Edward F. Wente Explained

Edward Frank Wente (born 1930) is an American professor emeritus of Egyptology and the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago.^{[1] [2]} He received his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1959 and lectured there from 1963 to 1996.^[1] He is also a longstanding member of the Oriental Institute, Chicago.^{[1] [2]} Wente also republished and retranslated the volumnious "Late Ramesside Letters" correspondence from Deir el-Medina in 1967.^[3] One of his major works is Letters from Ancient Egypt (1990), published by the Scholarly Press.^[2]

In 1999, the Oriental Institute published a collection of essays by Egyptologists in honor of Edward Wente "Gold of Praise: Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honor of Edward F. Wente".^[4] His wife, Dr. Leila Ibrahim Wente (1926 -2018), was also an Egyptologist.

See also

• List of Egyptologists

Further references

• Wente, Edward F. (1990). Letters from Ancient Egypt. Edited by Edmund S. Meltzer. Translated by Edward F. Wente. Atlanta: Scholars Press, Society of Biblical Literature. .

Notes and References

1. University of Chicago. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. Retrieved on 08-03-2009.
2. The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. (2009). WHO WAS WHO AMONG THE ROYAL MUMMIES. Retrieved on 01-11-2024.
3. Edward Wente, Late Ramesside Letters PDF, SAOC 33, 1967, University of Chicago Press
4. Book: Edited by Emily Teeter, John A. Larson. Gold of Praise: Studies on Ancient Egypt in Honor of Edward F. Wente PDF. The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.