Biography

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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]

Selected bibliography

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  • 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

References

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  1. ^ a b Satzinger, Helmut. "GERTRUD THAUSING (1905-1997)" (PDF). Universitat Wien.
  2. ^ Backes, Burkhard; Munro, Irmtraut; Stöhr, Simone (2006). Totenbuch-Forschungen: Gesammelte Beiträge Des 2. Internationalen Totenbuch-Symposiums, Bonn, 25. Bis 29. September 2005. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-05470-6.
  3. ^ Greenbaum, Dorian Gieseler (2015-11-13). The Daimon in Hellenistic Astrology: Origins and Influence. BRILL. p. 99. ISBN 978-90-04-30621-9.
  4. ^ FUSL - Autre Bruffaerts, Jean-Michel (2014). Compte-rendu de : Morris L. Bierbrier, Who Was Who in Egyptology. 4th revised edition. Nederlands Instituut voor het Nabije Oosten. OCLC 1104527745.
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