Egyptologists' notebooks : the golden age of Nile exploration in words, pictures, plans, and letters /

Egyptologists' notebooks : the golden age of Nile exploration in words, pictures, plans, and letters /

"A gorgeous presentation of intimate diaries and journals that captures the excitement of the golden age of Egyptology. For centuries, the ancient ruins of Egypt have provided an endless source of fascination for explorers, antiquarians, archaeologists, and the public. All, from the very earlie...

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Main Author: Naunton, Chris (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Cairo : The American Univrtsity in Cairo Press, [2020].

Subjects:

Egyptology > History.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Egypt.
Egypt > Antiquities.

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Call Number: DT60 .N38 2020

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Table of Contents:
  • These rough notes : introduction
  • An Untouched Antique Land. Athanasius Kircher
  • George Sandys
  • Frederik Ludwig Norden
  • Richard Pococke
  • Artists, Expeditions and Nationalist Competition. Dominique Vivant Denon
  • Pascal Xavier Coste
  • Frédéric Cailliaud
  • William John Bankes
  • James Burton
  • Edward William Lane
  • Robert Hay
  • Jean-François Champollion
  • Nestor l'Hôte
  • John Gardner Wilkinson
  • Hector Horeau
  • Karl Richard Lepsius
  • Archaeology Begins. Giovanni Battista Belzoni
  • Jean-Jacques Rifaud
  • Joseph Hekekyan
  • Luigi Vassalli
  • Tombs, Mummies and Treasure. Amelia Edwards
  • William Matthew Flinders Petrie
  • Marianne Brocklehurst
  • Victor Loret
  • Percy Newberry
  • Howard Carter
  • Norman & Nina de Garis Davies
  • Temples, Towns and Cities. George Andrew Reisner
  • Ernesto Schiaparelli
  • Hassan Effendi Hosni
  • John Pendlebury
  • Walter Bryan Emery.