Fritz Hintze (April 18, 1915 – March 30, 1993) was an Egyptologist, Nubiologist, and German archaeologist.[1] He is the founder of Sudanese archaeology in Germany.
Fritz Hintze | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 18, 1915 |
| Died | March 30, 1993 (aged 77) Berlin, Germany |
| Alma mater | Humboldt University |
| Spouse | Ursula Hintze |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Humboldt University |
Hintze studied at Humboldt University of Berlin under Hermann Grapow and received his doctorate in 1944.
In 1957, he founded the Institute of Egyptology at Humboldt University. He retired in 1980.
Hintze's main area of research was the study of meriotic culture in Nubia. He undertook field research projects at Butana (1957–58) and Musawwarat es-Sufra (1960–1970).[2][3] Among his students were a generation of Egyptologists, many of whom specialize in the Sudan of antiquity, including Erika Endesfelder, Liselotte Honigmann-zinserling, Irene Shirun-Grumach, Karl-Heinz Priese, Walter-Friedrich Reineke and Steffen Wenig.
His wife was German archaeologist Ursula Hintze. Hintze was killed on March 30, 1993, by a car accident.[4]
Books
edit- Hintze, Fritz; Hintze, Ursula (1966). Alte Kulturen im Sudan (in German). Callwey.
- Hintze, Fritz; Hintze, Ursula (1968). Civilization of the Old Sudan: Kerma, Kush, Christian Nubia.
References
edit- ^ "Musawwarat 1. field diary 19.1.-7.4.1960, kept by Fritz Hintze and others. | Humboldt Forum Collections Online". sammlungenonline.humboldtforum.org. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
- ^ Mirghani, Jaffar (2005). "Musawwarat in Focus: A New Perspective". Africa: Rivista trimestrale di studi e documentazione dell'Istituto italiano per l'Africa e l'Oriente. 60 (3/4): 533–543. ISSN 0001-9747. JSTOR 40761820. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Rilly, Claude (2022). "Graffiti for Gods and Kings. The Meroitic secondary inscriptions of Musawwarat es-Sufra: a preliminary study". Der Antike Sudan (33): 7–18. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
- ^ Edwards, David N. (1999). Musawwarat Es Sufra: A meroitic pottery workshop at Musawwarat es Sufra : preliminary report on the excavations 1997 in courtyard 224 of the great enclosure. III. Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. ISBN 978-3-447-04134-8. Retrieved 13 April 2024.
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