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
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| DT57 H67 1968 Religio Aramaica. : | DT57 St8 1979 On Trees, mountains, and millstone in the ancient Near East / | DT60 Er5 1971 Life in ancient Egypt. | DT60 W69 1964 Signs and wonders upon Pharaoh : a history of American Egyptology / | DT61 W69 1956 The culture of ancient Egypt. | DT73.T3 N61 1965 Thebes of the Pharaohs; | DT81 Sp1 1983 Aspects of the military documents of the ancient Egyptians / |
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.
