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Egypt : how a lost civilization was rediscovered / Joyce Tyldesley.
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection PJ1051 .T95 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Tyldesley, Joyce A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Egyptologists.
- Egyptology--History.
- Egyptology.
- History.
- Egypt--Antiquities.
- Egypt.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), map ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Berkeley : University of California Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- This book will not only satisfy professional Egyptologists but also attract newcomers to the field."--Kent R. Weeks, author of "The Valley of the Kings: The Tombs and the Funerary of Thebes West.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Explorers
- Chapter 1 The First Egyptologists 21
- Chapter 2 A Rediscovered Land 36
- Chapter 3 Decoding the Stones 53
- Part 2 The Collectors
- Chapter 4 The Great Belzoni 69
- Chapter 5 The Treasure Seekers 88
- Chapter 6 The Pyramidologists 106
- Part 3 The Archaeologists
- Chapter 7 Protecting the Monuments 119
- Chapter 8 Flinders Petrie: Father of Pots 139
- Chapter 9 The Valley of the Kings 166
- Chapter 10 Wonderful Things 183
- Part 4 The Scientists
- Chapter 11 Outside the Valley 213
- Chapter 12 Egyptology Today 230.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-252) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0520250206
- OCLC:
- 67346312
- Publisher Number:
- 9780520250208
- Online:
- Publisher description
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