Senator under Napoleon III,Famous French archaeologist of Jewish Jerusalem medal

Description: Shipping from Europe with tracking number /76mm,Large bronze medal by R.Corbin ,Paris Mint 1983Felicien de Saulcy ( French: Félicien de Saulcy ), full name Louis Félicien Joseph Caignart de Saulcy ( 1807-1880) was a French archaeologist, historian and numismatist, a military engineer by education, and a senator under Napoleon III [ 3 ] .He claimed to have discovered the ruins of Sodom and Gomorrah [ 4 ] . He excavated the ancient necropolis of Jerusalem , the Tombs of the Kings of Judea [English] a few hundred meters north of the Old City; a sarcophagus he mistakenly took for that of King David is on display in the Louvre [ 4 ] . He was the author of books and many articles and brochures (more than 360 in total) on Egyptology, Assyriology, Jewish antiquities, oriental numismatics, ancient geography, the history of Gaul , etc. His collection of Gallic coins, the most complete of all at the time, was purchased by the National Coin Cabinet in ParisIn 1843, De Saulcy deciphered the Libyco-Berber script almost fully, thanks to the Punic-Libyan Inscription. He travelled though Syria and Palestine in 1850–51, 1863, and 1869. On his first trip to Palestine in 1850, searching for something of interest "in a place fraught with danger", he toured the Dead Sea area, misidentified Sodom and Gomorrah, and sketched the first map of Masada.[1] He discovered the Shihan Stele[2] east of the Dead Sea (see German Wiki article here) and identified Tell es-Sultan as the site of the ancient city of Jericho.De Saucy conducted an early archaeological dig in the Holy Land in 1863.[3] He excavated the Tombs of the Kings in Jerusalem, mistakenly identifying them as the tombs of the House of David.[1] He discovered the sarcophagus of Queen Helena of Adiabene, although he believed the bones inside, wrapped in shrouds with golden embroidery, were the remains of the wife of a king of Judea from the First Temple period, possibly Zedekiah or Jehoash. De Saulcy was forced to suspend the dig when the news that human bones were being dug up drew the ire of the Jewish community of Jerusalem. The sarcophagus and other findings were sent to France and displayed at the Louvre.[1]NumismaticsDe Saulcy's archaeological work is now considered amateurish, but he is recognized as an important numismatist. He was the first to catalogue the coins of Palestine and amassed a large coin collection.[3]PhilatelyDe Saulcy was also a stamp collector. He sold his collection to Frederick Adolphus Philbrick.[

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