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King Rameses II,
ca. 1881

Attributed to Emil Brugsch, French, 1842–1930

2008-318

In 1881, having been appointed general director of excavations and antiquities by the Egyptian government, Gaston Maspero led an investigation into how several Egyptian artifacts had appeared on the black market. Shortly after Brugsch joined the inquiry in early July of that year, local looters confessed to finding a cache of royal mummies. Among the artifacts Brugsch and Maspero found in the tomb were remains of rulers from ancient dynasties dating from 1539 to 1190 B.C., including King Rameses II. Two days later, the contents of the tomb were sent by boat to Cairo, where the mummified remains of Rameses II were carefully unwrapped and photographed by Brugsch, before being put on display.

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Title

King Rameses II

Dates

ca. 1881

Maker

Emil Brugsch

Medium

Albumen print

Dimensions

24.6 × 18.5 cm (9 11/16 × 7 5/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. George Packer Berry in honor of her husband, Class of 1921 and Charter Trustee of Princeton University, 1956–1969

Object Number

2008-318

Place Made

Africa, Egypt, Cairo

Culture

Egyptian (ancient)

Type

photographs, black-and-white photographs, albumen prints

Techniques

albumen process

Subject

men, deaths, mummy, pharaohs, portraits, figures (representations)

"Acquisitions of the Princeton University Art Museum 2008," <em>Record of the Princeton University Art Museum</em> 68 (2009): p. 69-119., p. 85, illustrated

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Attributed to Emil Brugsch (French, 1842–1930), King Rameses II, ca. 1881. Albumen print; 24.6 × 18.5 cm. Gift of Mrs. George Packer Berry in honor of her husband, Class of 1921 and Charter Trustee of Princeton University, 1956–1969 (2008-318) https://artmuseum-beta.princeton.edu/art/collections/objects/55762?field_tms_obj_subjects_target_id=49

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