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Sep 16, 1914 Dresden, Saxony, Germany Died on 27 Aug 1993 (aged 78)
German egyptologist
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About Wolfgang Helck
- Hans Wolfgang Helck (16 September 1914 – 27 August 1993) was a German Egyptologist, considered one of the most important Egyptologists of the 20th century.
- From 1956 until his retirement in 1979 he was a Professor at the University of Hamburg.
- He remained active after his retirement and together with Wolfhart Westendorf published the German Lexikon der Ägyptologie (Encyclopedia of Egyptology), completed in 1992.
- He published many books and articles on the history of Egyptian and Near Eastern culture.
- He was a member of the German Archaeological Institute and a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences.Helck was the son of philologist Hans Helck.
- He studied at the University of Leipzig under Georg Steindorff and at the University of Göttingen under Hermann Kees, completing his studies in 1938.
- He was a prisoner of war during World War II, returning to Göttingen in 1947, completing his doctorate in 1951.
