Günter Dreyer
German egyptologist (1943–2019)
Günter Dreyer (5 October 1943 – 12 March 2019) was an Egyptologist at the German Archaeological Institute. In southern Egypt, Dreyer discovered records of linen and oil deliveries which have been carbon-dated to between 3300 BCE and 3200 BCE, predating the Dynastic Period.
Academic career and findings
He originally worked as a chemical laboratory assistant.
He studied Egyptology, Assyriology, and ancient Near Eastern Archeology at the University of Hamburg (1969-1971) and Free University of Berlin (1971-1978).
During his studies, he took part in excavations in Kamid al lawz in Lebanon, the Mortuary Temple of Seti I in Qurna, and on Elephantine.
In 1978 he received his doctorate with a thesis on temple dedications from the early period and the Old Kingdom (Der Tempel der Satet 1. Die Funde der Frühzeit und des Alten Reiches).
Between 1978 and 1987, Dreyer was a consultant in the Cairo department of the DAI and took part in excavations on Elephantine, in Wadi Garawi, and in Abydos . In 1987 he received a habilitation grant from the German Research Foundation and accepted a teaching position at the Free University of Berlin.
In 1988, Dreyer and his colleague Werner Kaiser excavated at the temple Umm el-Qa'ab in Abydos on the cemetery "U" the burial site of the king (U-j), which is dated to the Naquada period IIIa2, known as king Scorpion I. Currently, this is the earliest known large royal tomb of old Egypt.
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