Gudrun Corvinus

Who was Gudrun Corvinus?

Gudrun Corvinus was a German archaeologist of the Nepal Research Centre in Kathmandu.

Her father had a PhD in agriculture and her mother was a professor of economics. She completed her studies in geology, paleontology and prehistory at the University of Tübingen.

She was a member of the Afar expedition in Ethiopia which discovered the famous skeleton called "Lucy". While working in the Namibian desert, she discovered animal fossils from the Miocene period. Corvinus moved to Nepal in 1984 and explored the region, specifically the Dang Deokhuri District, Dun valley, and Siwalik Hills.

See also: Institute for Prehistory, Erlangen University; German Research Foundation/German Research Council; Dr. Ludwig Reisch; German Archaeological Society; University of Pune; Second World War; Bonn