Wolfhart Westendorf
German Egyptologist (1924-2018) · Germany · On the map · Academics · Died at 93
Wolfhart Westendorf was a German Egyptologist. He was a student of Hermann Grapow, and with him, was a co-author of the Grundriss der Medizin der alten Ägypter, the most extensive study of the subject of ancient Egyptian medicine done in any language.
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As a supplement, he later published a handbook on the subject which appeared in 1998 as Handbuch der altägyptischen Medizin in the series Handbook of Oriental Studies. He has also published many other books on Egyptology and the ancient Egyptian language, as well as a dictionary of Coptic.
