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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Table of Contents:
  • 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.