Georg Ebers, Egyptologist and novelist, writes the life of his teacher Richard Lepsius, leader of the great Prussian expedition to Egypt. He follows Lepsius from boyhood and university years at Leipzig, Göttingen and Berlin through the expedition, the building of the Berlin Egyptian collection and the scholarly battles that made Egyptology a science.
Essential reading for anyone interested in the history of Egyptology and nineteenth-century scholarship. Download the free EPUB.