Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner

Místo: Eltham

Narozený: 1879

Smrt: 1963

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Sir Alan Henderson Gardiner 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. He is best known for his works 'Egypt of the Pharaohs' and 'Egyptian Grammar'. Gardiner's sign list is a list of common Egyptian hieroglyphs that he compiled and is considered a standard reference in the study of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs.