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2 unusual facts about Alessandro Barsanti


Amarna

Between 1891 and 1892 Alessandro Barsanti 'discovered' and cleared the king's tomb (although it was probably known to the local population from about 1880).

Bikheris

Whilst the lower (therefore second) hieroglyphic sign is for sure a Ka-symbol, the other sign is illegible, because the excavator, Alexandre Barsanti, made no facsimiles, but frouzy hand-drawings, so that the last sign is undefinable.


Layer Pyramid

Further and more detailed investigatien were performed in 1900 by Alessandro Barsanti and in 1910 - 1911 by George Reisner and Clarence Fisher.


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