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Michał Tyszkiewicz (Egyptologist)

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Michel Tyszkiewicz (c.1850)

Mykolas Tiškevičius (Polish: Michał Tyszkiewicz) (1828–1897) was a Lithuanian collector of antiques and amateur Egyptologist, member of the once very powerful Lithuanian noble family of Tyškevičiai.

He excavated at Luxor in 1861-1862 and revisited Egypt in 1867-1868, building up a collection during his travels. It is now split between different cities in Lithuanian, Paris, London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Boston, Rome, and the Tyszkiewicz Palace at Lahojsk, Belarus. A small part of it remains in Poland in the National Museum in Warsaw.[1]

Writings

  • Diary of a Journey to Egypt and Nubia, Paris 1863.
  • Memories of an old collector, translated into English by Mrs. Andrew Lang. Longmans, Green, London 1898.

References