Residence Germany
Egypt Role Egyptologist | Name Gunter Dreyer Citizenship German Fields Egyptology | |
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Institutions German Archaeological Institute
Free University Berlin
Berlin University Known for discovery of hieroglypics dating to 33rd century BCE Institution German Archaeological Institute, Free University of Berlin | ||
Alma mater Free University of Berlin | ||
Gunter dreyer on his excavations at the royal tombs of abydos
Günter Dreyer (born 1943) is an Egyptologist at the German Archaeological Institute. In southern Egypt, Dreyer discovered records of linen and oil deliveries which have been carbon-dated to between 3300 BCE and 3200 BCE, predating the Dynastic Period.
He studied Egyptology Assyriology and ancient Near Eastern Archeology, the Hamburg university and the Free-university Berlin.
In 1998 Dreyer found writing on small ivory labels, he concluded that these challenged the prevailing view that the first people to write were the Sumerians of Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) sometime before 3000 BCE.
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