Anton Moortgat (21 September 1897 in Antwerp – 9 October 1977 in DammeBelgium) was a Belgian archaeologist. He was the first full professor for the archaeology of the ancient near east in Germany.[1]
Biography
He studied archaeology, classics and ancient history and got his PhD in 1923 under Ferdinand Noack. He worked as a research assistant at the Max Freiherr von Oppenheim-Stiftung in Berlin, and since 1929 in the Ancient Near East department of the National Museums in Berlin.
In 2007 The Museum of the Ancient Near East has dedicated a memorial exhibition to Moortgat, marking the 110th anniversary of his birthday .
References
^* School of Seeing – Anton Moortgat and the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East 30 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine
February 04, 2023
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