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Émile Brugsch

Émile Brugsch was a German anthropologist, archaeologist, egyptologist, photographer, curator and conservator (1842–1930). He was born in Berlin and died in Nice.

Also recorded as Emile Brugsch · Émile Charles Adalbert Brugsch

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Mummy-cases for Queen Hathor Hont-Taui, King Thothmes II and the priest Nebseni and their mummified contents. Wood engraving after E. Brugsch, 1882., [1882], by Émile Brugsch

Émile Brugsch · Wellcome Collection, London · Wellcome Collection · Public Domain Mark

Biography

The authorities additionally record the headings Emile Brugsch and Émile Charles Adalbert Brugsch. His recorded language was German.

The recorded working language is German.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Cairo. Employment is recorded with Egyptian Museum.

Work by Émile Brugsch is recorded in the collections of Netherlands Photo Museum, Wereldmuseum Rotterdam, National Museum of World Cultures and Michael C. Carlos Museum.

Catalogued output

Works

Mummy-cases for Queen Hathor Hont-Taui, King Thothmes II and the priest Nebseni and their mummified contents.

  • Der Blumenschmuck ägyptischer Mumien

  • Le livre des rois

  • Wood engraving after E. Brugsch, 1882

    [1882] · Wellcome Collection

Dated record

Life and career

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  1. 1842

    Life

    Émile Brugsch was born in 1842 at Berlin.

  2. 1882

    Mummy-cases for Queen Hathor Hont-Taui, King Thothmes II and the priest Nebseni and their mummified contents. Wood engraving after E. Brugsch, 1882. is dated [1882] and held by Wellcome Collection.

  3. 1930

    Life

    Émile Brugsch died in 1930 at Nice.

The full dated record · 3 entries

  1. 1842

    Émile Brugsch was born in 1842 at Berlin.

  2. 1882

    Mummy-cases for Queen Hathor Hont-Taui, King Thothmes II and the priest Nebseni and their mummified contents. Wood engraving after E. Brugsch, 1882. is dated [1882] and held by Wellcome Collection.

  3. 1930

    Émile Brugsch died in 1930 at Nice.

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Places

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  • Berlin
Birth
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  • Nice

    Death place

Where the work is held

Collections

Carlos Museum.

Primary material

Documents and archives

Literature

Bibliography

  • Prof

  • Brugsch an den Herausgeber, Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde, 1868

A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Citations

References

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The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 16 August 2026.

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