Captaine 'Henri Édouard Naville' (
1844-
1926) was a
Swiss egyptologist. He studied in
London,
Paris and
Berlin (under
Karl Richard Lepsius).
He first journeyed to
Egypt in
1865, and published the myths of
Horus from the temple at
Edfu in
1870.
During the
Franco-Prussian War he served as a captain in the Swiss army.
In
1882, he began to work with the
Egypt Exploration Fund in the Delta.
He died at Malagny, near
Geneva.
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Biography of Naville