Detlef Franke (24 November 1952 – 2 September 2007) was a German Egyptologist specialist of the Middle Kingdom of Egypt.
[1] Detlef Franke received his doctorate at the University of Hamburg in 1983 with his thesis "Altägyptische Verwandtschaftsbezeichnungen im Mittleren Reich" ("The ancient Egyptian kingship in the Middle Kingdom").
He then received his habilitation at the University of Heidelberg in 1994 with his work "Das Heiligtum des Heqaib auf Elephantine.
Geschichte eines Provinzheiligtums im Mittleren Reich" ("On the sanctuary of Heqaib on Elephantine.
[1] His last project was the creation of a catalog of the stelae of the Middle Kingdom housed in the British Museum.