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.
Filmography
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Movies 4
self 3
TV Shows 1
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GenderMale
Birthday1940-10-06 (84 years old)
CitizenshipsAustria
AwardsGreat Silver Medal of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Officer of the Order of Honour, Kardinal-Innitzer-Preis
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