Ahmed Kamal (Egyptologist)
Ahmed Kamāl ( Arabic أحمد كمال, DMG Aḥmad Kamāl , born July 29, 1851 in Cairo ; † August 5, 1923 there , also Ahmed Kamal Bey (Pascha)) was the first Egyptian Egyptologist .
Ahmed Kamal was a student of Heinrich Brugsch . He was a curator at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and an employee of the Antiquities Service . He was jointly responsible for the classification of the museum's collection and was involved in the move from Bulaq to Giza (in the area of today's zoo) and to Midan at-Tahrir. Kamal was involved in the excavations in Dair al-Berscha , Jabal at-Teir , Tihna , Gamhud , Atfih , Meir , Sheikh Said , Asyut and in the Nile Delta .
Fonts
- Stèles ptolémaiques et romaines. 2 volumes, imprimerie de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Le Caire 1904–1905, (= Catalog général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire. ).
- Tables d'offrandes. 2 volumes, imprimerie de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale, Le Caire 1906, (= Catalog général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire. ).
literature
- Dia Abou-Ghazi: Ahmed Kamal. 1849-1923. In: Annales du Service des Antiquités de l'Égypte. Volume 64, 1981, pp. 1-5, portrait panel.
- Morris L. Bierbrier: Who was who in Egyptology . 4th revised edition, The Egypt Exploration Society, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-85698-207-1 , p. 288.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kamal, Ahmed |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kamal Bey, Ahmed |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | egyptian egyptologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 29, 1851 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cairo |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 5, 1923 |
| Place of death | Cairo |