'Wonderful things' on paper: the Egyptologist Victor Loret in the Valley of the Kings. From: Apollo | Date: July 1, 2003| Author: Piacentini, Patrizia | COPYRIGHT 2003 Apollo Magazine Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Victor Loret (1859-1946) (Fig. 1) studied Egyptology in Paris with e famous scholar Gaston Maspero. In 1881, he joined him in Egypt, where he stayed for five years, becoming one of the first members of the French Archaeological Mission in Cairo. With Maspero, Loret travelled down the Nile, and was enchanted by the country. (1) In 1883, he worked in Thebes with Eugene Lefebure in royal and other tombs, copying their decoration and studying their inscriptions (Fig. 2). (2) This was hi...