I. Berger 1890

Good to know when you're about to lose.

White to move and draw:

Nice idea but I'm not sure you give black's best.

According to Lubomir Kavalek, you haven't given black's best and with best play, your first move for black would let white win instead.  

See: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lubomir-kavalek/chess-puzzles-king-tut-in_b_825686.html

Great find here! Now why the co-author of the book where I took the study replace the compositor's original Kc7 for the weak a5? No one will never know...

Thanks for the link.

It's a fascinating study. I was only able to find it because of the credit you gave to Mr. Johann Berger in the title of your post.  His Theorie und Praxis der Endspiel, published in 1890, was one of the first endgame books and is fortunately available online through Google books. (link above- the study you posted is #550 on page 415.) (in German, with diagrams)

I love the King Tut theme and believe that several players I have encountered online have undertaken to bury themselves in a similar fashion.