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INTRODUCTION
copies drawn from the Thebaid and elsewhere. The labors of Gham-
pollion at Thebes (1828-29) became fertile, not only in the letterpress
and sketches of his Notices Descriptives (i844), but also in his great
collection of plates, Monuments de VEgypte et de la Nubie (i835—45).
At the same time, and partly in collaboration with him, Rosellini, at
the head of a Tuscan Expedition, gathered the materials for a simi-
lar corpus, / Monumenti delV Egitto e delta Nubia (i832-/i4)- Sir
Gardiner Wilkinson (at Thebes, 1828) drew on the accumulated spoils
of years for The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians (1837-
i84i), and other lesser works. Robert Hay of Linplum (1826-38 in
Egypt) sought the help of many professional assistants, among them
at times Arundale, Gatherwood, Bonomi, and Burton; but his own
painstaking and tireless pencil contributed the main share to the
superb mass of material which lies in the Additional MSS. of the Brit-
ish Museum. Later on, Germany began its great services to Egypt-
ology with the Prussian Expedition under Lepsius (18/42-45), the re-
sults of which were promptly made accessible in the invaluable Denk-
maler. Prisse d'Avennes was the first to secure careful reproductions
in color for the clever creations of his brush in UArt Egyptien (1868
79). I mention, of course, only the largest contributors to our knowl-
edge of the necropolis.
For nearly half a century after this date little was added to the
history of Theban art (though much must have been irretrievably lost
in the interval) until the Mission Archeologique Francaise of Cairo,
with praiseworthy zeal, but not always with resources commensurable
with the brilliant past or with modern advances in technical aids,
reminded the world of this neglected treasury by Tome V of its
Memoires (1891), as well as Tomes II, III, XV dealing with the royal
tombs. With the beginning of the century the activity of the inspec-
tors now resident at Thebes, and the opening up of new or long-for-
gotten tombs under their hands, gave the needed impetus to slumber-
ing forces. In 190/i a home for German research was built in the
necropolis itself under the generous patronage of the Kaiser, and was
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copies drawn from the Thebaid and elsewhere. The labors of Gham-
pollion at Thebes (1828-29) became fertile, not only in the letterpress
and sketches of his Notices Descriptives (i844), but also in his great
collection of plates, Monuments de VEgypte et de la Nubie (i835—45).
At the same time, and partly in collaboration with him, Rosellini, at
the head of a Tuscan Expedition, gathered the materials for a simi-
lar corpus, / Monumenti delV Egitto e delta Nubia (i832-/i4)- Sir
Gardiner Wilkinson (at Thebes, 1828) drew on the accumulated spoils
of years for The Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians (1837-
i84i), and other lesser works. Robert Hay of Linplum (1826-38 in
Egypt) sought the help of many professional assistants, among them
at times Arundale, Gatherwood, Bonomi, and Burton; but his own
painstaking and tireless pencil contributed the main share to the
superb mass of material which lies in the Additional MSS. of the Brit-
ish Museum. Later on, Germany began its great services to Egypt-
ology with the Prussian Expedition under Lepsius (18/42-45), the re-
sults of which were promptly made accessible in the invaluable Denk-
maler. Prisse d'Avennes was the first to secure careful reproductions
in color for the clever creations of his brush in UArt Egyptien (1868
79). I mention, of course, only the largest contributors to our knowl-
edge of the necropolis.
For nearly half a century after this date little was added to the
history of Theban art (though much must have been irretrievably lost
in the interval) until the Mission Archeologique Francaise of Cairo,
with praiseworthy zeal, but not always with resources commensurable
with the brilliant past or with modern advances in technical aids,
reminded the world of this neglected treasury by Tome V of its
Memoires (1891), as well as Tomes II, III, XV dealing with the royal
tombs. With the beginning of the century the activity of the inspec-
tors now resident at Thebes, and the opening up of new or long-for-
gotten tombs under their hands, gave the needed impetus to slumber-
ing forces. In 190/i a home for German research was built in the
necropolis itself under the generous patronage of the Kaiser, and was
xxii