Egypt
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil)
Pioneer to the Past. Story of James Henry Breasted, Archaeologist
- Book Review: American Egyptologist
Wall Street Journal (John Ray) In 1922, the University of Oxford conferred an honorary degree on James Henry Breasted, who was at the height of his fame as an Egyptologist and historian of the ancient world. As he listened to the Latin oration, the great...
- Exhibition: Pioneers To The Past
Chicago Public Radio Radio inverview (audio) for which the introductory paragraphs are below: “Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East, 1919-1920,” is on display at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute through...
- Online Resource: Egypt Through The Stereoscope
Oriental Institute Egypt through the Stereoscope: A Journey through the Land of the Pharaohs James Henry Breasted Terms of Use The narrative of the classic Breasted travels through Egypt, accompanied by a stereoscopic camera, is presented with all 100...
- Exhibition: More Re Pioneers To The Past
Media-Newswire A new exhibition at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute Museum chronicles an amazing and sometimes dangerous journey 90 years ago by James Henry Breasted, a famed archaeologist who brought back Egyptian artifacts to Chicago....
- Exhibition: Pioneers To The Past
Chicago Tribune (William Mullen) James Henry Breasted, founder of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, was short, bespectacled and cerebral -- hardly fitting the picture of Indiana Jones, the fictional archaeologist many think was based...
Egypt
Book Review: Pioneer to the Past
Al Ahram Weekly (Jill Kamil)
Pioneer to the Past. Story of James Henry Breasted, Archaeologist
The Story of archaeologist James Henry Breasted, by his son Charles Breasted, University of Chicago, 2009. (Reprint of Scribner's 1943 publication)
The photographs in this re-issue of the book have been added by the Oriental Institute's Publications Office. They were not present in the original publication and greatly enhance the text
The Story of James Henry Breasted (1865 -- 1935) told by his son Charles is a poignant story of one of the most brilliant scholars of all time. Charles, who died in 1980, first published the biography in 1943, and it is appropriate that it should be reprinted this year as we celebrate the 90th anniversary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, which Breasted founded with the support of D. Rockefeller Jr.
Breasted's vision was to create an interdisciplinary research centre that would unite archaeology, textual studies and art history as three separate yet complementary specialisations, thus providing a clearer understanding of ancient civilisations.
In this engaging account, which on many levels is more compelling than fiction, Charles Breasted (1897 -- 1980) takes us into the academic and personal life of his father, the holder of America's first Chair of Egyptology and one of the most prolific scholars of his day. His 5-volume Ancient Records of Egypt, which systematically recorded and translated all the inscriptions he could find in Egypt, remains unmatched.
- Book Review: American Egyptologist
Wall Street Journal (John Ray) In 1922, the University of Oxford conferred an honorary degree on James Henry Breasted, who was at the height of his fame as an Egyptologist and historian of the ancient world. As he listened to the Latin oration, the great...
- Exhibition: Pioneers To The Past
Chicago Public Radio Radio inverview (audio) for which the introductory paragraphs are below: “Pioneers to the Past: American Archaeologists in the Middle East, 1919-1920,” is on display at the University of Chicago's Oriental Institute through...
- Online Resource: Egypt Through The Stereoscope
Oriental Institute Egypt through the Stereoscope: A Journey through the Land of the Pharaohs James Henry Breasted Terms of Use The narrative of the classic Breasted travels through Egypt, accompanied by a stereoscopic camera, is presented with all 100...
- Exhibition: More Re Pioneers To The Past
Media-Newswire A new exhibition at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute Museum chronicles an amazing and sometimes dangerous journey 90 years ago by James Henry Breasted, a famed archaeologist who brought back Egyptian artifacts to Chicago....
- Exhibition: Pioneers To The Past
Chicago Tribune (William Mullen) James Henry Breasted, founder of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, was short, bespectacled and cerebral -- hardly fitting the picture of Indiana Jones, the fictional archaeologist many think was based...