Denkmaler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien: nach den Zeichnungen der von Deiner Majestat dem Konige von Preussen Friedrich Wilhelm IV Nach Diesen Landern Gesendeten und in den Jahren 1842–1845 Ausgefuhrten Wissenschaftlichen Expedition . . .

1913

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The team of artists that worked with Karl Richard Lepsius in Egypt and Nubia between 1842 and 1845 is recognized as producing the first truly scientific recordings of Egyptian monuments. Most of the drawings made by the expedition were reproduced in Lepsius's monumental work, which was published over a ten-year period. The accuracy of the renditions makes this work a valuable research tool.

Illustrated: pl. 44, Sakkara, Excavations at Tomb 10 (now in the Berliner Museum)

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Title: Denkmaler aus Aegypten und Aethiopien: nach den Zeichnungen der von Deiner Majestat dem Konige von Preussen Friedrich Wilhelm IV Nach Diesen Landern Gesendeten und in den Jahren 1842–1845 Ausgefuhrten Wissenschaftlichen Expedition . . .
Author: Richard Lepsius (German, 1810–1884)
Author: Edouard F. Naville
Author: Ludwig Borchardt
Date: 1913
Culture: Leipzig, 1897–1913
Medium: Illustrated books
Dimensions: 5 vols.; H: 25 1/4 in. (64 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with income from the Jacob S. Rogers Fund
Object Number: 532 L551
Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library

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