Michał Tyszkiewicz (Egyptologist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Michał Tyszkiewicz (Egyptologist)

Polish egyptologist

Date of Birth: 04-Dec-1828

Place of Birth: Valozhyn, Minsk Region, Belarus

Date of Death: 18-Nov-1897

Profession: egyptologist, archaeologist, anthropologist, art collector

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Michał Tyszkiewicz (Egyptologist)

  • Count Michal Tyszkiewicz (Lithuanian: Mykolas Tiškevicius) (1828–1897) was a Polish-Lithuanian nobleman collector of antiquities and amateur Egyptologist.
  • He was a member of the Polish Tyszkiewicz family. He first excavated at Luxor in 1861–1862 and revisited Egypt in 1867–1868, building up a collection during his travels.
  • It is now split between different locations in Lithuania, Paris, London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Boston, Rome, and the Tyszkiewicz Palace at Lahojsk, Belarus.
  • A small part of it remains in Poland in the National Museum in Warsaw.

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