Patron

Kaiser Wilhelm II

fl. 1893–1895 · Germany

German Emperor, active 1893–1895. Had digging done by Max Ohnefalsch-Richter.

Life and work

1893
Granted substantial funds for Ohnefalsch-Richter's Cyprus fieldwork, after O-R lobbied through a Berlin network (Virchow, Prince Bernhard of Saxe-Meiningen)
Schmid 2025, p. 77
1894–1895
O-R wrote that the excavations in the kingdom of Idalion were 'directly commissioned by his Majesty the Emperor', under Bosse (Secretary of State for Public Instruction), with Furtwängler supervising; the Emperor also allowed 'a considerable sum' for Tamassos und Idalion (planned 1895)
IdalionMasson & Hermary 1988, pp. 4

Connections

1 person

Sales, gifts & bequests

Financed Max Ohnefalsch-Richter1893–1895

Fieldwork & employment

Had digging done by Max Ohnefalsch-Richter1894–1895

On Ancient Cyprus

1 page

Max Ohnefalsch-Richter: The Excavator Who Recorded Cyprus and Scattered ItArticle

Sources

1.O. Masson, A. Hermary (1988). “Le voyage de Ludwig Ross à Chypre en 1845 et les antiquités chypriotes du Musée de Berlin”. Cahiers du Centre d'Études Chypriotes 9, 3-10. Online
2.Stephan G. Schmid (2025). “Was there an official German interest in the archaeology of Cyprus between 1878 and 1914?”. Empire & Excavation: Critical perspectives on archaeology in British-period Cyprus, 1878-1960, 69-92. Leiden, Sidestone Press.