Word: egyptian
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Even before the reign of Attalus, Alexandria had been the great seat of learning of ancient times. Pergamon followed the example of the Egyptian city. A library was established which grew rapidly until, in the time of Mark Antony it had two hundred thousand volumes. Many scholars came to Pergamon who worked in the library and contributed to the philological learning of the times. The natural sciences were also subjects of study. The princes of Pergamon adorned their capital in a sumptuous manner. This was especially the case with Eumenes whose reign ended in 157 B. C. The principal sculptural...
Already there has been secured from Bubastis, which Heroditus considered the most beautiful of all Egyptian temples, an exquisite colossal face of Hathor, the Egyptian Venus, which will probably be accompanied by a toppiece of the lotus-columns of the temple. As fast as the sculptures are received they will be placed in the Egyptian department of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, where they will form the most interesting collection of Egyptian antiquities in America, and will also be of great value from an artistic point of view...
...publish elsewhere an announcement concerning the Egyptian Exploration Fund which should be interesting to Harvard men, especially as a member of the class of '81 has been chosen to aid in the explorations. The honor is one which Harvard should feel proud of, and it behooves the University to lend its co-operation in the form of subscriptions to the fund. We trust that the sum of money necessary for the undertaking may soon be collected. The object is a worthy one and opens up a field of honor and usefulness to the American representative, in which we hope...
...touching the statue of 'Joseph's Pharaoh' found by him and Naville at Bubastis in April. Our museums need an American to do similar work for science, to interpret 'things hard to be understood,' to tabulate coins, and indeed to deal understandingly with the many kinds of Egyptian antiques. We have important private collections wherein mines of knowledge await the mental pick and spade of the trained investigator...
...Goddard, of the class of '81, Harvard, has been appointed to represent American on the Egyptian Archxological Exploring expedition...