Ernst Gustav Schulz — Scholar-Diplomat and Explorer of the Holy Land

The article attempts to reconstruct the unknown scientific biography of one of the pioneers in the study of Palestine, the first Prussian consul in Jerusalem, E.G. Schultz. Based on the analysis of the materials involved, the participation of the Prussian government in setting scientific tasks and providing conditions for the scientific study of the Biblical region is shown. Systematic collection of information and fixation of monuments of the Age of the Crusades make is possible to draw a conclusion about the existence of Prussian property interests in the Holy Land, which were based on archaeological evidence. The works of other German scholars involved in the governmental program of research in the Holy Land, together with E.G. Schulz, have been used as sources to clarify the contribution of the consul to the study of biblical topography and Israeli monuments in Galilee, as well as his role in the construction of new modern maps of the area.