People
Manfred Bietak
Biography:
Egyptologist – University of Vienna
From 1966-69 and 1975-2009, Bietak was the director of the Austrian excavations at Tell El-Dab’a, the eastern Nile site identified as Avaris. Here he found evidence of a massive Semitic population including a unique pyramid-style tomb of a western Asiatic official. Bietak was the founder and Director of the Austrian Archaeological Institute in Cairo from 1973-2009 and has written dozens of important papers, many on the Hyksos period in Egypt.
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Patterns of Evidence: The Journey Home as Self | 2022-09-02 |
Patterns of Evidence: The Red Sea Miracle as Self | 2020-02-18 |
Patterns of Evidence: The Exodus as Self | 2015-01-19 |