Victor Loret in Egypt (1881-1899)


From the Archives of the Milan University to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo

 

Victor Loret (1859-1946)

The first years in Egypt (1881-1882)

Loret at Qurnah (1883-1884)

Loret's great passions

The excavations at Saqqara (1897-1899)

The discovery of the tomb of Thutmose III (KV 34)

The discovery of the tomb of Amenhotep II (KV 35)

The "second royal cache"

The discovery of the tomb Maiherperi (KV 36)

The discovery of the tombs KV 37 - KV 38 and other activities in the Valley of the Kings in 1899

Loret in the Western branch of the Valley of the Kings

Loret's interest in the tomb of Ramesses IX (KV 6)

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