Reginald Engelbach
Reginald Engelbach | |
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| Born | 9 July 1888 Moretonhampstead, England |
| Died | 26 February 1946 (aged 57) Cairo, Egypt |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Egyptologist |
| Known for | Cairo Museum register |
| Spouse | Nancy Lambert |
Reginald "Rex" Engelbach (9 July 1888 – 26 February 1946) was an English
, above all the compilation of a register of artifacts belonging of the museum.Biography
Initially trained in engineering, in 1908 Engelbach had to discontinue his studies due to a long illness; in 1909-10 he went to convalesce in
too.In 1915 he get married and in 1920-21, after
El-Lahun and Abu Gorab. He subsequently earned a remarkable number of charges and awards and began working at the Cairo Museum. His career, formed on both field and museum, culminated with the creation of the Register of the antiquities in the Cairo Museum. He died in Cairo on 26 February 1946.[1]
Significant works
- 1946. Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology. With special references to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo (ed)[2]
- 1931. Index of Egyptian and Sudanese Sites from which the Cairo Museum contains Antiquities[3]
- 1930. Ancient Egyptian Masonry, with Somers Clarke[4]
- 1927. Gurob, with Guy Brunton
- 1924. A Supplement to the Topographical Catalogue of the Private Tombs of Thebes, nos. 253-254. With some notes on the Necropolis from 1913 to 1924
- 1923. Harageh, with Battiscombe Gunn
- 1923. The problem of the Obelisks, from a study of the unfinished Obelisk at Aswan
- 1922. The Aswân Obelisk, with some remarks on ancient engineering
- 1915. Riqqeh and Memphis VI, with chapters by M.A. Murray, H. Petrie and W.M.F. Petrie
References
- ISBN 0-85698-125-7, pp. 97-98.
- ^ Reginald Engelbach (1988). Introduction to Egyptian Archaeology: With Special Reference to the Egyptian Museum, Cairo. U.S. Government Printing Office.
- ^ Reginald Engelbach; Egypt. Maṣlaḥat al-Āthār (1931). Index of Egyptian and Sudanese sites from which the Cairo museum contains antiquities. Impr. de l'Institut français d'archéologie orientale.
- ISBN 978-1-4344-5212-2.
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