Georges Émile Jules Daressy

Georges Jules Émile Daressy ( born March 19, 1864 in Sourdon, Somme, † February 28, 1938 in Sourdon ) was a French Egyptologist.

Georges Daressy worked since 1887 in the Egyptian Museum of Cairo. He drew among others responsible for its relocation from Bulak to Giza (1891 ) ( site of today's zoos ) and to its present location at Midan at- Tahrir (1901 ). He was an important writer of the General catalog of the museum. He was involved in the excavations in the Valley of the Kings, Medinet Habu, Karnak, Luxor, Malqata (Thebes -West, at the Amenhotep III. Palace) and at Abydos.

Publications (selection)

See the list of publications in: Annales du Service de l' Égypte of Antiquities 39 (1939 ), pp. 18-41.

  • Notice explicative of the ruines du temple de Luxor, Cairo, 1893. (Online)
  • Notice explicative of the ruines du temple de Medinet Habu, Cairo 1897.
  • Le mastaba de Mera, 1898.
  • Ostraca, Cairo, Imprimerie de l' Inst. Français d' Archéologie Orientale, 1901 ( Catalogue général des antiquités Egyptiennes du Musée du Caire ).
  • Fouilles de la Vallee des Rois < 1898-1899 >, Cairo, Imprimerie de l' Inst. Français d' Archéologie Orientale, 1902, ( Catalogue général des antiquités Egyptiennes du Musée du Caire ).
  • Text et dessins magiques, Cairo, Imprimerie de l' Inst. Français d' Archéologie Orientale, 1903, ( Catalogue général des antiquités Egyptiennes du Musée du Caire ). (Online)
  • La faune momifée de l' Egypte antique, Cairo, Imprimerie de l' Inst. Français d' Archéologie Orientale, 1905 ( Catalogue général des antiquités Egyptiennes du Musée du Caire ). (Online)
  • Statues de divinities, Cairo, Imprimerie de l' Inst. Français d' Archéologie Orientale, 1905-1906, ( Catalogue général des antiquités Egyptiennes du Musée du Caire ).
  • The tomb of Siphtah: the monkey tomb and the gold tomb; the discovery of the tombs: Catalogue of the objects Discovered, London, 1908 (online).
  • Cercueils of cachettes royales, Cairo, Imprimerie de l' Inst. Français d' Archéologie Orientale, 1909, ( Catalogue général des antiquités Egyptiennes du Musée du Caire ).
  • The tomb of queen Tiyi: Catalogue of the objects Discovered, London, 1910, ( Theodore M. Davis ' Excavations: biban el Moluk ). (Online)
  • A brief description of the principal monuments Exhibited in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo, Cairo, Press of the French Institute of Oriental Archaeology, 1922, 3rd edition 1925.
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