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Journeys erased by time : the rediscovered footprints of travellers in Egypt and the Near East /
Early travellers in Egypt and the Near East made great contributions to our historical and geographical knowledge and gave us a better understanding of the different peoples, languages and religions of the region. Travellers in this volume are a mixture of rich and poor, bravely adventuring into the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
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Oxford :
ASTENE/Archaeopress Publishing Ltd,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Publications of the Association for the Study of Travel in Egypt and the Near East
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- by Neil Cooke 1: Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela: a 12th-Century Traveller to the Middle East
- by Paul Starkey 2: George Husz from Rascinia in Slavonia: a Croatian traveller and his voyage around the Orient between 1532 and 1541
- by Mladen Tomorad 3: Samuel Atkins: His diary or journal for the years 1680-88
- by Hakan Yazar 4: More treasure hunting in Qurna
- the 'Amr Mosque
- by Caroline Simpson 5: Soldiering in Egypt
- by Sarah Shepherd 6: The French House in Luxor: Living on top of a temple
- by Hélène Virenque and Sylvie Weens 7: The notorious Emil Brugsch: 'It is said that Brugsch Bey would sell the whole museum.'
- by Heicke Schmidt 8: From Rags to Riches: the adventures of Victor Gustave Maunier in Egypt 1848-1868
- by Sylvie Weens 9: 'Let's have a beer at Gorff's!'
- by Isolde Lehnert 10: A suffragist in Palestine: Millicent Fawcett's journeys in the 1920s
- by Lucy Pollard 11: Anton Prokesch von Osten and his contribution to evolving Egyptology
- by Ernst Czerny 12: What the 'Noble Traveller' got up to in Thebes: Lord Belmore's 'Herculean undertaking' in TT 148
- by Boyo G. Ockinga 13: Americans on the river Nile in the 1874-1875 Season
- by Andrew Oliver 14: Sources of inspiration: Jean-Baptiste Vanmour and other artist-travellers in Ottoman Lands
- by Janet Starkey 15: In the wake of a rake: Artist Francis Smith and the 6th Baron Baltimore
- by Brian J. Taylor 16: Everything I Want People to Know is in my Books: Leo Tregenza's Journeys in the Eastern Desert
- by Ronald E. Zitterkopf 17: The British Association for the Advancement of Science (BAAS) Expedition to Moab in 1872
- Ginsburg and Tristram: an old academic quarrel?
- by David Kennedy 18: 'Nothing great can be achieved except in the Orient' said Napoleon Bonaparte
- by Heba Sheta Index.