Jochem Kahl | |
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| Born | 1961 (age 64–65) Ravensburg, Germany |
| Education | University of Tübingen, University of Münster, University of Vienna |
| Occupation | Egyptologist |
| Employer | Free University of Berlin |
| Organizations | German Archaeological Institute |
| Known for | Excavations at Assiut, research on Egyptian hieroglyphs |
| Notable work | The System of Egyptian Hieroglyphic Writing in the 0th – 3rd Dynasty, Siut - Thebes, Ancient Asyut |
| Title | Professor |
Jochem Kahl (born 1961) is a German Egyptologist.
A native of Ravensburg, Kahl studied undergraduate history and Greek at the University of Tübingen from 1983 to 1984 and then Egyptology, Classical Archeology and Pre- and Early History at Münster, Tübingen and Vienna between 1984 and 1990. Kahl undertook his doctorate with the study "The System of Egyptian Hieroglyphic Writing in the 0th – 3rd Dynasty" between 1992 and 1998.
From 1998 to 2004, he was a university lecturer at the Institute for Egyptology and Coptology at the University of Münster. In 2004, he was given a professorship at the University of Münster and in 2006 a professorship at University of Mainz. He is currently at Free University of Berlin.
He leads the excavations at Assiut and the surrounding area in Central Egypt and has been a professor at the Free University of Berlin since October 2008. Kahl is a member of the German Archaeological Institute.