This essay moves from the “discovery” by M. Betrò and C. Liuzza of some collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts in Indian museums, previously unknown to Egyptologists, mostly not even displayed and all unpublished. This find gave life to a project funded by MIUR, coordinated by E. Bresciani, aimed at censing and studying ancient Egyptian collections in India, through two long missions in Indian museums for documenting the objects. The result of that research was the publication of about 700 ancient Egyptian antiquities. M. Betrò, co-editor of the volume, analyses in this essay the history of the eight identified collections, on the ground of the documents she traced and examined in Indian archives during the project. She also deals with the spreading of Egyptophilia in India as a phenomenon induced by British imitation, under the aegis of the British Empire and its cultural policy.
History of collections
BETRO', MARIA CARMELA
2004-01-01
Abstract
This essay moves from the “discovery” by M. Betrò and C. Liuzza of some collections of ancient Egyptian artefacts in Indian museums, previously unknown to Egyptologists, mostly not even displayed and all unpublished. This find gave life to a project funded by MIUR, coordinated by E. Bresciani, aimed at censing and studying ancient Egyptian collections in India, through two long missions in Indian museums for documenting the objects. The result of that research was the publication of about 700 ancient Egyptian antiquities. M. Betrò, co-editor of the volume, analyses in this essay the history of the eight identified collections, on the ground of the documents she traced and examined in Indian archives during the project. She also deals with the spreading of Egyptophilia in India as a phenomenon induced by British imitation, under the aegis of the British Empire and its cultural policy.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
