Signs & wonders upon Pharaoh
a history of American Egyptology
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Author
Publication
1964 - University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois
Language
English
Word Count
60,750 words, Guess
Page Count
243 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL5919783M
- OCLC Control Number412981
- OCLC Control Numbersignswondersupon0000wils
- Library of Congress Control Number64023535
- LibraryThing1302069
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.
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