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Sir Gardner Wilkinson and His Circle /
Following in the footsteps of Napoleon's army, Europeans invaded Egypt in the early nineteenth century to gaze in wonder at the massive, inscrutable remains of its ancient civilizations. One of these travelers was a twenty-four-year-old Englishman, John Gardner Wilkinson. His copious observatio...
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| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Austin :
University of Texas Press,
[2021]
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction & Map
- 1. The Origins of an Egyptologist
- 2. The Origins of Egyptology
- 3. Egypt
- 4. Life in Cairo and a Trip into the Eastern Desert
- 5. More Explorations: Geographic, Antiquarian, and Hieroglyphic
- 6. British Colleagues in Egypt
- 7. Life among the Tombs
- 8. "One Seems Tied Down to It for Life"
- 9. England Again
- 10. Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians
- 11. Sir Gardner Wilkinson
- 12. A Gentleman Scholar
- 13. Brynfield
- Epilogue
- Appendix: A Note on the Wilkinson Manuscripts
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index