The obelisk and the Englishman : the pioneering discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes
| 1. Verfasser: |
Seyler, Dorothy U.
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| Weitere Verfasser: |
Bankes, William John, d. 1855
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Amherst, New York :
Prometheus Books,
2015.
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| Umfang/Format: |
304, [16] p. of plates : ill. (chiefly color) ; 24 cm. |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- 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 Rameses 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.
