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'''Karol Myśliwiec''' (born 3 November 1943) is a Polish [[egyptologist]], known for his ongoing efforts at [[Saqqara]] to discover the tomb of [[Imhotep]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.poznan.pl/mim/main/-,p,12973,12975,13525.html |title=Prof. Karol Myśliwiec (Polska) |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Karol Myśliwiec studied [[Mediterranean]] [[archeology]] at [[Warsaw University]] under [[Kazimierz Michałowski]], graduating in 1967. From 1969, under Michałowski's direction, he worked at [[Excavation (archaeology)|excavations]] in Egypt ([[Alexandria]], [[Deir el-Bahri]]) and [[Syria]] ([[Palmyra]]). He also participated in [[Germany|German]] excavations at the Temple of Pharaoh [[Seti I]] (western [[Thebes, Egypt|Thebes]]) and at Minshat Abu Omar (the [[Nile Delta]]).<br />
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From 1985 to 1995 Myśliwiec directed Polish-Egyptian excavations at Tell Atrib (the Nile Delta),<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2013/05/11/a-pearl-for-prof-karol-mysliwiec/ |title=A ""Pearl" for Prof. Karol Myśliwiec |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> and since 1987 he has been directing a Polish-Egyptian archeological mission at [[Saqqara]], at the west side of Pharaoh [[Djoser]]'s [[Step Pyramid]]. At Saqqara he has been seeking the tomb of [[Imhotep]], legendary [[Ancient Egypt|Egyptian]] [[physician]] and [[architect]] of the Step Pyramid.<br />
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Since 1982 Myśliwiec has been director of the Institute of Mediterranean Archeology at the [[Polish Academy of Sciences]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2013/11/28/prof-karol-mysliwiec-celebrates-a-jubilee/ |title=Prof. Karol Myśliwiec celebrates a jubilee<br />
|access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> and since 1992 — director of [[Warsaw University]]'s Institute of Ancient Egyptian Archeology.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://poland.pl/science/famous-scientists/prof-karol-mysliwiec/ |title=Prof. Karol Myśliwiec |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref><br />
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In 2005, he became the recipient of the [[Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science]] for the discovery of the tomb of Vizier Merefnebef in the necropolis of Saqqara (Egypt), documented in the monograph The Tomb of [[Merefnebef]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fnp.org.pl/prof-dr-hab-karol-mysliwiec-laureat-nagrody-fnp-2005/ |title=PROF. DR HAB. KAROL MYŚLIWIEC – LAUREAT NAGRODY FNP 2005 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref> In 2012, he was awarded the Commander's Cross of the [[Order of Polonia Restituta]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://prawo.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WMP20120000765 |title=M.P. 2012 poz. 765 |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref><br />
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Professor Myśliwiec has published twelve books, including three that have been translated into languages other than [[Polish language|Polish]], as well as some 300 articles, chiefly on the archeology, history, art and religion of [[pharaonic Egypt]].<br />
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He has lectured in several dozen countries, from [[Japan]] to [[Chile]], the [[United States|U.S.]] and [[Canada]], and is a member of the German Archeological Institute ([[Berlin]]), the International Association of Egyptologists, and the [[Explorers Club]] ([[New York City]]).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://poland.pl/science/famous-scientists/prof-karol-mysliwiec/ |title=Prof. Karol Myśliwiec |access-date=13 March 2020}}</ref><br />
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==Publications==<br />
* ''The Twilight of [[Ancient Egypt]]: First Millennium B.C.E.'', translated by David Lorton, Cornell University Press, 2000.<br />
* ''[[Eros (mythology)|Eros]] on the [[Nile]]'', translated by Geoffrey L. Packer, Cornell University Press, 2004.<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[List of Egyptologists#M|List of Egyptologists]]<br />
*[[List of Poles#Social sciences|List of Poles]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060925012823/http://www.egiptologia.pl/wyw_mysliwiec.html Interview, in Polish, with Myśliwiec.]<br />
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