Signs and wonders upon Pharaoh : a history of American Egyptology / [by] John A. Wilson.
Publication details: Chicago, University of Chicago Press, c1964.Description: xxv, 243 pages : illustrations portraits ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
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BSOP Library | David Weisberg Collection | DT60 W69 1964 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00059076 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212).
Change and decay -- The Dawn (1798-1822) -- Despotism and destruction (1806-54) -- Extravaganza (1854-82) -- Cromer and Maspero (1880-1908) -- The houseboat on the Nile (1880-1908) -- James Henry Breasted and the rescue of texts -- George Andrew Reisner and the full record -- Tut-Ank-Amon and independent Egypt -- Herbert E. Winlock : The pieces fall into place.
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.
