William C. Hayes
| William Christopher Hayes | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 21, 1903 Hempstead (village), New York |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. New York City |
| Occupation | Egyptology |
| Known for | The Scepter of Egypt |
William Christopher Hayes (March 21, 1903 – July 10, 1963) was an American Egyptologist.[1] His main fields of study were history of Egyptian art and translation/interpretation of texts.[2]
Biography
He was born on March 21, 1903.
A pupil of Sir Alan Gardiner, Hayes attended the Princeton University where he graduated in 1935 with a dissertation on the royal sarcophagi of the 18th Dynasty.
For most of his life he was involved with the Metropolitan Museum of Art: first as a member of the museum's Egyptian Epedition (since 1926), then as an assistant curator (1936) and later as curator of the museum's Egyptian Department, from 1952 until his death.[2]
In 1956, He was involved as a consultant in the production of the film The Ten Commandments.[3]
He died on July 10, 1963.[1]
Legacy
His best known work, The Scepter of Egypt, is still considered by many Egyptologists as one of the standard works in their field.[2][3]
Significant works
- 1961-1962. Chronology: Egypt – To End Of The Twentieth Dynasty. In The Cambridge Ancient History
- 1956. Most ancient Egypt. University of Chicago Press (as editor)
- 1953-1959. The Scepter of Egypt, a Background for the Study of the Egyptian Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. part I, New York 1953; part II, New York 1959
- 1942. Daily life in Ancient Egypt. National Geographic Society.
- 1935. Royal Sarcophagi of the XVIII Dynasty (dissertation)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 W. C. Hayes, The Scepter of Egypt, part II, 4th printing, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Abrams, inc., New York, 1990, ISBN 0-87099-191-4, (back cover).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
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