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Unpublished paper, on Egyptian monuments by the Duc de Chaulnes [Louis Joseph d'Albert d'Ailly]

Reference number: AP/5/13

Date: 21 February 1783

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The Duke's essay discusses Egyptian monuments and hieroglyphs, focusing on a monument found near Saccora [Saqqara, Egypt] dedicated to animals.

Subject: Anthropology

Written in Paris and addressed to Docteur Bancks [Joseph Banks]. Read to the Royal Society on 2 March 1783.

The Duke of Chaulnes did publish this as a pamphlet in 1777: Le Duc de Chaulnes. 'Mémoire sur la véritable entrée du monument égyptien'. Clousier, Paris, 1777.

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AP/5/13
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21 February 1783
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Ink on paper
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24 pages
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Manuscript

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Marie Joseph Louis d'Albert d'Ailly Picquigny

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Marie Joseph Louis d'Albert d'Ailly Picquigny, Unpublished paper, on Egyptian monuments by the Duc de Chaulnes [Louis Joseph d'Albert d'Ailly], 21 February 1783, AP/5/13, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_5_13/unpublished-paper-on-egyptian-monuments-by-the-duc-de-chaulnes-louis-joseph-dalbert-dailly, accessed on 17 September 2026

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