Luigi Prada
University of Oxford
Profile
I teach Egyptology at the University of Oxford, and specialise in historical, linguistic, and textual studies. I carry out my research both in the field, as a member of archaeological expeditions to Egypt and Sudan, and in museum and manuscript collections throughout Europe and the USA. I am a contributor to the Trusted Source project.
Who was William John Bankes?
William John Bankes was one of nineteenth-century Britain’s most extravagant collectors of art and antiquities, which he amassed at his country estate at Kingston Lacy in Dorset.
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Who was John Gardner Wilkinson?
Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (1797-1875) was a nineteenth-century traveller and scholar. He was a pioneer of Egyptology, the modern science devoted to the study of ancient Egypt.
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