Richard William Howard Vyse
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Colonel Richard William Howard Vyse (25 July 1784 – 8 June 1853[1]) was a British soldier, anthropologist and Egyptologist. He was also Member of Parliament for Beverley (from 1807 to 1812) and Honiton (from 1812).
At Giza he and John Shae Perring worked with gunpowder forcing their way into several monuments, including the burial chamber of the pyramid of Menkaure.
In the Great Pyramid of Giza he discovered ancient graffiti in Relieving Chambers, with the name 'Khufu' and 'Khnum-Khufu' enclosed in cartouches. There has been some degree of controversy regarding the validity of the graffiti discovery and its potential forgery by Vyse and his colleagues [2], however given its precarious location it is hard to believe it could have been inscribed after construction[3].
[edit] References
- ^ [1] Brief biography
- ^ [2] Brief biography (has incorrect date of death)
- ^ Miroslav Werner, The Pyramids – Their Archaeology and History p.455
[edit] Publications
- Operations Carried on at the Pyramids of Gizeh – 1837
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