Boris de Rachewiltz (born as Luciano Baratti) (1926–1997) was an Italian

Egyptologist Egyptology (from ''Egypt'' and Greek , ''-logia''; ) is the scientific study of ancient Egypt. The topics studied include ancient Egyptian history, language, literature, religion, architecture and art from the 5th millennium BC until the end ...

and writer on Africa and the ancient world.

Biography

Boris de Rachewiltz, brother of the historian

Igor de Rachewiltz Igor de Rachewiltz (April 11, 1929 – July 30, 2016) was an Italian historian and philologist specializing in Mongol studies. Igor de Rachewiltz was born in Rome, the son of Bruno Guido and Antonina Perosio, and brother of Boris de Rachewiltz ...

, married

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, the daughter of

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and

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, in 1946. He studied Egyptology at the

Pontifical Biblical Institute The Pontifical Biblical Institute (also known as Biblicum) is a research and postgraduate teaching institution specialised in biblical and ancient Near Eastern studies located in Rome. Founded in 1909 by Pope Pius X, it is an institution of the ...

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from 1951 to 1955, and at the

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from 1955 to 1957. After archaeological and ethnographic fieldwork in Upper Egypt and the Sudan, he taught as a professor at the

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. Under the alias ''Brando'' he worked as an informant for the Italian domestic intelligence agency

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. Defendant in 1994 in a trial of extreme right-wing militants, he was later acquitted for not having committed the act. "Neofascisti reclutavano mercenari",

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, Nov 23, 1994.

Works

*''Massime degli antichi egiziani'' (1954) as ''Maxims of the Ancient Egyptians'' (1987) translated by

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*''Liriche amorose degli antichi egiziani'' (1955) *''Il libro dei morti degli antichi egiziani'' (1958) *''Incantesimi e scongiuri degli antichi egiziani'' (1958) *''The rock tomb of Irw-K3-Pth.'' (1960) *''Incontro con l'arte Africana'' (1959) as ''Introduction to African Art'' (1966) translated by Peter Whigham *''An Introduction to Egyptian Art'' (1960) translated by R. H. Boothroyd *''Vita nell'antico Egitto'' (1962) *''Black Eros: Sexual Customs of Africa from Prehistory to the Present Day'' (1964) *''La Valle dei Re e delle Regine'' (Forma e colore: 37) (1965) *''Processo in verso'' (1973) *''Sesso magico nell'Africa nera'' (1983) *''Gli antichi Egizi. Immagini, scene e documenti di vita quotidiana'' (1987) *''L'occhio del faraone.'' (1990) with Valenti Gomez i Oliver *''7 Greeks'' (1995) with

*''Roma Egizia. Culti, templi e devinità egizie nella Roma Imperiale'' (1999) with Anna Maria Partini *''I miti egizi'' (2000)

References

*Anne Conover (2001), ''Olga Rudge and Ezra Pound'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Rachewiltz, Boris De Italian Egyptologists 1926 births 1997 deaths Pontifical Biblical Institute alumni Burials at Campo Verano