Egitto, Iraq ed Etruria nelle fotografie di John Alfred Spranger

Viaggi e ricerche archeologiche (1929-1936)

By (author) Stefano Anastasio By (author) Barbara Arbeid

Book cover: Egitto, Iraq ed Etruria nelle fotografie di John Alfred Spranger

Extent: 178 pages

Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing

Subjects: Ancient Egypt, Ancient Near East

Language: Italian

Paperback (Published)

(January 2019)

ISBN: 9781789691269

8.07 x 11.42 inches

Price: $56.00

In stock

This volume presents the 1930s archaeological photo-albums of John Alfred Spranger (1889-1968). Spranger combined photography skills with true expertise in archaeology and topography. His photos make it possible to understand, after almost a century, how many Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Etruscan sites appeared at the time of their fir


This volume – in Italian, with an English summary – presents the 1930s archaeological photo-albums of John Alfred Spranger (1889-1968). Engineer, topographer, mountain climber, archaeologist, art collector and photographer, Spranger traveled extensively – in the Balkans, Greece, Egypt and the Near East, Canada, Central Asia – and left several photo albums detailing archaeological explorations as well as travel memories. In the 1920s-1930s, he took part in a number of Etruscan excavations in Tuscany, together with Harry Burton, the photographer of the Tomb of Tutankhamun. With a pioneering approach, they used the photo-camera to document the excavation work in progress. The albums are dedicated to a trip to Egypt in 1929, a trip to Mesopotamia (Iraq) in 1936 and some surveys and excavations carried out in Etruria (Tuscany, Italy) in 1929-1935. Spranger’s photos are particularly meaningful, especially because he combined his skills in using the camera with a great expertise in archaeology and topography. His photos make it possible to understand, after almost a century, how many Egyptian, Mesopotamian and Etruscan sites appeared at the time of their first excavations.

  • By (author) Stefano Anastasio
  • By (author) Barbara Arbeid