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Michał Tyszkiewicz (1828-1897) was a Polish-Lithuanian collector of aniques and amateur Egyptologist, member of the once powerful Tyszkiewicz noble family.
He excavated at Luxor in 1861-1862 and revisited Egypt in 1867-1868, building up a collection during his travels. It is now split between Paris, London, Copenhagen, Berlin, Boston and Rome. A small part of it remains in Poland - in the Tyszkiewicz Palace at Lohojsk (White Rutenia) and the National Museum in Warsaw.[1]
[edit] Writings
- Diary of a Journey to Egypt and Nubia, Paris 1863.
- Memories of an old collector, translated into English by Mrs. Andrew Lang. Longmans, Green, London 1898.
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