Johann Ludwig Burckhardt

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explorer human orientalist travel writer

Johann Ludwig Burckhardt was a Swiss explorer and orientalist best known for rediscovering the ancient city of Petra and other significant archaeological sites in the Middle East in the early 19th century.

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Johann Ludwig Burckhardt canonical 3
Jean Louis Burckhardt 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
orientalist ⓘ
travel writer ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Johann Ludwig Burckhardt ⓘ
surface form: Jean Louis Burckhardt

Sheikh Ibrahim ibn Abdallah ⓘ
burialPlace Cairo ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
countryOfBirth Switzerland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Switzerland ⓘ
countryOfDeath Egypt ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1784-11-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1817-10-15 ⓘ
education University of Göttingen ⓘ
University of Leipzig ⓘ
employer African Association ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Swiss ⓘ
fieldOfWork Arabic studies ⓘ
exploration ⓘ
geography ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
knownFor accounts of Arabia ⓘ
exploration of the Middle East ⓘ
rediscovery of Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
rediscovery of Petra ⓘ
travels in Nubia ⓘ
languageSpoken Arabic ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
name Johann Ludwig Burckhardt self-link ⓘ
notableWork Travels in Arabia ⓘ
Travels in Nubia ⓘ
Travels in Syria and the Holy Land ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
orientalist ⓘ
traveller ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lausanne ⓘ
placeOfDeath Cairo ⓘ
rediscovered Abu Simbel temples ⓘ
surface form: Abu Simbel

Petra ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Aleppo ⓘ
Basel-Stadt ⓘ
surface form: Basel

Cairo ⓘ
traveledTo Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
surface form: Arabia

Egypt ⓘ
Nubia ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Syria ⓘ

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Abu Simbel temples → discoveredByEuropeans → Johann Ludwig Burckhardt ⓘ
Petra → modernDiscoveryBy → Johann Ludwig Burckhardt ⓘ
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt → name → Johann Ludwig Burckhardt self-link ⓘ
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt → alsoKnownAs → Johann Ludwig Burckhardt ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jean Louis Burckhardt