Ägypten, Landschaft, Volksleben, Baukunst

"In the archaeology of Egypt and the Near East (i.e., Syria and Mesopotamia), Jewish scholars began to come to the fore around 1900, and often became leaders in this field. In Egyptology, distinguished names are those of Ludwig Borchardt (1863–1938), who carried out the excavations at Tell el-Amarna and founded the German Institute of Egyptian Antiquities in Cairo [...]." - Kahane, Penuel P. and Shimon Gibson. "Archaeologists." Encyclopaedia Judaica Online.