The obelisk and the Englishman : the pioneering discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes /
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Call Number: PJ1064 .B36 S49 2015
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| 050 | 1 | 4 | |a PJ1064 .B36 |b S49 2015 |
| 100 | 1 | |a Seyler, Dorothy U., |e author |9 39729 | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The obelisk and the Englishman : |b the pioneering discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes / |c Dorothy U. Seyler. |
| 264 | 1 | |a Amherst, New York : |b Prometheus Books, |c 2015. | |
| 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. | |
| 600 | 1 | 0 | |a Bankes, William John, |d 1786-1855. |9 26185 |
| 650 | 0 | |a Egyptologists |z Great Britain |v Biography. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Egyptology |z Great Britain |x History |y 19th century. | |
| 901 | |a reviewed | ||
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| 999 | |c 23141 |d 23141 | ||