Bibliograph

Signs & wonders upon Pharaoh;, a history of American Egyptology, [by] John A. Wilson

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Signs & wonders upon Pharaoh;, a history of American Egyptology, [by] John A. Wilson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-212)

Illustrations

portraitsillustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Signs & wonders upon Pharaoh;

Nature of contents

bibliographydictionaries

Oclc number

412981

Responsibility statement

[by] John A. Wilson

Sub title

a history of American Egyptology

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

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

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