Voyages en Egypte et en Nubie /
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Translation of: Narrative of the operations and recent discoveries within the pyramids, temples, tombs, and excavations, in Egypt and Nubia.
"Les grandes decouvertes du Temple de Ramses II a Abou-Simbel et de la Tombe de Sethi 1er"--Jacket cover. :
332 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 26 cm :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
2857040687
9782857040682
2857043163
9782857043164
Belzoni's travels : narrative of the operations and recent discoveries in Egypt and Nubia /
: "Originally published in Italy in 2001 by Geodia": Title pages verso. : 336 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 36 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-334) and index. : 0714119407
The Luxor Obelisk and its voyage to Paris /
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"Transporting the Luxor obelisk from Egypt to Paris was one of the great engineering triumphs of the early nineteenth century. No obelisk this size (two hundred and fifty tons) had left Egypt in nearly two thousand years, and the task of bringing it fell to a young engineer, Apollinaire Lebas, a man of extraordinary resolve and ability. His is a tale of adventure, excitement, and drama, but one hardly known to the English-speaking world. Lebas' team was struck by the plague; they ran out of wood; they had to wait four months for the Nile to rise to free their beached ship. But in the end, The Luxor, with its precious cargo on board, sailed down the Nile. On October 25, 1836 before two hundred thousand cheering Parisians, Lebas raised his obelisk. He was rewarded handsomely by his king, a medal with his name on it was struck, and his body lies in the famous Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris along with French luminaries. Now this first-ever translation of Lebas' account, including digitally enhanced copies of his beautiful drawings, makes his remarkable story available to a wide audience"--
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Includes index. :
xix, 215 pages : illustrations, map ; 18 x 25 cm. :
9781617979958