Name of Object:

Northern side of the tomb of the Christian woman. Excavations carried out by detachment of the Zouave regiments, under the direction of Berbrugger [curator of the Musée d'Alger]

Other name of the Object (second name):

Taken from L'Algerie Phtographiée, vol. 2, Province d'Alger

Location:

Paris, France

Holding Institution:

National Library of France

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Date of Object:

1856–1857

Author:

Félix Jacques Antoine Moulin (1802-c. 1875 )

Inventory Number:

RESERVE OZ-110 (2)-FOL

Description:

Adrien Berbrugger (1801–1869) was an archaeologist specialising in Algeria, who founded the first Musée d'Algérie in Algiers (1838). He visited the "tomb of the Christian woman" for the first time in 1835. This burial mound, located near Tipaza in the south of the Algerian Sahel, had misidentified as an erroneous French translation had rendered "Roman" as "Christian". Berburgger launched various archaeological campaigns which would demonstrate that it was in fact a royal mausoleum from Mauretania. in 1855, for the first time in the history of archaeological excavations, the work of archaeologists was photographed. This photograph is from a "pictorial report" created by Frère Moulin as he passed through Algiers, and shows Berbrugger (by the door), John Green (the archaeological campaign's photographer) and a dozen Zouaves who had taken part in the excavation.

Archival or Bibliographical Reference:

RESERVE OZ-110 (2)-FOL

Citation of this web page:

"Northern side of the tomb of the Christian woman. Excavations carried out by detachment of the Zouave regiments, under the direction of Berbrugger [curator of the Musée d'Alger]" in "Sharing History", Museum With No Frontiers, 2025.
https://sharinghistory.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;AWE;fr;3;en

Translation by: Flaminia Baldwin

MWNF Working Number: FR 003