The obelisk and the Englishman : the pioneering discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes
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- ISBN: 9781633880368 (hardcover) :
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304 pages : illustrations (some colour), map ; 24 cm - Publisher: Amherst, New York : Prometheus Books, 2015.
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | The second son -- College connections: a brave new world! -- London: politics and power -- Time to get away -- Egypt: a gift of the Nile -- The first Egyptologist -- Daring and perseverance: from the Holy Land to Jerash -- Packed for Petra: paint boxes and guns -- Artists set sail: William begins his great second journey up the Nile -- William meets Ramesses II: excavations in Nubia -- Obelisks and king lists: William's discoveries at Philae and Abydos -- The explorer returns -- Fathers and sons -- Final journeys -- Last-and lasting-gifts to the future. |
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Subject: | Bankes, William John -1855 Egyptologists Great Britain Biography Egyptology Great Britain History 19th century |
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Stroud Branch | 932.007202 Banke-S | 31681002504215 | NONFIC | Available | - |