Leonard H. Lesko, born (1938-08-14)August 14, 1938 (age 87), is an Americanegyptologist. He was the chairman of the Department ofEgyptology atBrown University and held theCharles Edwin Wilbour professorship. In 1961, he received a B.A. inClassics fromLoyola University Chicago, and his masters in 1964. In 1969, he received a Ph.D. in "Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations-Egyptology" at theUniversity of Chicago. Prior to joining the Brown faculty in 1982, he held various teaching positions atUniversity of California-Berkeley.^[1][2]

Lesko is an expert inEgyptian languages including Old, Middle, and Late Egyptian,Demotic, andCoptic^[3]. He has also studied theCoffin Texts, theBook of the Dead andDeir el-Medina^[4]. Along with his wife, Barbara Lesko, he editedA Dictionary of Late Egyptian.

• Lesko, Leonard H. (1977).King Tut's Wine Cellar. B.C. Scribe Publications.ISBN 978-0-930548-00-1.

• Parker, Richard Anthony (1986). Lesko, Leonard H. (ed.).Egyptological Studies in Honor of Richard A. Parker: Presented on the Occasion of His 78th Birthday, December 10, 1983. Brown University.ISBN 978-0-87451-321-9.
• Lesko, Leonard H.; Lesko, Barbara S. (2002).A Dictionary of Late Egyptian. B.C. Scribe Publications.ISBN 978-0-930548-14-8.
• Lesko, Leonard H. (January 1, 1977).The Ancient Egyptian Book of Two Ways. University of California Press.ISBN 978-0-520-03514-0.
• Ward, William A. (1998). Lesko, Leonard H. (ed.).Ancient Egyptian and Mediterranean Studies: In Memory of William A. Ward. Department of Egyptology, Brown University.ISBN 978-0-9662685-0-8.
• Dever, William G. (1997). Frerichs, Ernest S.; Lesko, Leonard H. (eds.).Exodus: The Egyptian Evidence. Winona Lake, Ind: Eisenbrauns.ISBN 1-57506-025-6.
• Lesko, Leonard H. (1979).Index of the Spells on Egyptian Middle Kingdom Coffins and Related Documents. Berkeley, Calif: B C Scribe Publications.ISBN 978-0-930548-02-5.
• Lesko, Leonard H. (1994).Pharaoh's Workers: The Villagers of Deir El Medina. Cornell University Press.ISBN 978-0-8014-8143-7.
• Baines, John; Lesko, Leonard H.; Silverman, David P. (1991).Religion in Ancient Egypt: Gods, Myths, and Personal Practice. Cornell University Press.ISBN 978-0-8014-2550-9.

• Richard Anthony Parker

• Brown University page
• Richard N. Ostling article on Lesko
• Leonard Lesko by Matt Lutgen

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