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The forgotten pyramid in Piotrowice/Gross-Peterwitz near Kąty Wrocławskie

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Śliwa J.
Modus. Prace z historii sztuki
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2011
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vol. 10-11
145-149
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An interesting pyramid shaped building can be fund 5 kilometers to the west from Kąty Wrocławskie/Kanth, within the former estate of counts von Limburg-Styrum in Piotrowice/ Gross-Peterwitz. It was built of regular sandstone blocks on a basis measuring 4,70 x 4,70 meters and it measures 9-10 meters in height. An entrance to the inside of the building leads through a classicist portico. Burials were once placed in an underground crypt. As we may assume on the basis of historical context, the builder was Count Frederik Adrian Limburg-Styrum gen. Ebers (1804-1874), the founder of the Silesian line of this distinguished family (the origin of which go back to the 10* century). The building was probably raised between the years 1865-1870. The object has been plundered in 1945, currently it is completely empty and even the epitaph plates have been removed.
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Nicolas Tourtechot zwany Granger (około 1680 – 1737) i odkrywanie Górnego Egiptu

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Śliwa J.
Classica Cracoviensia
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2016
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issue 19
203-220
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A French doctor, who travelled up of the Nile in the first half of 1731, wrote Relation du voyage fait en Égypte […], published in 1745 (soon his book was published in English and German). Tourtechot, during his transit to the south, noted and described several monuments. He realized that in Luxor and Karnak he was seeing the remains of the ancient Thebes, although he presumably never reached the west bank of the Nile, and the information referring to the Theban necropolis was drawn by him from indirect sources. He intended to go further to the south, but in Edfu local riots made him go back. In his report Tourtechot put Greek inscriptions which he had found in several places (Qus, Esna, Akhmim, Sheikh Abade); in the following years these inscriptions were included in specialist studies. Tourtechot’s information about Coptic monasteries which he had visited during his voyage are also considered important (he managed to visit the monasteries of St. Anthony and St. Paul on the Red Sea, which were difficult to reach). He wrote a great deal about the details of everyday life, nature and customs. Dangerous moments and specific curiosities described by Tourtechot make his simple and unpretentious writing more vivid and appealing for the reader. Tourtechot’s work constitutes an important part in the history of studies on the art and topography of ancient Egypt.
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The Motif of a ‘Blind Harper’ in an Unexpected Place

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Śliwa J.
Études et Travaux (Institut des Cultures Méditerranéennes et Orientales de l’Académie Polonaise des Sciences)
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2017
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vol. XXX
431–437
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In the village of Nawojowa Góra (25km west of Kraków, Poland) there is an Italian style villa built in the years 1923–1925 for Karol Gustaw Domański (1888–1936). For one of the rooms (a bedroom), the owner commissioned the manufacture of furniture decorated with Egyptian motifs. Among the latter, of particular interest are two relief panels carved in oak wood and featuring the figures of ‘blind harpers’ (respectively in left and right profile). There is no doubt that the woodcarver copied one of the harpers’ figures from the tomb of Ramesses III in the Valley of the Kings. The room decoration was probably designed by Julian Krupski (1871–1954), a painter and stained-glass artist who was a friend of the owner’s family. The furniture was made in 1929 and the discussed panels are an excellent example of the Egyptomania typical of the period, triggered by the discovery of Tutankhamun’s tomb (1922). In this case, however, the designer made use of another resource, which had been known to science for much longer. Nevertheless, the local community has long regarded the motif as associated directly with Howard Carter’s sensational discovery.
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