William J. Murnane

William Joseph Murnane (March 22, 1945 – November 17, 2000) was an American Egyptologist and author of a number of books and monographs on Ancient Egypt. He was director of the Great Hypostyle Hall Project at Luxor Karnak Temple, was a research associate and held a Dunavant Professorship in the History Department of the Institute of Egyptian Art & Archaeology at the University of Memphis. Several of his scholarly monographs are used as standard references by historians and philologists whilst more popular works, which drew on his considerable knowledge of Ancient Egyptian monuments, are used by tourists.^[1]

^ Peter Brand and Louise Cooper, editors. "Causing His Name to Live: Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane", ed. P. Brand and L. Cooper, Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 37. Leiden: E. J. Brill Academic Publishers, 2009, ISBN 978 90 04 176447

[Causing_His_Name_to_Live,_Intro-1] Peter Brand and Louise Cooper, editors. "Causing His Name to Live: Studies in Egyptian Epigraphy and History in Memory of William J. Murnane", ed. P. Brand and L. Cooper, Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 37. Leiden: E. J. Brill Academic Publishers, 2009, ISBN 978 90 04 176447

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