Edward F. Wente

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.

  1. ^ a b c University of Chicago. Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations[permanent dead link‍]. Retrieved on 08-03-2009.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ 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. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)