Cultural scientist Jan Assmann is dead

A spokeswoman for Heidelberg University confirmed a report from “Südkurier” on Tuesday. The university is in contact with the family and has received the message from Assmann’s family, said the spokeswoman. Assmann was one of the best-known German humanities scholars internationally. From 1976 to 2003, when he retired, he taught as a professor of Egyptology … Read more

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