Petra – Cambridge University Library Special Collections

Burckhardt in Basel

Posted on 31 October 2017 by Catherine Ansorge

On the 19th and 20th of October a conference was held in Basel to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of the explorer John […]

Archives, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern, Special Collections

The man who discovered a ‘lost’ wonder of the world

Posted on 22 August 2012 by Special Collections

Among the numerous treasures at Cambridge University Library are the private documents of the explorer John Lewis Burckhardt, who rediscovered the ancient city of Petra […]

In the spotlight, Manuscripts, Near and Middle Eastern