Lepsius, Karl Richard

a celebrated Egypt ologist, born in Pru ian Saxony; took at first to the study of philology under Bopp, but early devoted himself to the study of the antiquities of Egypt; headed in 1842 an expedition of research among the monuments under the king of Pru ia, which occupied five years, and was fertile in important results, among others the production of a work in 12 vols. on the subject entitled "Denkmäleraus Egypten und Ethiopien," i ued between 1849 and 1860; he was the author also of works on philology (1810-1884).