He was born in Offagna to Cesare Breccia and Angela Gatti. He graduated in 1900 from the University of Rome with a degree on ancient history.[3]
Career
Evaristo Breccia with some finds at the conclusion of the excavations at Giza in Egypt, which he opened in 1903. Museo Egizio Photographic archive, Turin.Evaristo Breccia (center) directing excavation work on the mastaba tomb G 7391 of the dignitary Iteti, 1903; in the background is the Pyramid of Cheops, along with two of the satellite pyramids. In this shot, the excavation has not yet uncovered the mastaba's façade.
Breccia founded in 1893, together with other scholars, the Archaeological Society of Alexandria. From 1 April 1904 to 29 October 1932 he was the director of the Greco-Roman Museum of Alexandria where he succeeded Giuseppe Botti.[4][5][3] He was a member of the Accademia dei Lincei.
He is well known for his guides of Alexandria and the Greco-Roman Museum.[3]
Personal life
In 28 July 1967 Breccia died by suicide in Rome.[7] After his death his wife, Paolina Salluzzi, donated his archive to the University of Pisa. The archive includes his correspondence, his manuscripts such as notes, publication projects, excavation reports and photographs, drawings of monuments and finds, and photographic plates.[8]
Breccia, E. (1911). La Tomba Dipinta di Such el-Wardian. In: Le Musée Egyptien. Le Caire: Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale, 63-74.
Breccia, E. (1911). Catalogue Général des Antiquités égyptiennes du Musée d'Alexandrie: Iscrizioni Greche e Latine per Evaristo Breccia. Le Caire: Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale.
Breccia, E. (1912). La Necropoli di Sciatbi. Le Caire: Imprimerie de l'Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale.
Breccia, E. (1930). Monuments de l'Égypte Gréco-Romaine. Tome 2, Fasc. 1: Terrecotte figurate greche e greco-egizie del Museo di Alessandria. Bergamo: Officine dell'Instituto Italiano d'Arti Grafiche.
Breccia, E. (1932). Dans le desert de Nitrie, Bulletin de la Société Archéologique d'Alexandrie, viI, 17-26.
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