Publication

1964 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois

Language

English

Word Count

60,750 words, Guess

Page Count

243 pages

Identifiers

Classifications

  • DDC913.32
  • LCCDT60 .W65

Description

Discusses the history of archaeology in Egypt, including the early exploration, the copyists, collectors, and translators, as well as the work of individuals such as Napoleon, John Ledyard, Jean Francois Champollion, Mohammed Ali, Giovanni Belzoni, George Gliddon, Ismail (and the Suez Canal), Auguste Mariette, Alexander H. Rhind, Charles Piazzi Smyth, Edwin Smith, Sir Evelyn Baring (Lord Cromer), Gaston Maspero, Amelia B. Edwards, Sir Flinders Petrie, Arthur Evans, Rev. Archibald H. Sayce, Charles E. Wilbour, Theodore M. Davis, James Henry Breasted, George Andrew Reisner, Howard Carter and Lord Carnarvo.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Signs & wonders upon Pharaoh: a history of American EgyptologyUniversity of Chicago Press1964-01-01

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