Explorations in Bible Lands During the 19th Century
Explorations in Bible Lands During the 19th Century
H V Hermann Vollrat Hilprecht
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Nevertheless the principal management of the Egyp- tian antiquities and the state excavations remained in the hands of the French, and Mariette's successors, G. Maspero, E. Grebaut, J. De Morgan, and Victor Loret, continued in this capacity the work of their genial predecessor. But besides these, other nations and other French savants were allowed to take part in the excavations, and in this way early in the eighties a thorough examination of the different ruined sites was set on foot, which ha...s borne rich fruits for science and has furthermore developed the methods of excavation in this scientific contest, which had been largely neglected by Mariette, who was mostly concerned in obtaining fine speci- mens for the Museum. The sites chosen for the official excavations of the Egyp- tian government under French authority were especially the wide pyramid fields of Memphis, where also Mariette had worked, and the great temples of the old capital Thebes, ti40 EXPLORATIONS IN BIBLE LANDS where the ancient sanctuaries of Luxor and Medinet Habu were cleared of their rubbish, and the beautiful Ptolemaic temple of Kom Ombo (Ombos), which has been, so to speak, conjured up from the ground in a fine state of preservation.
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