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Author: Kacper Laube   |   Pages: 163–186   |   DOI: 10.12775/EtudTrav.38.007


 

Abstract

The Collection of Ancient Art at the National Museum in Warsaw constitutes the largest assemblage of its kind in Poland. Until recently, its history during the Second World War (1939–1945) had been neglected. However, thanks to recent research, it has become possible to provide new information about the wartime robbery and destruction of the collection. The latter tragedy, especially, concerns the Egyptian mummies, which were allegedly destroyed by German soldiers. The research has also brought to light new details concerning the first X-ray examination of an Egyptian mummy in Poland, which took place in 1941, as well as new information concerning the provenance of some of the objects from the collection.

 

 

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