Karl Piehl
Appearance
Karl Piehl (1853–1904) was a Swedish Egyptologist.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Stockholm. He was docent in Egyptian languages at Uppsala University in 1881, became director of the Egyptian Museum in 1889, and in 1893 was appointed to a newly endowed chair of Egyptology. Three years afterwards Piehl became editor of the Sphinx, a periodical of Egyptian archaeology.
Works
[edit]- Petites études égyptologiques (1881)
- Dictionnaire du papyrus Harris No. 1 (1882)
- Inscriptions hiéroglyphiques (1884 sqq.)
References
[edit]- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.