- Tadeusz Samuel Smoleński
Tadeusz Samuel Smoleński (1884-1909) was a Polish
Egyptologist .After research work on the history of
Poland he was sent toEgypt for his health, 1905. In Egypt he learnt Arabic but after visiting Cairo Museum and seeing the monuments he decided to make Egyptology his career.Smoleński applied to
Gaston Maspero and obtained a post in the library of the French Institute and studied Egyptian. He was later able to devote himself entirely to study, his first Egyptological work being "Etat actuel des recherches egyptologiques", 1906. Smoleński directed an archaeological expedition toSharuna nearOxyrhynchus , 1907, discovering a huge necropolis of various periods, see his article on the tomb of aVIth Dynasty prince in ASAE8.He also excavated another necropolis at
el-Gamhud , some artifacts are in theKraków Museums. "Les peuples maritimes du nord a l'epoque de Ramses II et de Merenptah" published after his death. Smoleński was the real pioneer of Polish Egyptology and excavation and his early death cut short a career of great promise.
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