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The Obelisk and the Englishman: The Pioneering Discoveries of Egyptologist William Bankes

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Amherst, New York: Prometheus Books, 2015Description: 304 p., 16 unnumbered pages of plates, ill. (chiefly color); 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781633880368
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Contents:
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.
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Books Books Netherlands-Flemish Institute in Cairo (NVIC) Library First Floor - 1.05 I 1290 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available I 1290

Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-292) and index.

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.

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