Richard William Howard Vyse

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British army officer Egyptologist person

Richard William Howard Vyse was a 19th-century British army officer and Egyptologist best known for his controversial excavations and investigations of the Giza pyramids.

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Howard Vyse 2
General Richard Vyse 1

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instanceOf British army officer ⓘ
Egyptologist ⓘ
person ⓘ
birthDate 1784-07-14 ⓘ
burialPlace All Saints Church, Leicestershire ⓘ
collaboratedWith Giovanni Battista Caviglia NERFINISHED ⓘ
John Shae Perring ⓘ
controversy allegations of damaging ancient structures with explosives ⓘ
debate over authenticity of Khufu cartouches in Great Pyramid relieving chambers ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1853-06-08 ⓘ
educatedAt Harrow School NERFINISHED ⓘ
employer British Army ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Vyse ⓘ
father Richard William Howard Vyse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: General Richard Vyse
fieldOfWork Egyptology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
fullName Richard William Howard Vyse self-link ⓘ
genre archaeological report ⓘ
travel literature ⓘ
givenName Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasPart collaboration with John Shae Perring ⓘ
hasRelative Howard family ⓘ
hasTitle Richard William Howard Vyse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Howard Vyse
knownFor discovery of quarry marks in the relieving chambers of the Great Pyramid ⓘ
use of blasting techniques in pyramid exploration ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf House of Commons of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryConflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
militaryRank colonel ⓘ
mother Anne Howard ⓘ
notableEvent excavations at Giza in 1837 ⓘ
notableFor excavations at the Giza pyramids ⓘ
investigations of the Great Pyramid of Giza ⓘ
notableWork Operations Carried On at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837 ⓘ
occupation Egyptologist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
placeOfActivity Egypt ⓘ
Giza ⓘ
positionHeld Member of Parliament ⓘ
publicationDate 1840 ⓘ
1842 ⓘ
residence England ⓘ

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Pyramid of Menkaure → exploredBy → Richard William Howard Vyse ⓘ
Richard William Howard Vyse → father → Richard William Howard Vyse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: General Richard Vyse
Richard William Howard Vyse → fullName → Richard William Howard Vyse self-link ⓘ
Richard William Howard Vyse → hasTitle → Richard William Howard Vyse self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Howard Vyse
Queen’s Chamber → surveyedBy → Richard William Howard Vyse ⓘ
this entity surface form: Howard Vyse