Jean Emile Humbert was a Dutch lieutenant-colonel who can be credited with rediscovering ancient Carthage. As an agent for the Dutch government he procured vital parts of the collection of the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden. Humbert was awarded the Order of the Netherlands Lion for his archaeological work.
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Jean Emile Humbert (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden)
The Humbert Carthage inscriptions: The first published sketch of artefacts from Carthage. This was published in Humbert's Notice sur quatre cippes sépulcraux et deux fragments, découverts en 1817, sur le sol de l'ancienne Carthage. The artefacts were mostly Carthaginian tombstones.In their orbit 2
Academics born in the 1770s 6
About this person
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1771 to 1839 · aged 67
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