Naville, (Henri) Edouard

(1844–1926)

   Swiss Egyptologist and archaeologist. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland, on 14 June 1844. He studied Egyptology at several universities and visited Egypt in 1865 for the first time. He first worked on texts but was chosen as a field archaeologist by the Egypt Exploration Fund in 1882. He excavated at many sites in the Lower Egypt, notably Tell elMaskhuta, Bubastis, and also at Herakleopolis and Abydos. He also cleared the templeof Hatshepsutat Deirel-Bahrinear Thebes. He clashed with Flinders Petrie over archaeological methods, as he was mainly interested in inscribed material and monumental architecture and often ignored small finds. He died in Malagny near Geneva on 17 October 1926.

   See also Carter, Howard; Mariette, Auguste Ferdinand; Montet, Pierre Marie; Reisner, George Andrew; Winlock, Herbert Eustis.

Historical Dictionary Of Ancient Egypt by Morris L. Bierbrier