Journey to Egypt, Europe, and Russia
name: label: Collection Creator
content: Hrdlička, Aleš, 1869-1943
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content: Aleš Hrdlička papers
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.21 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1908-1909
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: National Anthropological Archives
identifier: label: Identifier
content: NAA.1974-31, Series 11
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: This series includes expenses, notes, and correspondence related to Hrdlička's 1909 trip to Egypt and Europe. Hrdlička visited a newly discovered cemetery in Egypt at the request of the Metropolitan Museum of Art to investigate the physical type of the human remains there. While in Egypt, Hrdlička obtained a large skeletal collection, primarily XIIth dynasty, for the United States National Museum. He also took anthropometric measurements on people at Kharga Oasis. Before he returned, Hrdlička took the opportunity to examine other peoples in the Near East and to travel to Greece, Turkey, Hungary, Bohemia, Russia, Poland, and Germany.

See Series 36: Physical Anthropology Folios, "Hrdlička, Aleš: Physical Anthropology, the Natives of Kharga Oasis, Egypt" for photographs and anthropometric data and Series 37: Photographs, "Egypt, Europe, and Russia" and "Miscellaneous: Henri F. Pittier glass negatives: Lot 17: Kharga, Egypt natives" for photographs of natives of Kharga Oasis.