The diary of Max Weidenbach: encounters with scholars and travellers during the Prussian scientific expedition to Egypt 1842–45

Susanne Binder; Boyo G. Ockinga

doi:10.2307/j.ctv177tjkd.4

The diary of Max Weidenbach: encounters with scholars and travellers during the Prussian scientific expedition to Egypt 1842–45

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To the great delight of scholars who share an interest in 19th-century travel narratives, reception studies and Egyptology, an exciting discovery was made in the South Australian Museum in Adelaide in April 2013: a 440-page manuscript, a diary kept from 1842 to 1845 by one of the members of the pioneering expedition to Egypt led by Karl Richard Lepsius, was found! It belonged to the youngest member of this Royal Prussian Expedition, Max Weidenbach, who at the age of 19 had joined Lepsius and his team on this scientific enterprise to record the ancient monuments of Egypt on the request, and with the support, of the King of Prussia Friedrich Wilhelm IV.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Lost and now found
Subtitle of host publication	explorers, diplomats and artists in Egypt and the Near East
Editors	Neil Cooke, Vanessa Daubney
Place of Publication	Oxford
Publisher	Archaeopress
Pages	1-24
Number of pages	24
ISBN (Electronic)	9781784916282
ISBN (Print)	9781784916275
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv177tjkd.4
Publication status	Published - 2017

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Max Weidenbach
Richard Lepsius
Prussian expedition to Egypt

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The diary of Max Weidenbach: encounters with scholars and travellers during the Prussian scientific expedition to Egypt 1842–45. / Binder, Susanne ; Ockinga, Boyo G.
Lost and now found: explorers, diplomats and artists in Egypt and the Near East. ed. / Neil Cooke; Vanessa Daubney. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2017. p. 1-24.

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