Alessandro Barsanti (1858–1917) was an Italian

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and

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , '' -logia''; ar, علم المصريات) is the study of ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end of its native religious ...

who worked for the Egyptian Antiquities Service. He excavated throughout Egypt (most notably he 'discovered' the

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Akhenaten Akhenaten (pronounced ), also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, ( egy, ꜣḫ-n-jtn ''ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy'', , meaning "Effective for the Aten"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dy ...

in 1891–1892). He was also in charge of the transfer of collection of the

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from its site at

Giza Giza (; sometimes spelled ''Gizah'' arz, الجيزة ' ) is the second-largest city in Egypt after Cairo and fourth-largest city in Africa after Kinshasa, Lagos and Cairo. It is the capital of Giza Governorate with a total population of 9.2 ...

to the current location in

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itself.

Writings

* (1899–1890). In: ''Annales du service des antiquités de lÉgypte - Súppleménts'' (''ASAE''), 1. Ausgabe 1900. Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Kairo. pp 149–190 & 230–285. * (1902). In: ''Annales du service des antiquités de lÉgypte - Súppleménts'' (''ASAE''), 3. Ausgabe 1902. Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Kairo. pp 198–202. * (1904–1905). In: ''Annales du service des antiquités de lÉgypte - Súppleménts'' (''ASAE''), 7. Ausgabe 1906. Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Kairo. pp 257–287. * (1911–1912). In: ''Annales du service des antiquités de lÉgypte - Súppleménts'' (''ASAE''), 12. Ausgabe 1912. Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, Kairo. pp 57–63.

References

* Maria Casini: ''One hundred years in Egypt: paths of Italian archaeology''. Electa, Mailand 2001, OCLC-Nr. 59462809. * Donato Morelli, Rosario Pintaudi: ''Cinquant'anni di papirologia in Italia: carteggi Breccia-Comparetti-Norsa-Vitelli'', Tomo 1.. Bibliopolis, 1983, , pp 103 & 104. * Christine Beinlich-Seeber: ''Bibliographie Altägypten, 1822-1946: Indices'' (= ''Ägyptologische Abhandlungen'', Band 61.). Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1998, , pp 212. 1858 births 1917 deaths Italian Egyptologists {{Egyptologist-stub