Angela Scattolin Morecroft: 1 book
The Enlightenment Rediscovery of Egyptology
Vitaliano Donati's Egyptian Expedition, 1759–62
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2017
In 1759 the botanist and scientist Vitaliano Donati led an expedition to Egypt under the patronage of King Carlo Emanuele III of Sardinia, to acquire Egyptian antiquities for the Museum in Turin. Charting his tumultuous expedition, this book reveals how, in spite of his untimely death in 1762, Donati...
