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Modern Egypt and Thebes - Being a Description of Egypt, Including the Information Required for Travellers in that Country (Paperback)
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Modern Egypt and Thebes - Being a Description of Egypt, Including the Information Required for Travellers in that Country (Paperback)
Series: Modern Egypt and Thebes 2 Volume Set, Volume 1
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A pioneer of British Egyptology, Sir John Gardner Wilkinson
(1797-1875) first travelled to Egypt in 1821, the year before
Champollion published his breakthrough work on the Rosetta Stone.
As public interest in Egypt grew, Wilkinson studied and sketched
the country's major archaeological sites, most notably the tombs of
Thebes. His celebrated Topography of Thebes and General View of
Egypt (1835) and Manners and Customs of the Ancient Egyptians
(1837) are also reissued in this series. A remodelled and enlarged
version of the former work, this two-volume guide of 1843 not only
gives practical advice for the contemporary traveller, but also
provides modern readers with a vivid snapshot of Egypt in the
middle of the nineteenth century. Volume 1 includes a host of
recommendations, such as which ships to take and which hotels to
stay in, as well as a long list of useful items, including fez caps
and Turkish slippers.
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