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John Lewis Burckhardt

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John Lewis Burckhardt

John Lewis Burckhardt

Johann Ludwig Burckhardt was a Swiss traveller, geographer, and Orientalist. Burckhardt assumed the alias Sheikh Ibrahim Ibn Abdallah during his travels in Arabia. He wrote his letters in French and signed Louis. He is best known for rediscovering two of the world's most famous examples of rock-cut architecture – the ruins of the ancient Nabataean city of Petra in Jordan and the temples of Abu Simbel in Egypt.

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Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred

John Lewis Burckhardt

Travels in Syria and the Holy Land

John Lewis Burckhardt

Travels in Nubia

John Lewis Burckhardt · Association for Promoting the Discovery of the Interior Parts of Africa