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003			OCoLC
005			20250402171453.0
006			m u
008			711216s1964 ilumc b a 0 0 eng
010			_a64023535
015			_aGB65-904
035			_a(OCoLC)412981
040			_aDLC _beng _cDLC _dUKM _dOUB _dAU@ _dGEBAY _dCGU _dZVM _dDEBBG _dGDC _dOCLCF _dOCLCA _dOCLCQ
049			_aTAIM
100	1		_aWilson, John A. _q(John Albert), _d1899-1976.
245	1	0	_aSigns and wonders upon Pharaoh : _ba history of American Egyptology / _c[by] John A. Wilson.
260			_aChicago, _bUniversity of Chicago Press, _cc1964.
300			_axxv, 243 pages : _billustrations portraits ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 197-212).
505	0		_aChange 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.
520			_aDiscusses 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.
650		0	_aEgyptology.
942			_2lcc _cBK
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