Contributions

  • Thomas, Nancy, 1948- - Contributor
  • Scott, Gerry D. - Contributor
  • Trigger, Bruce G. - Contributor
  • St. Louis Art Museum. - Contributor
  • Indianapolis Museum of Art. - Contributor

Publication

1996 - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California

Language

English

Word Count

68,750 words, Guess

Page Count

275 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

  • ISBN-100810963132
  • ISBN-139780810963139
  • Goodreads2954083', '2159303
  • Library of Congress Control Number95078317
  • OCLC Control Number33453067
and 1 more

Classifications

  • DDC932
  • LCCDT58.9 .L67 1995

Description

European Egyptologists Jean-Fran ois Champollion and Howard Carter are famed, but what of the Americans George Reisner, James Henry Breasted and Herbert Winlock? The American Discovery of Ancient Egypt by Nancy Thomas, a curator at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, retrieves them from near-obscurity in essays by Gerry D. Scott III and Bruce G. Trigger and 227 illustrations (70 in color) of objects excavated by Americans and displayed in the extensive collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and other U.S. museums. (Abrams, $49.50 288p ISBN 0-8109-6312-4) Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The American Discovery of Ancient EgyptHardcoverLos Angeles County Museum of Art1996

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