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This comprehensive treatment of Cleopatra and the political and
social world in which she lived will be an indispensable resource
for anyone interested in Cleopatra or in ancient Egypt. Laying bare
the "injustice, the adverse partiality, of the attitude assumed by
classical authors," the author offers the reader a new, more
balanced look at the life of one of history's most important women.
The book is divided into sections on Cleopatra and Caesar and
Cleopatra and Antony and is supplemented by a number of maps and
illustrations.
The career of Arthur Weigall (1880-1934) encompassed Egyptology but
also stage design, film criticism and journalism, as well as
fiction and books about ancient Egypt. After studying in Germany,
he worked at Abydos with Flinders Petrie, but in 1905 he was
unexpectedly promoted to Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper
Egypt, when Howard Carter was forced to resign. His work in Egypt,
especially in the area of Luxor, focused on the conservation of
monuments and the prevention of the shipping of artefacts abroad,
until 1911, when he returned to London. In the preface to this
two-volume work, published in 1925, Weigall likens the writing of a
history of Egypt to the piecing together of a jigsaw puzzle
consisting of thousands of pieces, but presents a chronological
narrative at a level to satisfy both the scholar and the interested
amateur. Volume 2 covers the period from the twelfth to the
mid-eighteenth dynasty.
The career of Arthur Weigall (1880-1934) encompassed Egyptology but
also stage design, film criticism and journalism, as well as
fiction and books about ancient Egypt. After studying in Germany,
he worked at Abydos with Flinders Petrie, but in 1905 he was
unexpectedly promoted to Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper
Egypt, when Howard Carter was forced to resign. His work in Egypt,
especially in the area of Luxor, focused on the conservation of
monuments and the prevention of the shipping of artefacts abroad,
until 1911, when he returned to London. In the preface to this
illustrated two-volume work, published in 1925, Weigall likens the
writing of a history of Egypt to the piecing together of a jigsaw
puzzle consisting of thousands of pieces, but intends to present a
chronological narrative at a level to satisfy both the scholar and
the interested amateur. Volume 1 covers the first eleven dynasties.
Arthur Weigall (1880-1934) is chiefly remembered as an
Egyptologist, although he also wrote novels, screenplays and film
reviews. Following a period spent working with Flinders Petrie at
Abydos, he succeeded Howard Carter in 1905 as Chief Inspector of
Antiquities for Upper Egypt at Luxor. Here he worked diligently to
protect Egyptian artefacts from the ravages of thieves, antiques
dealers, public works, and amateur excavators. Ill health then
forced a return to London, where Weigall became a successful set
designer and later moved into journalism. He returned to Egypt to
report on Carter's discovery of Tutankhamen's tomb for the Daily
Mail. This collection of essays, accessible to non-specialists,
appeared in 1923. Written in response to the extraordinary surge of
public interest in Egyptology, the book covers various
archaeological and historical subjects, taking Tutankhamun's
magnificent tomb in the Valley of the Kings as its starting point.
The career of Arthur Weigall (1880-1934) encompassed Egyptology but
also stage design, film criticism and journalism, as well as
fiction and books about ancient Egypt. After studying in Germany,
he worked at Abydos with Flinders Petrie, but in 1905 he was
unexpectedly promoted to Chief Inspector of Antiquities for Upper
Egypt, when Howard Carter was forced to resign. His work in Egypt,
especially in the area of Luxor, focused on the conservation of
monuments and the prevention of shipping of artefacts abroad, until
1911, when he returned to London. He did not revisit Egypt until,
as a journalist, he covered the opening of Tutankhamen's tomb in
1922. In this 1910 guide, writing 'from careful and prolonged
personal observation and thought', Weigall describes the less
frequented ancient sites of Upper Egypt, beginning north of Thebes
and descending to the Second Cataract and the Sudanese border.
The career of Arthur Weigall (1880-1934) encompassed Egyptology but
also stage design, film criticism and journalism. After studying in
Germany, he worked at Abydos with Flinders Petrie, but in 1905 he
was unexpectedly promoted to Chief Inspector of Antiquities for
Upper Egypt, when Howard Carter was forced to resign. His work in
Egypt, especially in the area of Luxor, focused on the conservation
of monuments and the prevention of shipping of artefacts abroad,
until 1911, when he returned to London. This 1907 book on the
condition of the monuments between the First Cataract and the
Sudanese frontier arose from his work as inspector, and is intended
as 'a preliminary description of monuments and ancient remains
which require to be thoroughly studied'. Unlike Weigall's
travellers' guides to Egypt, this is a factual and technical work,
drawing attention to the threats to monuments from neglect,
plunder, and the Nile floods.
This book, originally published in 1914, is a unique telling of the
life of Cleopatra. The author, a well-learned historian of his
time, offers a truer glimpse of the queen if we can rid ourselves
of the influence of any one period and ignore that aspect of
morality that has developed in us by contact with the age in which
we live. Good and evil are relative qualities defined largely by
public opinion, and it must always be remembered that certain
things considered good and evil today may have the acceptance and
denunciation of yesterday and tomorrow. The author does not presume
to offer an apology for the much-maligned Queen, but he describes
the events of her troubled life fairly. The actions of Cleopatra
will, without any particular advocacy, assume a character that is
no uglier than that of every other actor in the strange drama
surrounding her life.
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