Selim Hassan
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Selim Hassan (
.He was the first native Egyptian to be appointed Professor of Egyptology at the University of Cairo, a post he held from 1936 to 1939. He was then made Deputy-Director of the Antiquities Service.[2]
He wrote the 16-volume Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt in Arabic and supervised the excavation of many ancient Egyptian tombs under the auspices of Cairo University.[3]
Early life and education
Selim Hassan was born in Mit-Nagi, on April 15, 1886. He was a student at Higher Teacher's College, Cairo under Kamal Pasha. In 1912 he became a teacher and in 1921 obtained a post in the Egyptian Museum as assistant keeper. Between 1923 and 1927, he studied at the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Etudes in Paris. In 1935, he received a Ph.D. from Vienna University.[4]
Career
Hassan was the first Egyptian to be appointed as a professor of Egyptology at the University of Cairo, where he taught from 1928 to 1936. Next, he was appointed as deputy director of the Egyptian Antiquities Service, from 1936 to 1939. In this post, he was responsible for overseeing the care of all monuments in the Nile valley.[4]
Excavations
Inspired by the archaeological work of Newberry and Junker, Hassan began his career in excavation by clearing some
Giza
Selim Hassan excavated the
Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt
The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt is considered the definitive historical reference for Ancient Egypt. Hassan wrote it in Arabic and worked on it for most of his life. The first volume is entitled "From Prehistory to the End of the Ahnasy Era."
Recognition
An exhibition, Selim Hassan: Legend of Egyptology, was presented in 2015. It featured an archive of manuscripts and photographs of Hassan's excavations in Giza and Saqqara. Hassan's book, "The Causeway of King Unas (Wanis)", was displayed. Also documented are the attempted rescue of Nubian monuments and maps Hassan drew and photographs made of the monuments. Photographs of Hassan, taken during excavations, and featuring his family, friends and colleagues, were also displayed.[7]
Works
- Excavations at Giza: Considered his Magnum Opus [8]
- The Sphinx: Its History in the Light of Recent Excavations
- Excavations at Saqqara, 1937-1938 / by Selim Hassan ; re-edited by Zaky Iskander.
- The Great Pyramid of Khufu and its Mortuary Chapel: with names and titles vols. I-X of the excavations at Giza / by Selimuium
Translated works
- The dawn of conscience. Arabic. 1956
- Fajr al-ḍamīr [manuscript] / taʼlīf Jaymis Hanrī Baristid ; tarjamat Salīm Ḥasan.
References
- ^ a b الواحد, محمد عبد (2007). مأساة صنعت موسوعة (in Arabic). ktab INC.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-85698-207-1.
- ^ Wireless to the New York Times. "Tombs near Pyramids now being excavated", The New York Times. April 17, 1936. Page 1.
- ^ a b "Digital Giza | Selim Hassan (Bey)". giza.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved August 21, 2021.
- ^ "Hassan, S. (1960) The Great Pyramid of Khufu and its Mortuary Chapel With Names and Titles of Vols. I-X of the Excavations at Giza" (PDF). gizapyramids.org.
- ISBN 978-0-7156-3904-7, 296
- ^ "Selim Hassan: Legend of Egyptology". Bibalex.org. 17 September 2015. Retrieved August 20, 2021.
- OCLC 14357218.
- Zahi Hawass: "Selim Hassan", In:Egyptian Art in the Age of the Pyramids, New York 1999, ISBN 0-87099-907-9S. 156-57