Otto Schaden

Otto Schaden

Otto J. Schaden is an American Egyptologist. He is currently the Field Director of the Amenmesse Tomb Project of the University of Memphis (Tennessee). In addition to his ongoing work on the tomb of Amenmesse (KV10) in the main arm of the Valley of the Kings, he has also cleared and reinvestigated tombs WV23, WV24, and WV25 in the Western Valley.

Biography

Dr. Schaden taught the Middle Egyptian language at the University of Minnesota in the early 1970s. On 8 February 2006, it was announced that his team had discovered KV63, an intact chamber at first thought to be a tomb. The tomb was slowly excavated from March to July 2006 and appears to have been a mummification storage area for another royal tomb—possibly an unsanctioned tomb prematurely labeled KV64.

Most recently, Harper's magazine for January 2008 contains a long essay by Gregory Jaynes about his March 2006 visit to the KV63 tomb, in which he describes Otto Schaden's dispute with his superior Lorelei Corcoran from the University of Memphis.[1] In mid-January, the University of Memphis and Dr. Schaden severed their relationship and Schaden's research will continue under the auspices of Egypt's Supreme Council of Antiquities, which is now representing Schaden's project, a very unusual move because most are conducted under a University. Dr. Schaden is currently recovering from an illness, but he plans to return to Egypt by the end of February 2008.[2]

References

  1. ^ http://archaeology.about.com/b/2008/01/09/the-mummys-curse-having-a-journalist-drop-by-your-site.htm The Mummy's Curse. A review of the Harper's magazine article of January, 2008.
  2. ^ http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2008/jan/21/u-of-m-egypt-team-leader-out/ U of M Egypt team leader out

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