Egami Namio
Japanese archaeologist and prehistorian
Egami Namio (1906–2002) was a Japanese archaeologist, academic, university professor, historian and writer.
Biography
He was born in 1906.
He served as a professor of the University of Tokyo and Director of Ancient Orient Museum, Tokyo from 1978 to 1985.
He is most notable for being the proponent of the Horserider Theory.
He died in 2002.
Awards and honours
He was awarded the Order of Cultural Merit (South Korea) in 1991.
See also
Order of Cultural Merit (South Korea)
References
External links
"The Namio Egami Collection".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
"Namio Egami". Archived from the original on July 18, 2024.
"Namio Egami". Archived from the original on August 18, 2024.
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