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Alfred Wiedemann
1856–1936
A pioneering German Egyptologist, he helped bring the study of ancient Egypt into the modern university and wrote widely on Egyptian religion, myth, and the afterlife. His books opened a distant world to readers with a mix of scholarship and curiosity.
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The ancient Egyptian doctrine of the immortality of the soul
by Alfred Wiedemann
About the author
Born in Berlin on July 18, 1856, Alfred Wiedemann became one of Germany's notable early Egyptologists. He studied Egyptology and classical history at Leipzig, Berlin, Paris, and Tübingen, and later built his academic career at the University of Bonn, where he taught for many years.
Wiedemann wrote extensively on ancient Egyptian history, religion, literature, and burial beliefs. Among the works associated with him are studies of Egyptian history as well as books on the religion of ancient Egypt and ideas about immortality and the dead, showing his lasting interest in how ancient Egyptians understood life, death, and the divine.
He died in Bad Godesberg on December 7, 1936. Remembered as part of the first generation of professional Egyptologists, he helped shape how later readers and scholars approached ancient Egyptian civilization.