American Egyptologist : the Life of James Henry Breasted and the Creation of His Oriental Institute.
James Henry Breasted (1865 & ndash;1935) had a career that epitomizes our popular image of the archaeologist. Daring, handsome, and charismatic, he traveled on expeditions to remote and politically unstable corners of the Middle East, helped identify the tomb of King Tut, and was on the cover of...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2012.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Maps; Epigraph; Note to the Reader; 1. Equipment for a Great Work; 2. What the Monuments Say; 3. Two Years, Three Books, Seven Volumes; 4. Expeditions to Nubia; 5. Spreading Wings; 6. The Near East as a Whole; 7. An Institute, a Calling; 8. Permanence; 9. A Historical Laboratory; Epitaph; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index.