The ancient Near East and pharaonic Egypt in Spain and Portugal. Travelers, pioneers, collectors, institutions and reception
The exploration of the East and Egypt was dominated, between the 18th and 19th centuries, by the three powers of the time: France and, following in its wake, Great Britain and Germany, which laid the foundations of Assyriology and Egyptology. Despite the unfavorable context, both Spain and Portugal also made efforts—generally in isolated and personalistic interventions—to contribute to research in these areas. This monograph brings together the studies of a series of Hispano-Portuguese specialists carried out with the common objective of recovering the legacy of some of these Spanish and Portuguese pioneers in the field of oriental and Egyptian antiquities, and of vindicating the work of the institutions, travelers, diplomats and collectors who opened the path we travel today.
