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Labib Habachi | |
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| لبيب حبشي | |
 Tomb of Labib Habachi in Malqata | |
| Born | لبيب حبشي April 18, 1906 |
| Died | February 18, 1984 (aged 77) |
| Resting place | Monastery of St. Theodore, Malqata |
| Nationality | Egyptian |
| Occupation | Egyptologist |
Labib Habachi (لبيب حبشي; April 18, 1906 – February 18, 1984) was a Coptic Egyptian egyptologist.
Dr Habachi spent 30 years in the Antiquities Department of the Egyptian Government, ending his career as Chief inspector. During this period he spent an enormous amount of time in numerous dig sites in Egypt and the Sudan. He left government work to accept a position at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago as an Archaeological Consultant to its Nubian Expedition.