LEPSIUS

Meaning of LEPSIUS in English

/lep"see oos'/ , n.

Karl Richard /kahrddl rddikh"ahrddt/ , 1810-84, German philologist and Egyptologist.

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LEPSIUS — Lepsius BrE AmE ˈleps i‿əs
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LEPSIUS, KARL RICHARD — born Dec. 23, 1810, Naumburg an der Saale, Saxony died July 10, 1884, Berlin German Egyptologist and a founder of …
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MEMPHIS — (haven, of the good), a city of ancient Egypt, situated on that western bank of the Nile, about nine miles …
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CHRONOLOGY — By this term we understand the technical and historical chronology of the Jews and their ancestors from the earliest time …
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