Background
Lehner, Mark was born on April 2, 1950 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Son of Paul William and Ethel Lois (Davy) Lehner.
Lehner, Mark was born on April 2, 1950 in Fargo, North Dakota, United States. Son of Paul William and Ethel Lois (Davy) Lehner.
Bachelor in Anthropology, American U., Cairo, 1975; Doctor of Philosophy in Egyptology, Yale University, 1990.
Field director Sphinx and Isis Temple project, American Research Center, Egypt, 1979-1983;
co-director Pyramids radiocarbon dating project, American Research Center, Egypt, 1984;
director Giza Plateau mapping project, American Research Center/Oriental Institute University of Chicago, Egypt, since 1984;
director Koch-Ludwig Giza Plateau project, University of Chicago, since 1988;
instructor Egyptian Archaeology Oriental Institute, University of Chicago, 1990-1991;
assistant professor, University of Chicago, 1991-1995;
assistant professor, University of Chicago, since 1995. Board directors Ancient Egypt Research Associations, Inc. Architectural surveyor, draughtsman, area supervisor Nag Hammadi, Faw Qibli Expeditions Claremont Institute Antiquity and Christianity, 1976-1978.
Surveyor and director clearing operations Science and Archaeology project, 1978. Supervisor mapping, photographer, draughtsman, various excavations in the Sphinx area, 1978. Mapper Bayt al-Razzaz project American Research Center, 1978.
Surveyor, object restorer, artist, photographer various salvage excavations, 1979. Area supervisor, mapper, photographer, Tell el-Amarna expedition, Egypt Exploration Society, 1979-1980, architectural surveyor Tomb of Akhenaten epigraphic survey, 1980;surveyor Deir el-Ballas expedition, Museum Fine arts, Boston, 1983. Architectural surveyor Tombe of Aperia project, Saqqara Center National de Recherches Scientifiques, 1983-1985, Abdyos Regional Site Survey, University of Pennsylvania,1983, Nasr.
Mohammed Mosque Restoration, The German Archaelogical Institute, 1985. Consultant Time-Life Books, 1986-1987, Field Museum National History, Chicago, 1987-1988, NAS Committee Sphinx conservation study, 1989, Getty Conservation Institute, 1989-1990, The Jerde Partnership, 1989-1990, Egyptian Antiquities Organisation Symposium on Sphinx restoration, 1992, materials advanced bd.Nat. Research Council conservation Egyptian monuments study steering committee, 1992.
Lecturer in field; research associate Harvard Semitic Museum.
Married Suzanne Ayad Massoud, July 12, 1975 (divorced 1985). Children: Ramsi, Luke. Married Julia Cort, July 2, 1995.
1 child, Eliza Rose Cort Lehner.