Mark Lehner

Mark Lehner (born 1950) is an American archaeologist.

Biography

In 1991, Lehner and his team, who specialize in the study and survey of the Giza plateau, mapped the Great Sphinx of Giza.^[1] The mapping made it possible to see the materials used to construct the Sphinx, analyze the different layers of erosion and figure out the most fragile areas to protect.^[2]

Appearances

Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt (mentioned only)

References

↑ Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – The Riddles of the Sphinx: "The Back Entrance"
↑ Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt – The Riddles of the Sphinx: "Recreating the Sphinx"

Discovery Tour: Ancient Egypt

People

Mythical	Amun • Anubis • Apis • Bastet • Hathor • Horus • Iset • Khnum • Neith • Nephthys • Osiris • Ptah • Ra • Sekhmet • Serapis • Sheshat • Seth • Sobek • Thoth \| Apollo • Asclepius • Cyrene • Demeter • Hercules • Nike • Pan • Perseus • Zeus \| Fortuna

29th-12th century BCE	Djoser • Hetepheres I • Imhotep • Sneferu \| Djedefre • Khafre • Khufu • Menkaure • Shepseskaf \| Mereruka \| Mentuhotep II \| Amenemhat III \| Amenhotep II • Hatshepsut \| Amenhotep III • Thutmose IV • Tutankhamun \| Ramesses II

7th-1st century BCE	Battos Aristottle \| Amasis II • Arcesilaus II • Pythagoras \| Herodotus • Pindar • Socrates \| Alexander the Great • Aristippos • Aristotle • Deinokrates • Eubotas of Cyrene • Philip II • Plato \| Berenice II • Eratosthenes • Euclid • Herophilos • Kallimachos • Ptolemy I Soter • Ptolemy III Euergetes \| Ptolemy V Epiphanes • Ptolemy VIII Physcon \| Achillas • Arsinoë IV • Augustus • Caesarion • Cleopatra • Ganymedes • Julius Caesar • Mark Antony • Mithridates • Octavia • Pompey • Pothinus • Ptolemy X Alexander I • Ptolemy XII Auletes • Ptolemy XIII • Ptolemy XIV • Spartacus

1st-12th century	Andrew the Apostle • Plutarch • Tiberius \| Hadrian • Marcus Aurelius • Trajan \| Diocletian \| Hypatia • Theodosius I \| Justinian I \| Al-Ma'mun

18th-21st century	Napoleon Bonaparte \| Auguste Mariette • Gaston Maspero • Giovanni Battista Caviglia • Jean-François Champollion • Karl Richard Lepsius \| Ahmed Youssef • Alan Gardiner • Jean-Philippe Lauer • Mark Lehner \| Jean-Claude Golvin