Kai-Christian Bruhn (born 24 January 1970) is a German computational archaeologist from the

Mainz University of Applied Sciences The Mainz University of Applied Sciences (German language, German: ''Hochschule Mainz''), is a 1971-founded university located in Mainz, Germany. The University of Applied Sciences Mainz consists of three faculties: School of Technology, School ...

, with expertise in

geoinformatics Geoinformatics is the science and the technology which develops and uses information science infrastructure to address the problems of geography, cartography, geosciences and related branches of science and engineering, such as Land Surveying. O ...

. He was involved in the discovery of a colossal

Ramses II Ramesses II ( egy, rꜥ-ms-sw ''Rīʿa-məsī-sū'', , meaning "Ra is the one who bore him"; ), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Along with Thutmose III he is often regarded as t ...

statue in Egypt. As director of

mainzed mainzed ( aɪ̯nt͡sed acronym for Mainz Centre for Digitality in the Humanities and Cultural Studies) is a joint initiative of six scientific institutions to promote digital methodology in the humanities and cultural sciences in Mainz, German ...

, Kai-Christian Bruhn received the academy prize of the

Rhineland-Palatinate Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; german: link=no, Rheinland-Pfalz ; lb, Rheinland-Pfalz ; pfl, Rhoilond-Palz) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the ...

state in December 2017 in recognition of his interdisciplinary work in teaching and research.

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Classical archaeologists Archaeologists from Rhineland-Palatinate 1970 births Living people University of Applied Sciences, Mainz faculty {{Germany-archaeologist-stub