Operations Carried On at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837
Operations Carried On at the Pyramids of Gizeh in 1837
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GBPAn army officer and politician, Richard William Howard Vyse (1784–53) also made his mark as an Egyptologist. This three-volume work, published in 1840–2, has remained an instructive resource in Egyptology up to the present day. Adopting the style of a journal, with illustrations and diagrams throughout, it narrates in detail his excavations at Giza, surveying and measuring the pyramids. Following Vyse's return to England, the work was continued by the engineer and surveyor John Shae Perring (1813–69). Vyse gives observations of his travels, and of the landscape, people and architecture he encountered, as well as details of the important work he carried out. Most notable was his discovery, using gunpowder, of four new chambers in the Great Pyramid containing 'quarry marks' - graffiti by the pyramid builders. Volume 1 (1840) covers the start of his travels in Egypt and the early excavations on the Great Pyramid.
Product details
December 2014Paperback
9781108075664
374 pages
254 × 178 × 20 mm
0.65kg
30 b/w illus.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. First arrival at Cairo
- 2. State of the pyramids at Gizeh
- 3. Return from Syria to Alexandria
- 4. Second arrival at Cairo
- 5. M. Caviglia's arrival at Cairo
- 6. Voyage into Upper Egypt
- 7. Arrival at Thebes
- 8. Es Souan
- 9. Temple of Sabooa
- 10. Temple of Amada
- 11. Wady Halfa
- 12. Faras
- 13. Ferradj
- 14. Abou Simbel
- 15. Tosko
- 16. Ibrim
- 17. Derr
- 18. Dakke
- 19. Gerf Hossein
- 20. Dandoor
- 21. Kalabshee
- 22. Wady Taffa
- 23. Gertassee
- 24. Debode
- 25. Philae
- 26. Koum Ombos
- 27. Hadjar Silsilis
- 28. Edfou
- 29. Eilithias
- 30. Esneh
- 31. El Hallam
- 32. Gebelein
- 33. Ermont
- 34. Thebes
- 35. Dendera
- 36. Quasr-e-Syad
- 37. How
- 38. Abydos
- 39. Eckmim
- 40. Shendowee
- 41. Gow-el-Kebeer
- 42. E-Siout
- 43. El Karib
- 44. Tel-el-Amarna
- 45. Reramoun
- 46. Sheik Abadeh
- 47. Beni Hassan
- 48. Minyeh
- 49. Dewadee
- 50. Tehneh
- 51. Deir-el-Adra
- 52. Kom Achmar
- 53. Benisouef
- 54. The Faiyoum
- 55. Gizeh: the pyramids.
