Alessandro Barsanti

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Alessandro Barsanti

Alessandro Barsanti (born August 28, 1858 in Alexandria , † October 24, 1917 in Cairo ), also Alexandre Barsanti , was an Italian Egyptologist .

Life

Alessandro Barsanti came from a Tuscan family and graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts in Florence . After his return to Egypt he was hired by Gaston Maspero as a restorer and artist for the Kairener Museum , since 1891 he had the title of “Conservateur-Restaurateur”.

In 1892 he worked with Jacques de Morgan in Upper Egypt , from 1894-1894 he assisted Georges Daressy in his work in the temple of Medinet Habu , and from 1895-1896 he was involved in the rescue of the monuments threatened by the construction of the 1st Aswan Dam in Nubia . From 1899 to 1904 he worked in Saqqara . Among other things, he excavated the unfinished pyramids of the Baka and the Chaba in Zaujet el-Arjan and the mortuary temple of Unas .

Publications (selection)

See the list of publications in Annales du service des antiquités de l'Égypte. (ASAE) 17, 1917, ISSN  1687-1510 , pp. 258-260 ( digitized version  - Internet Archive ).

  • Fouilles near the pyramid d'Ounas. (1899-1890). In: Annales du service des antiquités de l'Égypte. 1, 1900, pp. 149-190 and 230-285 .
  • Report on the fouille de Dahchour (1902). In: Annales du service des antiquités de l'Égypte. 3, 1902, pp. 198-202 .
  • Fouilles de Zaouiét el-Aryan (1904-1905). In: Annales du service des antiquités de l'Égypte. 7, 1906, pp. 257-287 .
  • Fouilles de Zaouiét el-Aryán (1911-1912). In: Annales du service des antiquités de l'Égypte. 12, 1912, pp. 57-63 .

literature

  • Georges Daressy : Alessandro Barsanti. In: Annales du service des antiquités de l'Égypte. 17, 1917, pp. 245-257 .
  • Donato Morelli, Rosario Pintaudi (eds.): Cinquant'anni di papirologia in Italia. Carteggi Breccia - Comparetti - Norsa - Vitelli. Volume 1. Bibliopolis, Naples 1983, ISBN 88-7088-117-2 , pp. 103-104.
  • Maurice L. Bierbrier: Who was who in Egyptology . 3rd revised edition. Egypt Exploration Society, London 1995, ISBN 0-85698-125-7 , p. 32.
  • Maria Casini (Ed.): One hundred years in Egypt. Paths of Italian archeology. Electa, Milan 2001, ISBN 88-435-9628-4 .