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Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner
Gardiner in 1938
Born(1879-03-29)29 March 1879
Eltham, England
Died19 December 1963(1963-12-19) (aged 84)
Iffley, near Oxford, England
Resting placeIffley churchyard
NationalityBritish
EducationCharterhouse School
Queen's College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Egyptologist and philologist
Known forAdvancing knowledge of ancient languages, aided Tutankhamun's tomb excavation
Children3, including Rolf Gardiner and Margaret Gardiner
RelativesH. Balfour Gardiner (brother)
Martin Bernal (grandson)
John Eliot Gardiner (grandson)

Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner, FBA (29 March 1879 – 19 December 1963) was an English Egyptologist, linguist, philologist, and independent scholar. He is regarded as one of the premier Egyptologists of the early and mid-20th century.

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Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner, FBA (29 March 1879 – 19 December 1963) was an English Egyptologist, linguist, philologist, and independent scholar. He is...

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List of Egyptian hieroglyphs

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during the Ptolemaic Kingdom. In 1928/1929 Alan Gardiner published an overview of hieroglyphs, Gardiner's sign list, the basic modern standard. It describes...

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John Eliot Gardiner

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Sir John Eliot Gardiner CBE HonFBA (born 20 April 1943) is an English conductor, particularly known for his performances of the works of Johann Sebastian...

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Pharaoh

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concur was Shoshenq I—the founder of the Twenty-second Dynasty—including Alan Gardiner in his original 1933 publication of this stela. Shoshenq I was the second...

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Eye of Horus

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as Ägyptische Grammatik by Adolf Erman and Egyptian Grammar by Alan Gardiner. Gardiner's treatment of the subject suggested that the parts of the eye were...

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Ankh

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Middle Kingdom (c. 2050–1650 BC). The Egyptologists Battiscombe Gunn and Alan Gardiner, in the early 20th century, believed these objects to be sandal straps...

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Medjay

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some extent subjugated by the Egyptian government. Since the time of Alan Gardiner, a common account has been that the Medjay constituted an ethnic group...

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Vulture

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both the city of Nekheb and Upper Egypt was depicted as a vulture. Alan Gardiner identified the species that was used in divine iconography as a griffon...

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Peleset

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 204. Bernard Bruyère, Mert Seger à Deir el Médineh, 1929, page 32-37 Alan Gardiner, Ancient Egyptian Onomastica, Volume 1, Oxford, 1947, no. 270, pages...

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Ankh wedja seneb

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reconstruct. It may be expressed as "life, prosperity, and health", but Alan Gardiner proposed that they represented verbs in the stative form:[citation needed]...

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Egyptian hieroglyphs

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September 27, 1822 Sir Alan H. Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar, Third Edition Revised, Griffith Institute (2005), p. 25. Gardiner, Sir Alan H. (1973). Egyptian...

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Dynasties of ancient Egypt

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XVIth Dynasty. A history of Egypt. C. Scribner's Sons. p. 114-115. Alan Gardiner, Egypt of the Pharaohs. An introduction, Oxford University Press, 1961...

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Nekhbet

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[s/he] of the Two Ladies.... In art, Nekhbet was depicted as a vulture. Alan Gardiner identified the species that was used in divine iconography as a griffon...

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Crossing the Red Sea

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therefore a crossing in the northern part of the Gulf of Suez is plausible. Alan Gardiner proposes the northeast Nile Delta, in the "marshy and watery region...

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Carnarvon Tablet

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exercise, but the text proved to be very important. As early as 1916, Sir Alan Gardiner assumed that the First Carnarvon Tablet must be a copy of some commemorative...

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Seshat

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surmounted by two enclosing sickle-shaped signs, two falcon-feathers on top. Alan Gardiner identified the emblem as a "conventionalized flower (?) surmounted by...

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0

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foodstuff received was exactly equal to the amount disbursed. Egyptologist Alan Gardiner suggested that the nfr hieroglyph was being used as a symbol for zero...

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Horemheb

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not combined with any other words. When used alone, the Egyptologist Alan Gardiner has shown that the iry-pat title contains features of ancient descent...

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Merneferre Ay

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read the damaged figure on the papyrus fragment as 13 years while both Alan Gardiner and Kenneth Kitchen maintained it should be read as 23 years. The dispute...

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Tutankhamun

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Letters published in 2022 of correspondence between Rex Engelbach and Alan Gardiner, reveal that Howard Carter had stolen objects from the tomb, such as...

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Coffin Texts

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ISBN 0-8014-8515-0 The Egyptian Coffin Texts, edited by Adriaan de Buck and Alan Gardiner and published by the University of Chicago Oriental Institute Volume...

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Hor

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and] 7 days". In the previous authoritative reading of the canon by Alan Gardiner, which dates to the 1950s, this was read as "[...] 7 months". This led...

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Howard Carter

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letter to Carter from Alan Gardiner came to light, accusing him of stealing from Tutankhamun's tomb. Carter had given Gardiner an amulet and assured him...

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Amenhotep III

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or one of at most two years. Donald B. Redford, William J. Murnane, Alan Gardiner, and Lawrence Berman contest the view of any coregency whatsoever between...

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