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Franz Joseph Lauth was a German Egyptologist.

History

From 1842-1845 studied classical philology. In 1849 continued as a teacher in Wilhelms Gymnasium in Munich. In 1865 appointed professor at Maximilians' Gymnasium, he received the gold medal from Maximilian of Bavaria. From this recognization he was able to gain access to the collections at the court and library of Louis I

Louis the Pious

Louis the Pious , also called the Fair, and the Debonaire, was the King of Aquitaine from 781. He was also King of the Franks and co-Emperor with his father, Charlemagne, from 813...

and study the royal collections egyptian artifacts held within, later continuing to collections in Vienna, Trieste, Rome, Florence, Paris, London and Leiden (specifically the papyri). He contributed greatly to the newly founded journal of egyptian language and antiquities. In 1865 having contributed chronological Zodiakkreis of Dendera and Manetho, he was again honored with the Grand Gold Medal. In 1869 he was appointed Honorary Professor of Egyptology, at Munich University and curator

Curator

A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...

of the Egyptian-mediated collections. Some time later he began to be heavily criticized for the style of his writings,although continuing to be altogether involved in scientific discourse. In the winter of 1872/73 he toured Egypt (Cairo, Alexandria and Luxor) which led to him publishing Travel letters, about his experiences at these locations.Writings gathered to an increasing weight were matched be him being much less present in the relevant ongoing scientific debate.in 1882 having resigned from his office, he became a figure forgotten within his lifetime.

works

Lauth made 184 works during his lifetime.

From prehistoric time of Egypt: A clear representation of the Egyptian history and culture from first beginnings to Augustus
Augustus
Augustus ;23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14) is considered the first emperor of the Roman Empire, which he ruled alone from 27 BC until his death in 14 AD.The dates of his rule are contemporary dates; Augustus lived under two calendars, the Roman Republican until 45 BC, and the Julian...

(in 1879-80)
The zodiacs of Denderah: memo where they establish that these are memorial calendars of...
Manetho
Manetho
Manetho was an Egyptian historian and priest from Sebennytos who lived during the Ptolemaic era, approximately during the 3rd century BC. Manetho wrote the Aegyptiaca...

and the Turiner king's papyrus
Papyrus
Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant, Cyperus papyrus, a wetland sedge that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt....

(1865)
The historical results of egyptology (1869)
Explicatory Index of the monuments located to Munich, of the Egyptian Alterthums (1875)

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Ancient Egyptian race controversy

Prisse Papyrus

Prisse Papyrus

The Prisse Papyrus, dating from the twelfth dynasty Egyptian Middle Kingdom was obtained by the French orientalist Émile Prisse d'Avennes at Thebes in 1856 and is now in the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris....

Emil Schlagintweit

Emil Schlagintweit was a German scholar noted for his work on Buddhism in Tibet.Schlagintweit was the youngest of the five Schlagintweit brothers of Munich. His father was a wealthy eye-surgeon, his mother died when he was quite young, and he was tutored by Franz Joseph Lauth, later a noted...

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text written in the german language Internet Archive
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