The obelisk and the Englishman : the pioneering discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes /

The obelisk and the Englishman : the pioneering discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes /

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Main Author: Seyler, Dorothy U. (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.

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Bankes, William John, > 1786-1855.
Egyptologists > Great Britain > Biography.
Egyptology > Great Britain > History > 19th century.

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Call Number: PJ1064 .B36 S49 2015

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300 |a 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ;   |c 24 cm. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a The second son -- College connections: a brave new world! -- London: politics and power -- Time to get away -- Egypt : a gift of the Nile -- The first Egyptologist -- Daring and perseverance: from the Holy Land to Jerash -- Packed for Petra : paint boxes and guns -- Artists set sail : William begins his great second journey up the Nile -- William meets Rameses II : excavations in Nubia -- Obelisks and king lists : William's discoveries at Philae and Abydos -- The explorer returns -- Fathers and sons -- Final journeys -- Last-and lasting-gifts to the future. 
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