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• BIRCH, SAMUEL —    archæologist and Egyptologist, born in London; keeper of Oriental antiquities in the British Museum; had an extensive knowledge of Egyptology, wrote largely, and contributed articles on that and kindred archæological subjects (1813 1885) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• PARKER, JOHN HENRY —    archæologist and writer on architecture; originally a London publisher, his chief work the Archæology of Rome, in nine vols., a subject to which he devoted much study (1800 1884) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• FELLOWS, SIR CHARLES —    archæologist, born at Nottingham; early developed a passion for travel; explored the Xanthus Valley in Asia Minor, and discovered the ruins of the cities Teos and Xanthus, the ancient capital of Lycia (1838); returned to the exploration of… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• GELL, SIR WILLIAM —    archæologist, born at Hopton, Derbyshire; after graduating at Cambridge was elected to a Fellowship at Emmanuel College; his passion for classical antiquities led him latterly to settle in Italy, which bore fruit in various valuable works on… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• MÜLLER, KARL OTFRIED —    archæologist and philologist, born at Brieg, brother of the preceding; was professor at Göttingen, and distinguished for his researches in Grecian antiquities and his endeavour to construe all that concerns the history and life of ancient… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• STEPHEN, GEORGE —    archæologist, born in Liverpool; settled in Sweden, and became professor of English in Copenhagen; his great work entitled Old Northern Runic Monuments of Scandinavia and England ; b. 1813 …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• WILSON, SIR DANIEL —    archæologist, was born in Edinburgh, became in 1853 professor of English Literature at Toronto; wrote Memorials of Edinburgh, Prehistoric Annals of Scotland, Prehistoric Man, &c. (1816 1892) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Har Karkom — Géographie Altitude 1 035 m Massif Har ha Néguev Coordonnées …   Wikipédia en Français

• Archaeology —     The Commission of Sacred Archæology     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Commission of Sacred Archæology     An official pontifical board founded in the middle of the nineteenth century for the purpose of promoting and directing excavations in… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology — The Pontifical Commission of Sacred Archaeology (Italian: Pontificia Commissione di Archeologia Sacra) is an official board of the Vatican founded in 1852 by Pope Pius IX for the purpose of promoting and directing excavations in the Catacombs of… …   Wikipedia