Christian Loeben

Christian E. Loeben (* 22 December 1961) is a German Egyptologist.

Loeben studied Egyptology and art history at the Free University of Berlin from 1980 to 1985.

Here also in 1999 he received his doctorate with a dissertation entitled Beobachtungen zu Kontext und Funktion königlicher Statuen im Amun-Tempel von Karnak (Studies in the Context and Function of Royal Statues in the Temple of Amun at Karnak).

Since 2004 he has been curator of the Egyptological collection of the Museum August Kestner and visiting lecturer at the University of Göttingen.

Loeben is especially involved in popular engagement with Egyptology, appearing frequently in the media as an expert on Egyptological questions and offering many public lectures.