Dieter Arnold Explained

Dieter Arnold (born 1936 in Heidelberg) is a German archaeologist.

Biography

He received his doctorate on 31 January 1961 from the University of Munich with the thesis "Wall relief and spatial function in Egyptian temples of the New Kingdom".[1]

Arnold worked for the German Archaeological Institute in Cairo during excavations in Dahshur, Deir el-Bahari and El-Tarif.

From 1979 to 1984 he was a professor at the University of Vienna and then a curator at the Egyptian Department of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.[2] Arnold's specialty is the architecture of Ancient Egypt. As an employee of the Metropolitan Museum, he leads the museum's annual expeditions to el-Lisht and Dahshur.

In 1981 he published a proposal for the construction of the Great Pyramid. The ramp runs first outside and then in a corridor inside the pyramid. Arnold was aware that the construction method could not be explained purely archaeologically due to the lack of finds: "It is no longer possible to determine how the Egyptian builders managed their work. However, the examples of the Cheops and Chephren pyramids demonstrate that they succeeded in solving the problem".[3] [4]

Arnold is married to the Egyptologist Dorothea Arnold.[5]

Publications

Literature

Notes and References

  1. Wandrelief und Raumfunktion in ägyptischen Tempeln des Neuen Reiches. Münchner ägyptologische Studien. 1962 . PhD . Index Theologicus.
  2. Web site: Dieter Arnold. American University in Cairo Press.
  3. Dieter Arnold: Überlegungen zum Problem des Pyramidenbaues. In: Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts, Abteilung Kairo. (MDAIK) Vol. 37, 1981, p. 15f.
  4. Müller-Römer . Frank . 2007 . Pyramidenbau mit Rampen und Seilwinden . (28 MB) pp. 122-124 . edoc.ub.uni-muenchen.de .
  5. Web site: Meet the Staff. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.