Eustachijus Tiškevičius: "...ieškoti ir atrasti, o suradus skelbti pasauliui..."
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Archeologija; Archeologiniai kasinėjimai; Archeologiniai radiniai; Eustachijus Tiškevičius; Istoriografija; 19 amžius; Lietuvos archeologijos pradininkas; VLAK; VSM; Vilniaus laikinoji archeologinė komisija; Vilniaus senienų muziejus; Archaeological excavations; Archaeological findings; Archaeology; Eustachy Tyszkiewicz; Historiography; Lihuanian XIX c. history; Lithuanian archaeology; The Vilnius Museum of Antiquities; The Vilnius Temporary Archaeological Commission.
ENIn commemoration of the 200th anniversary of birth of the remarkable Lithuanian cultural figure of the 19th century, Eustachy Tyszkiewicz, his works in the field of archaeology are reviewed in general features. As the key motif of his paper, the author chose a quotation from one of the first articles by Tyszkiewicz, in which he introduced his first excavations of tumuli in his native Lahoysk majorat to the wide audience of the Russian Empire (see E. hr. Т., Wiadomość o kurhanach, Tygodnik Petersburski, 1837, Nr. 94, p. 562). At that time Tyszkiewicz was 23 years old. Having made a public statement urging others "...to search and find, and upon finding, to announce to the world..." (...szukać i odkrywać; odkryte ogłaszać światu...), Tyszkiewicz himself consistently followed this approach in his further activity. In 1842, at the age of 28, he published his first archaeological book Rzut oka na źrzódła archeologii krajowej ("A Glimpse into the Country's Archaeological Sources", Vilnius, 1842), and eight years later - his second book Badania archeologiczne ("Archaeological Excavations", Vilnius, 1850). Both these works were published in Vilnius. After the publishing of his second book Tyszkiewicz's individual archaeological activity slowed down, but the collection that he had amassed served as the basis for the Provincial Museum established in Vilnius in 1855. [From the publication]
